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The Relationship between Nature Deprivation and Individual Wellbeing across Urban Gradients under COVID-19.
Tomasso, Linda Powers; Yin, Jie; Cedeño Laurent, Jose Guillermo; Chen, Jarvis T; Catalano, Paul J; Spengler, John D.
  • Tomasso LP; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Yin J; Population Health Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Cedeño Laurent JG; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Chen JT; College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China.
  • Catalano PJ; Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Spengler JD; Population Health Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health ; 18(4)2021 02 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1069812
ABSTRACT
Lockdown aiming at slowing COVID-19 transmission has altered nature accessibility patterns, creating quasi-experimental conditions to assess if retracted nature contact and perceived nature deprivation influence physical and emotional wellbeing. We measure through on-line survey methods (n = 529) how pandemic mandates limiting personal movement and outdoor nature access within the United States affect self-assessed nature exposure, perceived nature deprivation, and subsequent flourishing as measured by the Harvard Flourishing Index. Results indicate that perceived nature deprivation strongly associates with local nature contact, time in nature, and access to municipal nature during the pandemic, after controlling for lockdown mandates, job status, household composition, and sociodemographic variables. Our hypothesis is that individuals with strong perceived nature deprivation under COVID-19 leads to diminished wellbeing proved true. Interaction models of flourishing showed positive modification of nature affinity with age and qualitative modification of nature deprivation with race. Our results demonstrate the potential of local nature contact to support individual wellbeing in a background context of emotional distress and social isolation, important in guiding public health policies beyond pandemics.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Mental Health / Nature / Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijerph18041511

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Mental Health / Nature / Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: North America Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijerph18041511