Connecting food environments and health through the relational nature of aesthetics: Gaining insight through the community gardening experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1853-1863

  Hale, James ^a   Knapp, Corrine ^b   Bardwell, Lisa ^c   Buchenau, Michael ^d   Marshall, Julie ^a   Sancar, Fahriye ^e   Litt, Jill S ^a  

^a Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c FrontRange Earth Force   (United States)

^d Denver Urban Gardens   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Community gardens; Ecology; Food environments; Health; Relational; Therapeutic landscapes; USA

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FOOD SUPPLY; LANDSCAPE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY GARDENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; GARDENING; HEALING; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TASTE; TRUST; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958707672     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.044     Document Type: Article

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