Nature and the natural environment as health facilitators: The need to reconceptualize the ICF environmental factors

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 2281-2290

  Day, Adam M B ^a   Theurer, Julie A ^a,b   Dykstra, Allyson D ^a   Doyle, Philip C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; Environmental factors; Health; Human nature health relationships; ICF; Restorative environments; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NATURAL SCIENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; NATURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84867879995     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.683478     Document Type: Review

References (58)

1. World Health Organization. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2001.
2. Schneidert M, Hurst R, Miller J, Ustün B. The role of environment in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Disabil Rehabil 2003;25:588-595.
3. Engel GL. The need for a new medical model: A challenge for biomedicine. Science 1977;196:129-136.
4. Bickenbach JE, Chatterji S, Badley EM, Ustün TB. Models of disablement, universalism and the international classification of impairments, disabilities and handicaps. Soc Sci Med 1999;48:1173-1187.
5. Stucki G, Ewert T, Cieza A. Value and application of the ICF in rehabilitation medicine. Disabil Rehabil 2002;24:932-938.
6. Association American Physical Therapy. APTA Endorses World Health Organization ICF Model [Internet]. American Physcial Therapy Association, 2008 [cited 2009 Nov. 18]; Available from: Http://www. apta.org/AM/Template.cfm? Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=50081
7. Association American Speech-Language-Hearing. Scope of practice in audiology [Scope of Practice] [Internet]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2004. DOI: 10.1044/policy.SP2004-00192.
8. Association American Speech-Language-Hearing. Scope of practice in speech-language pathology [Scope of Practice] [Internet]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2007. DOI: 10.1044/policy. SP2007-00283.
9. Allan CM, Campbell WN, Guptill CA, Stephenson FF, Campbell KE. A conceptual model for interprofessional education: The international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF). J Interprof Care 2006;20:235-245.
10. Institute of Medicine (IOM). The Future of Disability in America. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press; 2007.
11. Canadian Institute for Health Information. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health [Internet]. Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2011 [cited 2011 May 24]; Available from: Http://www.cihi.ca/ cihi-ext-portal/internet/en/document/standards+and+data+submission/ standards/classification+and+coding/codingclass-icf
12. Shapiro BA, Kaplan MJ. Mental illness and horticulture therapy practice. In: Horticulture As Therapy: Principles and Practice. New York: Food Products Press; 1998. pp 157-197.
13. Lewis CA. Green Nature/Human Nature: The Meaning of Plants in Our Lives. Urbana: University of Illinois Press; 1996.
14. Kahn PH Jr. The Human Relationship with Nature: Development and Culture. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press; 1999.
15. Shepard P. Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the Esthetics of Nature. ed 2 College Station: Texas A&M University Press; 1991.
16. Burnett JD. Therapeutic effects of landscape architecture. In: Marberry SO, editor. Healthcare Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 1997.
17. Marcus CC, Barnes M. Introduction: Historical and cultural perspective on healing gardens. In: Marcus CC, Barnes M, editors. Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 1999. pp 1-26.
18. Ward Thompson C. Linking landscape and health: The recurring theme. Landsc Urban Plan 2011;99:187-195.
19. Olmsted FL. Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns. New York: Arno Press; 1970.
20. Maller C, Townsend M, Pryor A, Brown P, St Leger L. Healthy nature healthy people: 'contact with nature' as an upstream health promotion intervention for populations. Health Promot Int 2006;21:45-54.
21. Hanna K, Coussens C. Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press; 2001.
22. Frumkin H. Beyond toxicity: Human health and the natural environment. Am J Prev Med 2001;20:234-240.
23. McMichael AJ, Campbell-Lendrum DH, Corvalán CF, Ebi KL, Githeko AK, Scheraga JD, et al., editors. Climate Change and Human Health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003.
24. Corvalen C, Hales S, McMichaels A. Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Health Synthesis: A Report of the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2005.
25. Ulrich RS, Simons RF, Losito BD, Fiorito E, Miles MA, Zelson M. Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments. J Environ Psychol 1991;11:201-230.
26. Kaplan R. The role of nature in the context of the workplace. Landsc Urban Plan 1993;26:193-201.
27. Hartig T, Evans G, Jamner L, Davis D, Gärling T. Tracking restoration in natural and urban field settings. J Environ Psychol 2003;23:109-123.
28. Maas J, Verheij RA, Groenewegen PP, de Vries S, Spreeuwenberg P. Green space, urbanity, and health: How strong is the relation? J Epidemiol Community Health 2006;60:587-592.
29. Maas J, Verheij RA, de Vries S, Spreeuwenberg P, Schellevis FG, Groenewegen PP. Morbidity is related to a green living environment. J Epidemiol Community Health 2009;63:967-973.
30. van den Berg AE, Maas J, Verheij RA, Groenewegen PP. Green space as a buffer between stressful life events and health. Soc Sci Med 2010;70:1203-1210.
31. Ulrich RS. View through a window may influence recovery from surgery. Science 1984;224:420-421.
32. Diette GB, Lechtzin N, Haponik E, Devrotes A, Rubin HR. Distraction therapy with nature sights and sounds reduces pain during flexible bronchoscopy: A complementary approach to routine analgesia. Chest 2003;123:941-948.
33. Wilson EO. Biophilia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press; 1984.
34. Wilson EO. Biophilia and the conservation ethic. In: Kellert SR, Wilson EO, editors. The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press; 1993. pp 31-41.
35. Kaplan R, Kaplan S. The Experience of Nature. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press; 1989.
36. Kaplan S. The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework. J Environ Psychol 1995;15:169-182.
37. Ulrich RS. Aesthetic and affective response to natural environment. In: Behavior and the Natural Environment. New York: Plenum Press; 1983. pp 85-125.
38. Ulrich RS. Biophilia, biophobia, and natural landscapes. In: The Biophilia Hypothesis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press; 1993. pp 73-137.
39. Tennessen CM, Cimprich BE. Views to nature: Effects on attention. J Environ Psychol 1995;15:77-85.
40. Berto R. Exposure to restorative environments helps restore attentional capacity. J Environ Psychol 2005;25:249-259.
41. Laumann K, Gärling T, Stormark K. Selective attention and heart rate responses to natural and urban environments. J Environ Psychol 2003;23:125-134.
42. Ulrich RS. Natural versus urban scenes: Some psychophysiological effects. Environ Behav 1981;13:523-556.
43. Ulrich RS. Visual landscapes and psychological well-being. Landscape Research 1979;4:17-23.
44. Hartig T, Mang M, Evans G. Restorative effects of natural environment experiences. Environ Behav 1991;23:3-26.
45. Heerwagen JH. The psychological aspects of windows and window design. In: Proceedings of the 21st annual conference of the Environmental Design and Research Association. Oklahoma City: EDRA; 1990. pp 269-280.
46. Cimprich B, Ronis DL. An environmental intervention to restore attention in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer. Cancer Nurs 2003;26:284-92; quiz 293.
47. Mitchell R, Popham F. Greenspace, urbanity and health: Relationships in England. J Epidemiol Community Health 2007;61:681-683.
48. Mitchell R, Popham F. Effect of exposure to natural environment on health inequalities: An observational population study. Lancet 2008;372:1655-1660.
49. Moore EO. A prison environment's effect on health care service demands. J Environmental Systems 1981;11:17-34.
50. Velarde M, Fry G, Tveit M. Health effects of viewing landscapes -Landscape types in environmental psychology. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2007;6:199-212.
51. Taylor AF, Kuo FE, Sullivan WC. Coping with ADD: The surprising connection to green play settings. Environ Behav 2001;33:54-77.
52. Wells NM, Evans GW. Nearby nature: A buffer of life stress among rural children. Environ Behav 2003;35:311-330.
53. Cieza A, Brockow T, Ewert T, Amman E, Kollerits B, Chatterji S, Ustün TB, Stucki G. Linking health-status measurements to the international classification of functioning, disability and health. J Rehabil Med 2002;34:205-210.
54. Cieza A, Geyh S, Chatterji S, Kostanjsek N, Ustün B, Stucki G. ICF linking rules: An update based on lessons learned. J Rehabil Med 2005;37:212-218.
55. Whiteneck G, Dijkers MP. Difficult to measure constructs: Conceptual and methodological issues concerning participation and environmental factors. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2009;90:S22-S35.
56. World Health Organization. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion [Internet]. World Health Organization, 1986. Available from: Http:// www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/previous/ottawa/en/print. html
57. Wilson K. Therapeutic landscapes and First Nations peoples: An exploration of culture, health and place. Health Place 2003;9:83-93.
58. Boddington P, Räisänen U. Theoretical and practical issues in the definition of health: Insights from Aboriginal Australia. J Med Philos 2009;34:49-67.