Use of ethnographic approaches to the study of health experiences in relation to natural landscapes

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 305-312

  O'Brien, Liz ^a   Varley, Pete ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnography; green space; nature; qualitative methods; well being

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; ETHNOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL SCIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; WELLBEING; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; LEISURE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; NATURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84873530948     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913911434895     Document Type: Review

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