Tourism as a tool in nature-based mental health: Progress and prospects post-pandemic

RC Buckley, MA Cooper - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The healthcare sector recognises the role of nature in mental health. The tourism sector is
equipped to take people to national parks. The conservation sector gains support from …

Tourism and Environment: Ecology, Management, Economics, Climate, Health, and Politics

RC Buckley, S Underdahl - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
We review research on tourism and the environment using a temporal framework, distinct
from previous reviews. We identify six main phases, all still active, but with different histories …

Anxiety prevalence and its association with physical activity in patients with non-communicable diseases during COVID-19 lockdown: a cross-sectional study in …

Y Li, T Hou, M Cheng, Y Miao, Y Yeerjang, C Sheng… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have created great
psychological stress among vulnerable populations. We aimed to investigate the prevalence …

The association between active mobility and subjective wellbeing during COVID-19 in MENA countries

B Ranjbarnia, MJ Kamelifar, H Masoumi - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objective: To augment the international scientific approach to raising public mental health
through active lifestyle among adults, we added the evidence of the association between …

Increased psychological distress among young people before and during the fifth wave of COVID-19 after two years of pandemic in Hong Kong: a 6-month longitudinal …

SMY Wong, EYH Chen, YN Suen, W Ho, SKW Chan… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite over two years of COVID-19 worldwide, the outbreak of the Omicron
variant has given rise to an unprecedented surge of infection with diverse lockdown …

Declines in physical activity among New Zealand adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of five data waves from pre-pandemic through April …

OWA Wilson, H McEwen, P Kelly… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Insights specific to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity participation in
New Zealand (NZ) is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine longitudinal changes …

How do perceived changes in child and adolescent activities relate to perceptions of health during COVID-19? Exploring heterogeneity during the pandemic

AS Gilbert, J Jabbari, R Hernández - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 affected child/adolescent activities (eg, extra-curricular, screen time), along with
physical health (PH) and mental health (MH); however, less is known about the relationship …

Secondary school students' well-being as an effect of outdoor physical activity versus indoor activity and inactivity

M Pasek, J Kortas, X Zong, M Lipowski - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Well-being is a broad concept within which, among other components, self-
esteem and general mood can be distinguished. Their formation can take place on the basis …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, function, and quality of life

CM Said, F Batchelor, G Duque - Clinics in geriatric …, 2022 - geriatric.theclinics.com
It is now more than 2 years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has
affected people around the globe. The pandemic has directly affected the lives of the many …

COVID-Inconfidentes: how did COVID-19 and work from home influence the prevalence of leisure-time physical inactivity? An analysis of before and during the …

SS Moura, LAA Menezes-Júnior, AMS Rocha… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has brought drastic changes to the lives of the global
population. The restrictions imposed by government agencies impacted the daily lives of …