Mental health rescue effects of women's outdoor tourism: A role in COVID-19 recovery

R Buckley, D Westaway - Annals of tourism research, 2020 - Elsevier
Mental and social health outcomes from a portfolio of women's outdoor tourism products,
with~ 100,000 clients, are analysed using a catalysed netnography of> 1000 social media …

Tourism and mental health: Foundations, frameworks, and futures

R Buckley - Journal of Travel Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Tourism contributes to mental health. We could: recognize, measure, value, and market
those contributions; analyze components and design products to maximize mental health …

[HTML][HTML] Park access and mental health among parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic

MF Hazlehurst, S Muqueeth, KL Wolf, C Simmons… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Time spent outdoors and in nature has been associated with numerous benefits
to health and well-being. We examined relationships between park access and mental …

Influence of thermal comfort of green spaces on physical activity: Empirical study in an urban park in Chongqing, China

J Niu, J Xiong, H Qin, J Hu, J Deng, G Han… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The thermal comfort of green spaces, an important factor affecting physical activity, is the
premise of outdoor physical exercise. Currently, the way in which thermal comfort influences …

[HTML][HTML] Structured exercise programs for higher education students experiencing mental health challenges: background, significance, and implementation

I Jeftic, BJ Furzer, JA Dimmock, K Wright… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The incidence of mental illness is greatest among young adults, and those enrolled in higher
education may be particularly vulnerable compared to the general young adult population …

Tourist mental health drives destination choice, marketing, and matching

MA Cooper, R Buckley - Journal of Travel Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Leisure tourism, including destination choice, can be viewed as an investment in mental
health maintenance. Destination marketing measures can thus be analyzed as mental …

Economic value of nature via healthcare savings and productivity increases

RC Buckley, ALM Chauvenet - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Economic values of mental health benefits from nature can provide a new conservation tool.
Here we calculate valuations from increased workplace productivity and reduced healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Social prescribing of nature therapy for adults with mental illness living in the community: a scoping review of peer-reviewed international evidence

T Thomas, C Aggar, J Baker, D Massey… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Social prescribing of nature therapy “green social prescribing” facilitates access to local
nature-based activities that improve biopsychosocial wellbeing outcomes, are affordable …

Summertime physiological and thermal responses among activity levels in campus outdoor spaces in a humid subtropical city

J Niu, B Hong, Y Geng, J Mi, J He - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
We identified physiological and thermal responses to different activity levels on a campus
during summertime in Xi'an, a humid subtropical city in China. Physiological responses and …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of subjective well-being in a cohort of university students and staff members: association with physical activity and outdoor leisure time during the …

S Quarta, A Levante, MT García-Conesa… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Time spent outdoors and physical activity (PA) promote mental health. To confirm this
relationship in the aftermath of COVID-19 lockdowns, we explored individual levels of …