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Summary
Summary
Farming for Health describes the utilization of agricultural farms, farm animals, plants and landscapes as a base for promoting human mental and physical health and social well-being. This book gives an overview of the development of 'Farming for Health' initiatives across Europe. This development is a logical result of the changing paradigms in the health-care sector and the demand for new social and financial impulses in agriculture and rural areas.
Researchers from The Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Slovenia, Germany, Belgium, Poland, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as well as the USA contributed to this book. It not only describes the situation in different countries, it also includes scientific papers dealing with different aspects of 'Farming for Health'.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Thematic studies |
| 1 Theoretical models for research and program development in agriculture and health care: avoiding random acts of researchPaula Diane Relf |
| 2 Contributions of natural elements and areas in residential environments to human health and well-beingSjerp de Vries |
| 3 Effects of interactions between humans and domesticated animalsEddie A.M. Bokkers |
| 4 People-plant interaction: the physiological, psychological and sociological effects of plants on peopleMarjolein Elings |
| 5 Social services as supplementary on-farm activity for mentally disabled peopleKatja Vadnal and Katarina Kosmelj |
| 6 The lay beliefs about Farming for HealthElsa Fjeldavli |
| 7 The contribution of care farms to landscapes of the future: a challenge of multifunctional agricultureThomas van Elsen and Amelie Gnnther and Bas Pedroli |
| 8 Long-term care in Europe: an introductionPiet F. Driest |
| Country studies |
| 9 Green care in Norway: farms as a resource for the educational, health and social sectorLisbeth Haugan and Ragnhild Nyland and Elsa Fjeldavli and Toril Meistad and Bjarne O. Braastad |
| 10 'Nature and Health' in SwedenKarin Abramsson and Carina Tenngart |
| 11 Farming for Health in FinlandUlla Partanen and Taina Lilja and Sirpa Kurppa and Katriina Soini |
| 12 Care farms and care gardens: horticulture as therapy in the UKJoe Sempik and Jo Aldridge |
| 13 Farming for Health in The NetherlandsMarjolein Elings and Jan Hassink |
| 14 Farming for Health - the situation in FlandersKatrien Goris and Hilde Weckhuysen |
| 15 Farming for Health: aspects from GermanyKonrad Neuberger and Ingrid Stephan and Robert Hermanowski and Albrecht Flake and Franz-Joseph Post and Thomas van Elsen |
| 16 Integration: youth welfare and sustainable development in SwitzerlandPeter Frey and Susanne Frutig and Urs Kaltenrieder and J÷rg Wetzel |
| 17 Farming for Health in Austria: farms, horticultural therapy, animal-assisted therapyGeorg Wiesinger and Fritz Neuhauser and Maria Putz |
| 18 Farming for Health in SloveniaKatja Vadnal |
| 19 Farming and social-care combinations in PolandEwa Pawelczyk |
| 20 Farming for Health in ItalyFrancesco di Iacovo and Saverio Senni and Jeanette de Kneght |
| 21 Agriculture and health care: the care of plants and animals for therapy and rehabilitation in the United StatesPaula Diane Relf |
| Conclusions |
| 22 Farming for Health across Europe: comparison between countries, and recommendations for a research and policy agendaJan Hassink and Majken van Dijk |
