Children and Nature: Linking Accessibility of Natural Environments and Children's Health-Related Quality of Life.

ABSTRACT: A growing body of research suggests that increasing children's nature interactions can have positive benefits for their health-related quality of life (HRQOL); however, researchers have yet to examine how geographical context influences this relationship. The purpose of this study was to examine individual-level and environmental factors that are associated with HRQOL of children from different geographical contexts. Data were collected for 851 children from 34 elementary schools in Ontario, Canada. The natural environments around each child's home were computed using geospatial analyses in a geographic information system. Natural environment measures were combined with HRQOL and the demographics from child surveys to be used in a series of step-wise linear regression models. These models

SUBMITTER: Tillmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6025036 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature