Blue care: a systematic review of blue space interventions for health and wellbeing.

ABSTRACT: There is increasing interest in the potential use of outdoor water environments, or blue space, in the promotion of human health and wellbeing. However, therapeutic nature-based practices are currently outpacing policy and the evidence base for health or wellbeing benefits of therapeutic interventions within blue space has not been systematically assessed. This systematic review aims to address the gap in understanding the impacts of blue space within existing interventions for targeted individuals. A systematic review was carried out, searching Google Scholar, SCOPUS, PubMed, etc. through to August 2017. Only blue space interventions were included that were specifically designed and structured with a therapeutic purpose for individuals with a defined need and did not include nature-based

SUBMITTER: Britton E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7245048 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature