Tools & Resources for Pediatricians

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What the Research Shows
THE CHILDREN & NATURE NETWORK REPORT ON HEALTH BENEFITS TO CHILDREN FROM CONTACT WITH THE OUTDOORS & NATURE
A synthesis of selected research and studies on health benets. These studies, along with others, were originally published as part of C&NN's four volumes of annotated bibliographies of research and studies.

www.childrenandnature.org/pediatricians

Two Examples of Physicians Nature Prescription Pads

The National Environmental Education Foundation produced a handy prescription form that can be reproduced and used to recommend outdoor play to patients and parents.

Rx FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY: PRINT AND USE THIS PRESCRIPTION FORM FOR PEDIATRICIANS

SAMPLE PRESCRIPTION FOR PHYSICIANS

CHILDREN & NATURE NETWORKS RESEARCH AND STUDIES SECTION

The Children & Nature Network has compiled the premier set of research studies to help us all understand whats best for childrens healthy development. More than 120 studies are abstracted, most of them with links to the original research.

Great Allies for Pediatricians

In collaboration with local pediatricians and educators, and working in partnership with the Children & Nature Network, the Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland, MI has begun a local initiative to improve the health of 3-6 year old children through nature activity. The center created posters and informational handouts to promote benets of nature play and outdoor activity. Available in English and Spanish, these are being displayed in medical oces, health department facilities, schools and other public areas. Local pediatricians are now prescribing outdoor activity for their patients and encouraging families to get outside as part of their wellness program.

C&NN COMMUNITY ACTION GUIDE: BUILDING THE CHILDREN & NATURE MOVEMENT FROM THE GROUND UP
Pediatricians and other health care professionals can look to their communities for allies, and they can also help build the movement. C&NNs action guide shows you how.

Nature Play Prescription Dr.

TRAINING FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON HOW TO GET KIDS OUTSIDE

Using a train-the-trainer approach, the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) holds workshops to prepare pediatric health care providers to serve as nature champions. Recommend these to your community health professionals.

Rx
Name: Date:
Go outside and play in nature. Limit your Screen Time to no more than 60 mins each day. Read stories about nature. (Or have someone read them to you.) Provider: Signed: Parent/Child:

Your Healthcare Provider encourages you to:

[+] Find links to these resources and more on the Children & Nature Network Web site.

www.childrenandnature.org/pediatricians

Tools & Resources for Pediatricians

Regional Allies for Pediatricians

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Other links of note
PARK PRESCRIPTIONS: PROFILES AND RESOURCES FOR GOOD HEALTH FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS WHOLE CHILD: DEVELOPING MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT THROUGH OUTDOOR PLAY, FROM NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP) SAYS FREE AND UNSTRUCTURED PLAY IS HEALTHY AND ESSENTIAL AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION FEATURES A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ON THE MOVEMENT from Dr. Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed., the Commi ee on Communications and Commi ee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health THE POWERFUL LINK BETWEEN CONSERVING LAND AND PRESERVING HUMAN HEALTH By Howard Frumkin, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Washington, and Richard Louv RICHARD LOUVS BLOG ON WHAT PEDIATRICIANS CAN DO THE BOOK: LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS: SA VING OUR CHILDREN FROM NATURE-DEFICIT DISORDER

[+] Find links to these resources and more on the Children & Nature Network Web site.

www.childrenandnature.org/pediatricians

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