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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2017

Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda.

Howard Frumkin, Gregory N Bratman, Sara Jo Breslow, Bobby Cochran, Peter H Kahn, Joshua J Lawler, Phillip S Levin, Pooja S Tandon, Usha Varanasi, Kathleen L Wolf and 1 more

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 318 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06452043 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Nature-based Therapy Program for Sustainable Health in Parkinson's Disease (PARC Project) - A Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversité du Québec à ChicoutimiRan2024 to 2024Enrolled11ConditionsChronic Disease, Fall Patients, Aging Problems, Parkinson DiseaseArmsPARC program
NCT07002853 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Nature-based Intervention Program for Sustainable Health in Older People Living With Chronic Non-specific Lower Back Pain (PARC Project 2) - A Feasibility Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversité du Québec à ChicoutimiRan2025 to 2026Enrolled15ConditionsChronic Disease, Chronic Pain (Back / Neck), Older Adults (65 Years and Older)ArmsNature-based Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

318 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Community Forests and Public Health: A Research Agenda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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  12. Therapeutic Landscapes and Psychiatric Care Facilities: A Qualitative Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  14. A Pilot Economic Evaluation of a Nature-Based Therapy for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Austria.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026
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258 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Howard FrumkinDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Gregory N BratmanCenter for Conservation Biology, Stanford University , Stanford, California, USA.
Sara Jo BreslowCenter for Creative Conservation, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Bobby CochranWillamette Partnership , Portland, Oregon, USA.
Peter H KahnSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Joshua J LawlerCenter for Creative Conservation, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Phillip S LevinSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Pooja S TandonDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Usha VaranasiSchool of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Kathleen L WolfSchool of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.
Spencer A WoodCenter for Creative Conservation, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAt a time of increasing disconnectedness from nature, scientific interest in the potential health benefits of nature contact has grown. Research in recent decades has yielded substantial evidence, but large gaps remain in our understanding.

objectivesWe propose a research agenda on nature contact and health, identifying principal domains of research and key questions that, if answered, would provide the basis for evidence-based public health interventions. DISCUSSION: We identify research questions in seven domains:

conclusionsNature contact may offer a range of human health benefits. Although much evidence is already available, much remains unknown. A robust research effort, guided by a focus on key unanswered questions, has the potential to yield high-impact, consequential public health insights. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1663.

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Environmental HealthNaturePublic HealthResearchHumans

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PMID28796634
PMCPMC5744722

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