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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

How do Rural Second Homes Affect Human Health and Well-being? Review of Potential Impacts.

Kati Pitkänen, Jenni Lehtimäki, Riikka Puhakka

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. The Effects of Interior Materials on the Restorativeness of Home Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kati PitkänenEnvironmental Policy Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, PO Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Jenni LehtimäkiEnvironmental Policy Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Latokartanonkaari 11, FIN-00790 Helsinki, Finland.
Riikka PuhakkaEcosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Niemenkatu 73, FIN-15140 Lahti, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-6546-0444

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contact with nature is associated with numerous psychological, physiological and social health and well-being benefits. Outdoor recreation, such as rural second home tourism, provides extensive exposure to the natural environment, but research around health impacts of this exposure is scattered. We review current research on health and well-being impacts of nature and discuss how the characteristics of rural second home environments and their use and users can affect these potential impacts in Finland. We discover four key issues affecting the impacts. First, health and well-being impacts depend on the users; urban people can especially benefit from rural second homes, while child development and the performance of elderly people can also be supported by contact with nature at second homes. Second, the regularity, length and season of second home visits influence the potential to receive benefits as they have an impact on the intensity of nature exposure. Third, the type and quality of second home environment affect contact with nature, such as exposure to health-supporting environmental microbes. Fourth, practices, motives and meanings modify activities and attachment and crucially affect both physical and mental well-being. We conclude that rural second homes have extensive potential to provide nature-related health and well-being benefits and further research is needed.

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EnvironmentHealth StatusRural PopulationAgedChildFinlandHumansSocial Environmentcottagehealthnatureoutdoor recreationrural areassecond homewell-being

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PMID32947975
PMCPMC7559770

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