How Kids and Young Adults Benefit from Nature

Three UConn professors discuss the benefits of nature and how to get outside.

Host: Helene Marcy, Director of Programs & Communications at the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Guests:

• Jean Coffey, Clinical Professor in the UConn School of Nursing and CSCH Steering Committee member
• Damion Grasso, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at UConn Health, and CSCH Steering Committee member
• Cynthia Jones, Professor Emeritus in the UConn Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Resources

Read a transcript of the podcast

Jean Coffey Study about Prescribing Nature

Outside Perspectives

Nature Rx at UConn

UConn Today Article about NatureRx at UConn

Connecticut Trailfinder

TrailLink (includes downloadable mobile app)

UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health

 

Social Media Links

@UConnCSCH on Twitter

@UConnCSCH on Facebook

Produced, directed and edited by Helene Marcy.

This recording has been made available for informational and educational purposes only.

How Kids and Young Adults Benefit from Nature was created by the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health and recorded in November 2022.

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