Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans

Gardening activities can offer a sense of calm, purpose, and self-worth and help improve physical and mental health, but research on these benefits within veteran populations is limited. In collaboration with a local garden, this Veterans Affairs (VA) program evaluation explored perceived benefits o...

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Autores principales:	Karen Besterman-Dahan, Sarah E. Bradley, Nora B. Arriola, Kiersten Downs
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Veteran Photovoice Gardening Rehabilitation Human ecology. Anthropogeography GF1-900 Social sciences (General) H1-99
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/a470124ad6e7481f9c9398c9f12ee030
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a470124ad6e7481f9c9398c9f12ee0302021-11-04T04:41:57ZBlocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans2666-558110.1016/j.wss.2021.100061https://doaj.org/article/a470124ad6e7481f9c9398c9f12ee0302021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666558121000348https://doaj.org/toc/2666-5581Gardening activities can offer a sense of calm, purpose, and self-worth and help improve physical and mental health, but research on these benefits within veteran populations is limited. In collaboration with a local garden, this Veterans Affairs (VA) program evaluation explored perceived benefits of gardening for veterans from two VA programs. Focus groups and photovoice methods revealed four main benefits of participation: supporting mental and emotional wellbeing, improving socialization and comradery, nurturing life and identity, and learning new skills. Findings align with VA's Whole Health (WH) approach, and support collaborations between community gardens and the VA to benefit veteran populations.Karen Besterman-DahanSarah E. BradleyNora B. ArriolaKiersten DownsElsevierarticleVeteranPhotovoiceGardeningRehabilitationHuman ecology. AnthropogeographyGF1-900Social sciences (General)H1-99ENWellbeing, Space and Society, Vol 2, Iss , Pp 100061- (2021)
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topic	Veteran Photovoice Gardening Rehabilitation Human ecology. Anthropogeography GF1-900 Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	Veteran Photovoice Gardening Rehabilitation Human ecology. Anthropogeography GF1-900 Social sciences (General) H1-99 Karen Besterman-Dahan Sarah E. Bradley Nora B. Arriola Kiersten Downs Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans
description	Gardening activities can offer a sense of calm, purpose, and self-worth and help improve physical and mental health, but research on these benefits within veteran populations is limited. In collaboration with a local garden, this Veterans Affairs (VA) program evaluation explored perceived benefits of gardening for veterans from two VA programs. Focus groups and photovoice methods revealed four main benefits of participation: supporting mental and emotional wellbeing, improving socialization and comradery, nurturing life and identity, and learning new skills. Findings align with VA's Whole Health (WH) approach, and support collaborations between community gardens and the VA to benefit veteran populations.
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title	Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans
title_short	Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans
title_full	Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans
title_fullStr	Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans
title_full_unstemmed	Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans
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Blocking out the rabbit holes: Photovoice and community gardening as a healing space for veterans

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