- Published
- 02 January 2023
- Journal article
A qualitative study of parental strategies to enable pre-school children’s outdoor and nature experiences during COVID-19 restrictions
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- Health and Place
Abstract
Outdoor and nature experiences including play have been shown to be beneficial for children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional development. Parents/carers play an important role in encouraging or impeding their child's access to the outdoor environment and participation in outdoor play. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions on free movement and social interactions placed an unprecedented pressure on families to manage the drastic change in their daily routines. This paper reports findings from two combined data sets generated in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides a deeper understanding of the interconnected nature of how contextual factors influence parenting processes and outcomes relating to young children's outdoor and nature experiences and subsequent child health. Findings have the potential to inform the messaging of existing outdoor play policies and the content of new interventions aiming to promote the exposure of children to the natural outdoor environment.
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Martin, A., Clarke, J., Johnstone, A., Mccrorie, P., Langford, R., Simpson, S. & Kipping, R. 2023, 'A qualitative study of parental strategies to enable pre-school children’s outdoor and nature experiences during COVID-19 restrictions', Health and Place, 79, article no: 102967. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102967
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