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Enhancing Children’s Health Through Nature: A National Dialogue for Informed Development

This dialogue emphasizes the critical link between children’s health and their engagement with natural environments. It discusses health impacts, barriers to accessing nature, and the role of Health Impact Assessments (HIA) in informing policies and fostering community development. Key challenges include traffic, fear of crime, and the influence of technology on children’s outdoor activities. The forum advocates for innovative approaches, partnerships, and further research to promote healthy development and well-being among children, thus ensuring sustainable and vibrant communities.

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Enhancing Children’s Health Through Nature: A National Dialogue for Informed Development

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  1. Informed Decisions ~ Enhanced Development A National Dialogue on Children and Nature: A Connection for the Health and Well-being of Our ChildrenSeptember 8, 2006 Kathy Baughman McLeod

  2. Health Impacts of Children In, and Out, of Nature

  3. Aspects of Health and Children in Nature I. An Introduction to Healthy Development, Inc. II. Barriers to children in nature – fear/risk III. HIA and Quantitative Forecasting to inform policy makers IV. HIA for Children in Nature V. Furthering the movement

  4. I. Healthy Development, Inc. • A Florida-based National Consultancy • Forecast Impacts of Development • Public Health, community development, environmental background • Work with community developers • Our place on the U.S. landscape:

  5. II. Barriers to Children in Nature • Traffic • Fear of crime • Stranger danger • Safety risk • Busy schedules • Television and other screen time • Legal barriers • Neighborhood design (built environment)

  6. Fear vs. Risk

  7. Risk Analysis

  8. Cul de Sacs: risk is greater than prevention www.publichealthgrandrounds .unc.edu/images/urbansprawl.jpg Google Earth

  9. Fear is greater than risk . . .

  10. Communicating True Risk • To Inform Public Policy, • Enhance the Built Environment and; • Change behavior

  11. III. Health Impact Assessment • Uses a variety of methods to forecast health, social and economic impacts • Engages the community • Employs qualitative and quantitative data • Is non-regulatory in the U.S.

  12. The Ultimate Goal of HIA • Informing (re)development decisions • Improving communities • Planning for sustainable and healthy neighborhoods • Increasing happiness

  13. Forecasting using research and population statistics • Using the Pope/JAMA relative risk (RR) formula, a 0.0672 increase in PM2.5 would • result in a relative risk of 1.00039 • The formula for this is: • RR = 1.06(0.0672/10) = 1.00039 • Components of the equation: • RR=1.06 • PM2.5 increase=0.0672 • /10=increase per 10 ug/m3 of PM2.5

  14. Forecasting using research and population statistics (continued)

  15. IV. HIA for Children in Nature

  16. Youth Age 4-17 and ADHD http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/adhdprevalence.htm

  17. Youth Age 4-17 and ADHD Medications http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/adhdprevalence.htm

  18. Youth Ages 10-17 and Overweight or Obese http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/snapshot.jsp

  19. Hypothetical: Health Care Savings and Children in Nature

  20. Power of HIA for Kids • Science-based • Informs • Communicates • Engages Source: Trust for Public Land

  21. Advancing the Movement of Children in Nature • Identify existing efforts • Create partnerships • We need more research • Find it OR • Do it!

  22. Advancing the Movement • Research Agenda • Model Policies for Children and Nature • Government • Developers • Non-profits • Social Marketing

  23. A Movement with History

  24. "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...

  25. Informed Decisions ~ Enhanced Development Thank You! Kathy Baughman McLeod Principal and Co-founder of Healthy Development, Inc. WWW.HEALTHYDEVELOPMENT.US 850.591.6555

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