Farming for Health Green-Care Farming Across Europe and the United States of America - Hassink, Jan.; Dijk, van, Majken; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
Theoretical models for research and program development in agriculture and health care: avoiding random acts of research -- Contributions of natural elements and areas in residential environments to human health and well-being -- Effects of interactions between humans and domesticated animals -- People-plant interaction: the physiological, psychological and sociological effects of plants on people -- Social services as supplementary on-farm activity for mentally disabled people -- The lay beliefs about Farming for Health -- The contribution of care farms to landscapes of the future: a challenge of multifunctional agriculture -- Long-term care in Europe: an introduction -- Green care in Norway: farms as a resource for the educational, health and social sector -- Nature and Health' in Sweden -- Farming for Health in Finland -- Care farms and care gardens: horticulture as therapy in the UK -- Farming for Health in The Netherlands -- Farming for Health - the situation in Flanders -- Farming for Health: aspects from Germany -- INTEGRATION: youth welfare and sustainable development in Switzerland -- Farming for Health in Austria: farms, horticultural therapy,animal-assisted therapy -- Farming for Health in Slovenia -- Farming and social-care combinations in Poland -- Farming for Health in Italy -- Agriculture and health care: the care of plants and animals for therapy and rehabilitation in the Un -- Farming for Health across Europe: comparison between countries, and recommendations for a research and policy agenda.
Keywords: Plant science; Botany; Agriculture; Landscape ecology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Landscape Ecology