{"id":43234,"date":"2021-10-29T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalnewsbulletin.com\/?p=43234"},"modified":"2021-10-29T11:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:43:53","slug":"childrens-connection-to-nature-during-pandemic-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalnewsbulletin.com\/childrens-connection-to-nature-during-pandemic-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Children’s connection to nature during pandemic lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the first year of the pandemic, \u2018lockdowns\u2019 were a common public health strategy to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This disruption to daily life may have both long-term positive and negative consequences for individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent article – \u2018Understanding changes to children\u2019s connection to nature during the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic and implications for child well-being\u2019 – looked to address how the pandemic affected disconnection between children and the natural world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to have access to and make use of green spaces has been associated with the reduction of stress, improvements in emotional and behavioral problems, and helps lower levels of anxiety and depression. 1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is suggested that during the pandemic, three pathways have emerged that can be associated with the changes in the human-nature connection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The opportunity pathway, which is associated with both the positive and negative changes to the opportunities available to access and engage with nature; for example people have more time available to be outdoors, but they\u2019re limited to where they can go.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n