注意生态健康:迈向个人和地球健康的步骤
Bruce Barrett1, Sarah Walters1, Mary M Checovich1
1Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
Global advances in integrative medicine and health
|February 27, 2024
概括
与可持续性原则相结合的正念实践可以促进更健康的生活方式和环境效益. 该计划整合了正念饮食和活跃的交通,以应对全球健康和气候挑战.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 肥胖和心血管疾病等全球健康危机与久坐不动的生活方式和高影响饮食有关.
- 由于温室气体排放导致的气候变化对生态系统和人类福祉构成重大风险.
- 促进活跃运输和植物性饮食的干预措施提供了双重健康和可持续性优势.
研究的目的:
- 介绍一项基于正念的新计划",正念生态健康:迈向更健康的生活的步骤".
- 整合正念实践与环境可持续性原则,以获得整体的健康益处.
- 评估该计划的可行性和潜在有效性.
主要方法:
- 一个以正念为基础的压力减轻为基础的小组课程课程,重点是每周的主题,如空气,水,食物,能源,交通,消费,自然体验和道德.
- 将正念实践 (如冥想,正念饮食) 与有关生态可持续性和地球健康的教育内容相结合.
- 在社区环境中进行试点测试 (n=30) 和小组医疗访问 (n=34).
主要成果:
- "有意识的生态健康"计划在各种环境中在试点测试中展示了可行性.
- 初步数据表明,该计划在促进更健康的生活方式和环境意识方面具有潜在的有效性.
- 课程材料,包括教学视频,可在网上获得,以便更广泛地传播.
结论:
- 基于正念的干预可以是一个可行的策略,鼓励积极的交通和更健康,可持续的食物选择.
- "有意识的生态健康"计划提供了一种独特的综合方法,以解决个人健康和全球环境挑战.
- 需要进一步进行严格的评估,以确认该计划的长期影响和有效性.
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