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Home is outdoors. A study of award-winning Norwegian picturebooks

Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica, 2019
Based on an investigation of 34 award-winning Norwegian picturebooks spanning the years from 1948 to 2010, I found that a substantial number portray outdoor spaces in nature as the most prevalent domestic space.
Nina Goga
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Regional differences in access to the outdoors and outdoor play of Canadian children and youth during the COVID-19 outbreak

Canadian journal of public health, 2020
To reduce the spread of COVID-19, public health authorities across the country have recommended that Canadians keep their distance, wash their hands, and stay home.
Louise de Lannoy, R. Rhodes, S. Moore, G. Faulkner, M. Tremblay   +4 more
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The outdoors as a contested leisure terrain

Annals of Leisure Research, 2021
In this critical commentary, we propose that ‘the outdoors’ is a contested leisure terrain that is both a space for freedom, relaxation and enjoyment, and, at the same time, a site of exclusion, hierarchy and discrimination.
Katherine Dashper, Jason King
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HCI Outdoors [PDF]

Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018
HCI in outdoor recreation is a growing research area. While papers investigating systems in specific domains, such as biking, climbing, or skiing, are beginning to appear, the broader community is just beginning to form. The community still seems to lack a cohesive agenda for advancing our understanding of this application domain.
Michael D. Jones, Zann Anderson, Jonna Häkkilä, Keith Cheverst, Florian Daiber   +4 more
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Experiences of the Built Environment, Falls and Fear of Falling Outdoors among Older Adults: An Exploratory Study and Future Directions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Falls can have serious impacts on the health, wellbeing and daily mobilities of older adults. Falls are a leading cause of injury and death amongst older adults and outdoor falls comprise a substantial proportion of pedestrian injuries.
A. Curl, H. Fitt, M. Tomintz
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Time spent outdoors through childhood and adolescence – assessed by 25‐hydroxyvitamin D concentration – and risk of myopia at 20 years

Acta ophthalmologica, 2021
To investigate the relationship between time spent outdoors, at particular ages in childhood and adolescence, and myopia status in young adulthood using serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration as a biomarker of time spent outdoors.
G. Lingham, D. Mackey, K. Zhu, R. Lucas, L. Black, W. Oddy, P. Holt, J. Walsh, P. Sanfilippo, W. Chan She Ping-Delfos, S. Yazar   +10 more
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Time spent outdoors and sleep normality: A preliminary investigation

Population Medicine, 2021
Introduction Sleep deficiency is associated with health risks, and time outdoors is related to health benefits. This study assessed time outdoors and its association with sleep normality.
Lindsey A. Wood, Madeline M. Tomlinson, Jack A. Pfeiffer, Kandi L. Walker, Rachel J. Keith, Ted Smith, Ray A. Yeager, Aruni Bhatnagar, Savanna Kerstiens, Delana Gilkey, Hong Gao, Sanjay Srivastava, Joy L. Hart   +12 more
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The effect of time outdoors on veterans receiving treatment for PTSD

Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2021
Objectives: Duration, frequency, and intensity of nature exposure link to different physical and psychological benefits. The present study aimed to determine how time outdoors affected military veterans’ posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology ...
J. Bettmann, Kort C. Prince, Kamala Ganesh, Kelsi F Rugo, Annabelle O Bryan, C. Bryan, David C. Rozek, Feea R. Leifker   +7 more
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Consensus and guidelines on myopia control in children by the Taiwan Myopia Disease Society

Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology
PURPOSE: Myopia is a major public health concern in East Asia. Despite available interventions, clinical variations persist in diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to develop consensus-based clinical recommendations for myopia control in Taiwanese ...
Jui-Yen Lin, Hung-Chi Chen, Pei-Chang Wu, Ken-Kuo Lin, Chih-Chien Hsu, Der-Chong Tsai, Chih-Ping Wang, Chun-Fu Liu, Han-Chih Cheng, Chau-Yin Chen, Yun-Wen Chen, Wei-Yu Chiang   +11 more
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Lifestyle Factors in Myopic Spanish Children

Children
Background: Childhood myopia represents a global concern with increasing prevalence in recent decades. Lifestyle factors significantly impact myopia. Aim: To evaluate lifestyle factors in myopic children from a metropolitan area in Europe.
Noemí Güemes-Villahoz, Rosario Gómez de Liano, Paloma Porras Ángel, Paula Talavero González, Rafael Bella Gala, Beatriz Martín García, Bárbara Burgos Blasco, Elena Hernández García, Marta Chamorro Herrera, José Luis Hernández-Verdejo, Alicia Ruiz-Pomeda   +10 more
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