What We Do
The Nature and Health Alliance (NHA) is a research/practice group created to advance and communicate understanding of the health benefits of engaging with nature. We foster efforts to combine research efforts, expand interdisciplinary investigations, and enhance policy work at a national level. The NHA also strives to inform training the next generations of researchers and practitioners. By raising awareness of the human health benefits of nature engagement, we promote reciprocal actions between humans and the health of the environment.
Featured Content
Research Collaborative
In 2022, an interdisciplinary research/practice group from across the country created the “Nature and Human Health-Alliance” to launch a ‘national movement’ on this topic.
Nature Equity
We are committed to equity and justice as foundational pillars in the interplay of nature and health research, practice, and policy.
Database
Reports on nature benefits for human health have increasingly documented inequities in nature access.
Featured Articles and Journals
Healthy by Nature: Policy Practices Aimed at Maximizing the Human Behavioral Health Benefits of Nature Contact
Affective Benefits of Nature Contact: The Role of Rumination
Stress recovery from virtual exposure to a brown (desert) environment versus a green environment
