Hur Storbritanniens regering förordar natur i hälsohänseende och exempel på hur detta implementeras

Storbritannien ledde den industriella revolutionen vilket spelade en avgorande roll for hur manniskor successivt kom att alieneras fran naturen. Tva storre parlamentariska lagforandringar under 1800- och 1900-talet var nodvandiga for att bromsa halsovadliga fororeningar av vatten- och luftmiljon. Trots stigande siffror for forvantad overlevnad och en valutvecklad sjukvard orsakar kroniska livsstilssjukdomar redan mer dodsfall an alla andra orsaker gemensamt. Detta forvantas ha ett negativt inflytande pa forvantad overlevnad i framtiden. Sociala ojamlikheter i halsa forefaller vara en viktig riskfaktor och som okar den kroniska stressen sarskilt hos de samst bestallda. Kontakt med natur och gronomraden har visat sig kunna paverka och forhindra denna kroniska stress. Denna artikel beskriver hur Storbritanniens regering har forandrat sin politik under de senaste 10 aren i riktning mot att inforliva naturtillgang i folkhalsofragor. Tre olika brittiska halsoprogram anvands for att illustrera hur manniskor kan motiveras att aterskapa en relation till naturen inom halsovard och foretag. The UK led the Industrial Revolution that had a major impact in disconnecting people from nature. Two major acts of parliament in the 19th and 20th century were required to halt the contamination of water and air. However despite rising life expectancy and improvement in healthcare the rise in chronic disease is already causing more deaths than all other causes combined. This is likely to have a major negative impact on life expectancy in the future. Health inequalities appear to be major driver for ill health possibly by increasing chronic stress particularly amongst the poor. Contact with nature has been shown to offset this chronic stress. This paper explains how the UK Government have changed their policies in the past 10 years to embrace nature as a public health issue. Three UK schemes are then used to illustrate how people can be encouraged to reconnect with nature in communities healthcare and amongst employers. A complete English language version of this paper is found at pp. 296-304, see here