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学生福祉和与自然的联系是项目启动的核心

(Student wellbeing and connection to nature at the heart of project launch )

2024-01-10

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日期:2023年5月23日星期二,雷克瑟姆-格林德沃大学(wgu)的学生在一个新的社会处方项目的启动活动中发现了如何通过大自然增强他们的整体健康,并与周围环境建立更紧密的联系。 该项目名为“基于自然的社会处方,以支持学生的联系和幸福感”,已获得40万英镑的资助,该项目将研究基于自然的干预措施如何帮助学生改善他们的幸福感,并让他们感觉与当地社区及其环境更紧密地联系在一起。 为了正式启动该项目,来自雷克瑟姆和弗林特郡的wgu学生、工作人员和卫生服务提供者本周聚集在一起,了解更多关于当地社会处方和绿色卫生服务提供者的信息,并探索加强和最大化绿色卫生转诊的新方法。 此次活动围绕自然环境、健康和福祉等主题展开了一系列丰富多彩的演讲和活动,包括喂养未来——学生和教职员工用鱼和水代替土壤种植植物;艺术与自然——利用自然制造工具来创作艺术品;自然中的正念运动——参与者通过冥想进行正念;以及绿色大学的挑战,让教职员工和学生确定wgu的绿色程度。 在此次活动中,出席的绿色健康服务提供者还获得了wgu绿色社会处方短期课程的资助名额,该课程针对的是那些作为社会处方医生执业的个人,他们希望了解更多关于绿色社会处方、它是什么以及它是如何工作的,以及希望了解更多有关社会处方的绿色健康提供者。 该课程着眼于健康的决定因素,自然如何以及为什么对健康有益,以及有助于专业发展的专业技能,如动机面试。 wgu运营执行总监、基于自然的社会处方项目负责人lyndapowell表示:“我们很高兴在本周的特别活动中正式向我们更广泛的大学社区启动这一重要项目。 对我们来说,从事一个对学生健康和福祉有很多好处的项目真是太棒了。 “我们都知道,参与绿色空间和基于自然的活动对我们的身体、心理和社会健康和福祉非常有益,我们的启动活动为我们提供了一些绿色活动、社会处方、介绍绿色健康提供者以及它们如何对学生产生积极影响的体验。 “与位于南威尔士大学的威尔士社会处方研究学院(wsspr)合作,wgu公共卫生与福利高级讲师sharon wheler博士将领导该项目的研究结果,该项目旨在揭示对学生来说‘现在重要的是什么’,以及大学如何最大限度地利用其绿地。 该项目的资金由威尔士高等教育资助委员会(hefcw)作为其战略投资基金的一部分授予。 该项目是与来自整个大学的工作人员合作进行的,他们与各种当地组织合作,如威尔士自然资源、coleg cambria、betsi cadwaladr大学健康委员会、弗林特郡地方志愿委员会(flvc)、北威尔士基金会和雷克瑟姆县自治市议会。 该项目是与来自整个大学的工作人员合作进行的,他们与各种当地组织合作,如威尔士自然资源、coleg cambria、betsi cadwaladr大学健康委员会、弗林特郡地方志愿委员会(flvc)、北威尔士基金会和雷克瑟姆县自治市议会。
date: tuesday 23rd may, 2023 students at wrexham glyndwr university (wgu) discovered how to strengthen their overall wellbeing and feel more connected to their surroundings through nature at the launch event of a new social prescribing project. the project called ‘nature-based social prescribing to support student connectedness and wellbeing’, which has received funding to the tune of £400,000, will investigate how nature-based interventions for students can help to improve their wellbeing and feel more connected to the local community and its environment.to officially launch the project, wgu students, staff and health providers from across wrexham and flintshire came together this week to find out more about local social prescribing, green health providers, as well as explore new ways to strengthen and maximise green health referrals.  the event featured a packed line-up of talks and activities on topics relating to the natural environment, health and wellbeing, including feed the future – which saw students and staff use fish and water instead of soil to grow plants; art and nature – using nature to make tools to create artwork; mindful movement in nature – which saw attendees undertake mindfulness through meditation; and a green university challenge, for staff and students to determine how green wgu is. at the event, green health providers in attendance were also offered a funded place on wgu’s green social prescribing short course, which is aimed at individuals who either practice as social prescribers, who would like to learn more about green social prescribing, what it is and how it works, as well as green health providers who would like to learn more about social prescribing. the course looks at the determinants of health, how and why nature is beneficial for health, and professional skills such as motivational interviewing that can aid professional development.lynda powell, executive director of operations at wgu and nature-based social prescribing project lead, said: “we were delighted to officially launch this important project to our wider university community this week at our special event. it’s fantastic for us to be working on a project which has so many benefits to student health and wellbeing.“we all know that engaging with green spaces and nature-based activities can be incredibly beneficial for our physical, mental and social health and wellbeing – and our launch event provided a taster into some of these green activities, social prescribing, an introduction to green health providers, and how they can positively impact students.”working alongside the wales school for social prescribing research (wsspr) based at the university of south wales, dr sharon wheeler, senior lecturer in public health and wellbeing at wgu, will be leading on the research findings from the project, which will aim to uncover ‘what matters now’ to students and how universities can get the most out of their green spaces. funding for the project was awarded by higher education funding council for wales (hefcw), as part of its strategic investment fund. the project is a collaborative with staff from across the university working with a variety of local organisations such as natural resources wales, coleg cambria, betsi cadwaladr university health board, flintshire local voluntary council (flvc), groundwork north wales and wrexham county borough council. .
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