Gardening for Health
Boisvert, Keelan
Boisvert, Keelan
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This project poses the question: How can gardening improve the overall “well-being” of patients? We hypothesized that gardening improves the well-being of patients suffering from chronic conditions. The UVMMC’s rooftop garden served as the primary facility for ten weeks. Pre and post-surveys were given to participants relating to their well-being and the gardening program, which, through qualitative analysis, showed to have an overall improvement in self-efficacy, relationships, knowledge gained, etc. These results fit into existing literature that asserts gardening has positive effects on the well-being of patients, but, unlike other studies, brought out a powerful correlation between intergenerational effects and gardening
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Undergraduate
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2023-01-01