title: The development of green care in western European countries.
abstract: This article represents a review of green care across Western European countries. The following questions are addressed: What is green care, and what are its basic goals? What are the most commonly known types of green care interventions, and how are they connected to each other? There are different sectors of green care intervention that vary from each other regarding their structure, specific goals, and purpose. These traits will be investigated in this review. And lastly, how these interventions are designed and their approach to promote and provide health will be examined.
authors.affiliation: Agrosystems Research, Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen UR, the Netherlands. dorithaubenhofer@web.de <dorithaubenhofer@web.de>
authors.forename: Dorit Karla
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Haubenhofer
authors.forename: Marjolein
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elings
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hassink
authors.forename: Rachel Elizabeth
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Hine
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D056447:Animal Assisted Therapy; D000818:Animals; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D004777:Environment; D005060:Europe; D051639:Gardening; D006801:Humans; D019368:Nature; D055814:Wilderness