HSH715 Qualitative Research Report: Nature and Mental Health Promotion

This report, prepared as part of the HSH715/HSH915 Qualitative Health Research course, investigates the impact of nature on mental health promotion in Australia. The introduction outlines the chosen topic, followed by a review of existing literature, highlighting the research gap concerning the degree of nature's impact. The report establishes specific research objectives, aiming to understand the relationship between nature and mental well-being within the Australian context. The study poses research questions to guide the investigation, such as the support nature provides in mental health promotion and the percentage of its effect. The report references various studies to support its arguments, emphasizing the importance of nature for mental wellness and the need for further research, particularly in the Australian context. The research employs qualitative methods, focusing on interviews to gather data on the benefits of nature in improving mental health and the impact of nature on mental health promotion. It also discusses ethical considerations and potential risks associated with the research.

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A qualitative Assessment on The effect of nature in an individual Mental Health Promotion in Australia

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Literature Review............................................................................................................................2
Literature Gap..................................................................................................................................3
Research objective...........................................................................................................................3
Research question............................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4

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A qualitative Assessment on The effect of nature in an individual mental health promotion
in Australia
Introduction
In this report, "Nature and mental health promotion" topic are selected, the discussion is made on
describing the different opinions of authors about topic and report also discuss the literature gap.
Further, the research objective and questions are identified.
Literature Review
Vujcic et al. conducted the study to understand the concept of nature and mental health
promotion, the data collection was done through adopting a secondary method that is by
reviewing existing articles (Vujcic, Tomicevic-Dubljevic, Grbic, Lecic-Tosevski, Vukovic, &
Toskovic, 2017). From the analysis, it is estimated that nature plays an important role in
promoting and improving the mental health of the people. It is because this leads in the mental
health of the individual will be improved by focusing on wellbeing activities.
The objective of the research is to provide information about promoting the mental health of the
person (Jennings, Yun, & Larson, 2016). From the analysis, it is revealed that mental health
strategies lead in increasing satisfaction among the individual because of less depreciation.
Bodman also revealed that through exposing the nature individual can think more positively and
can increase the coping skills. Further estimation also revealed that getting more into nature
person can concentrate more on the activities, increase problem-solving skills and increase the
capacity of the person to think critically (Bodman, 2017).
Barton & Rogerson revealed that spending time into nature results in increasing the thinking
ability to think more critically, however, it is considered the therapy through which various
patients are treated for improving their mental health and remain stress-free (Barton & Rogerson,
2017). The estimation describes that forest therapy is also considered the treatment therapy and
therapist perform various activities to spread awareness for improving the mental health of the
person. Battams also describes that it is promoted because of reducing anxiety and can support in

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increasing the psychological, emotional and physical status of individuals because the person
received several benefits by nature immersion (Battams, 2016).
Literature Gap
The above studies revealed that the majority of the researchers focuses on revealing the
information about the concept of nature and mental health promotion, the study also provides
data regarding benefits of nature in improving and promoting the mental health of an individual.
However, studies do not provide information about the degree of impact nature has on mental
health promotion. The studies also not focused on describing the concept in Australia.
Research objective
The proposed report can focus on understanding "the impact of nature in promoting the mental
health of an individual in Australia. This leads in providing complete data regarding their
relationship and their benefits to continue this practice in the promotion.
Research question
To achieve the objective of conducting the research, questions are developed so that validity will
be maintained in receiving the answers.
 "What support nature is beneficial in promoting mental wellness in Australia?"
 “Describe the percentage of effect nature have on mental health promotion in Australia?”

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References
Barton, J., & Rogerson, M. (2017). The importance of greenspace for mental health. BJPsych
international , 14 (4), 79-81.
Battams, S. (2016). ublic Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Promotion, and Interventions
Which Focus on the Social Determinants of Mental Health. Frontiers in public health , 4, 285.
Bodman, G. M. (2017). Nature as Health Promotion “The Rug of Life” as a Method. In
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Proceedings , 1 (9), 877.
Jennings, V., Yun, J., & Larson, L. (2016). Finding common ground: environmental ethics,
social justice, and a sustainable path for nature-based health promotion. In Healthcare , 4 (3), 61.
Vujcic, M., Tomicevic-Dubljevic, J., Grbic, M., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Vukovic, O., & Toskovic,
O. (2017). Nature based solution for improving mental health and well-being. Environmental
research , 158, 385-392.