Exploring how social policy can inform green social prescribing as an instrument for social justice and inclusion

拟议的项目将审查在接触自然方面的种族不平等的历史、社会经济和物质根源，为联合王国的社会公正和可持续社会政策提供信息。研究发现，花时间在大自然中对社会、心理和身体健康都有好处，而绿色社会处方是一种新的社会政策形式，已被证明在改善心理和身体健康方面取得了成功。但是，当涉及到谁能接触自然，从而从自然中受益时，存在着社会和结构性的不平等。城市和农村地区接触自然的机会因种族而异，黑人、亚洲人或少数民族群体对绿色空间的使用和获得情况差异很大。该项目将解决来自黑人、亚裔和少数民族背景的人接触自然的障碍，以及接受绿色社会处方的问题。研究的问题将问是什么原因造成这些障碍，我们如何克服它们？在绿色社会处方的发展过程中，哪些观点被边缘化了（在知识和实践中）？我们如何去殖民化我们对自然的理解，以及谁有权接近它？一个关键的，跨学科的方法将采取，使用组合ofqualitative方法，探讨公众，服务提供商，决策者和其他利益相关者的成员的观点。这项研究的结果将告知针对当前的辩论在英国政府和NHS的社会政策建议的发展，包括环境法案和NHS的长期计划。

The proposed project will examine the underlying historical, socioeconomic and material causes of racialinequalities in access to nature, informing socially just and sustainable social policies in the UK. Researchhas found social, psychological and physical health benefits of spending time in nature, and green socialprescribing is a new form of social policy that has been shown to be successful in improving mental andphysical health. But there are social and structural inequalities when it comes to who has access to, andtherefore benefits from, nature. Access to nature in urban and rural areas differs by ethnicity, with useand access to green spaces varying significantly between Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups.The project will address barriers to accessing nature, and the uptake of green social prescribing, forpeople from a BAME background. The research questions will ask what causes these barriers and how dowe overcome them? What perspectives have been marginalised in the development of green socialprescribing (in knowledge and practice)? How do we decolonise our understanding of nature and who hasthe right to access it? A critical, interdisciplinary approach will be taken, using a combination ofqualitative methods, to explore the perspectives of members of the public, service providers, policymakers and other stakeholders.The outcomes of this research will inform the development of social policy recommendations directed atcurrent debates in UK government and the NHS, including the Environment Bill and the NHS Long TermPlan.