49 min
Prescribing Parks as Medicine for a Happier, Healthier Life with Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer (Coronavirus COVID19 Series) What is Public Health with Dr. Kee Chan
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- Health & Fitness
You will learn why walking outside at the park, playing outside in green space with your children and just being outside for ten minutes and taking that nice deep breath of fresh air can help you live longer, protect your eyesight from blindness, and boost your immune responses. Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer will show us why doctors need to start prescribing park as medicine to address many of our health issues and to improve our overall well-being.
Dr. Stacy Bella Stryer is a board certified pediatrician in Maryland. Through her career, she has served as a physician and health promotion and disease prevention coordinator within the Indian Health Service, also as a clinical pediatrician, and a pediatric subject expert for an online health website called Revolution Health. Currently, Dr. Stryer is a medical officer within the federal government and a medical consultant with https://parkrxamerica.org, where she educates providers, schools and park agencies on the benefits of nature and park prescriptions; and works with the core team to strategize ways to motivate providers to prescribe nature. Dr. Stryer also works with her local public school system to increase awareness and promote outdoor classrooms and green schoolyards. She serves on Governor Hogan's task force for "Project Green Classrooms.”
Dr. Stacy Stryer earned her BA in psychobiology at Wellesley College and MD degree from Yale University School of Medicine.
Connect with Dr. Stacy Stryer at https://parkrxamerica.org
This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health. To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.keechanphd.com
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You will learn why walking outside at the park, playing outside in green space with your children and just being outside for ten minutes and taking that nice deep breath of fresh air can help you live longer, protect your eyesight from blindness, and boost your immune responses. Dr. Stacy Beller Stryer will show us why doctors need to start prescribing park as medicine to address many of our health issues and to improve our overall well-being.
Dr. Stacy Bella Stryer is a board certified pediatrician in Maryland. Through her career, she has served as a physician and health promotion and disease prevention coordinator within the Indian Health Service, also as a clinical pediatrician, and a pediatric subject expert for an online health website called Revolution Health. Currently, Dr. Stryer is a medical officer within the federal government and a medical consultant with https://parkrxamerica.org, where she educates providers, schools and park agencies on the benefits of nature and park prescriptions; and works with the core team to strategize ways to motivate providers to prescribe nature. Dr. Stryer also works with her local public school system to increase awareness and promote outdoor classrooms and green schoolyards. She serves on Governor Hogan's task force for "Project Green Classrooms.”
Dr. Stacy Stryer earned her BA in psychobiology at Wellesley College and MD degree from Yale University School of Medicine.
Connect with Dr. Stacy Stryer at https://parkrxamerica.org
This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health. To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.keechanphd.com
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49 min