PARK PRESCRIPTIONS

The Institute is committed to supporting a growing network of medical practitioners, insurance providers, parks and federal lands, and the communities they serve to establish and share best practices to connect healthcare and park resources.

The Institute’s preliminary case study report, Park Prescriptions: Profiles and Resources for Good Health From the Great Outdoors, is a first step toward this goal.

Read more about the history and milestones of the Park Prescriptions initiative >

Physicians Connect Parks & Health

Institute partner Dr. Daphne Miller presents the Park Prescriptions concept at the 2010 Partners Outdoors Conference at Fort Baker.

Read a recent feature in The New York Times highlights the work of Dr. Daphne Miller and others in the Park Prescriptions movement >

 

Success Stories

At a White House listening session on America’s Great Outdoors and health, the Institute highlights programs from around the country that put people in parks to treat and prevent disease.

Read more in the Institute's Park Prescriptions report (PDF) >

Learn More

Treat the problem, not the symptoms. Park Prescriptions at a Glance (PDF) >

Download the Institute’s report
Park Prescriptions: Profiles and Resources for Good Health from the Great Outdoors >

Visit the Institute’s online Health & Parks Guide – the one-stop portal for parks, prescribers, and providers >

Watch: White House listening session on reconnecting youth to America’s Great Outdoors

Participate

Join the National Park Service’s Health Promotion Initiative on Facebook >

Share the latest international research, innovations and programs that focus on the health benefits of human contact with the natural world at Parks Victoria’s Healthy Parks Healthy People Central >

Connect and Collaborate

 

Bring Your Work to Fort Baker

Park Prescriptions is among the many innovative environmental solutions incubated at Fort Baker. Learn more about hosting your own conferences and events at Cavallo Point Lodge >

Join Us

To learn more or to contribute to the growing collection of Park Prescriptions case studies, you may submit your case study through our online  Parks & Health Guide.  If you’d like to speak with us about your program, please contact: info@instituteatgoldengate.org or (415) 561-3557.

The Institute would like to recognize American Recreation Coalition for their partnership and thank See Change Health for their generous support of Park Prescriptions.

Additional support for Park Prescriptions comes from: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, National Park Service, and the Nonprofit & Public Management Center at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. The following individuals and organizations have contributed substantial in-kind support and services: Daphne Miller, MD, Michael Suk, MD, Stephen Lockhart, MD, Cavallo Point Lodge, Grove Consultants International, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, and the American Recreation Coalition