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dc.contributor.authorLund, Inger Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorGranerud, Arild
dc.contributor.authorEriksson, Bengt G.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-10T14:01:17Z
dc.date.available2015-02-10T14:01:17Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationLund, I.E., Granerud, A. & Eriksson, B.G. (2015). Green Care From the Provider’s Perspective: An Insecure Position Facing Different Social Worlds. Sage Open, 5(1). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244014568422nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2158-2440
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/275782
dc.descriptionThis is an Open Access article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) and originally published in Sage Open. You can access the article by following this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244014568422.nb_NO
dc.descriptionDette er en vitenskapelig, fagfellevurdert artikkel som opprinnelig ble publisert i Sage Open. Artikkelen er publisert under lisensen Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC BY 3.0). Du kan også få tilgang til artikkelen ved å følge denne lenken: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244014568422.
dc.description.abstractGreen Care is an international concept, where utilization of agricultural farms is a base for promoting human mental and physical health, as well as quality of life for a variety of client groups. The purpose of this study was to improve knowledge and understanding of opportunities and difficulties faced by providers of Green Care services, and to discuss the role of being a Green Care service provider. Data were collected by three qualitative multi-stage focus group interviews with seven providers of Green Care services (five women, two men). The findings indicated that running Green Care services means different kinds of challenges such as low predictability and complicated cooperation with authorities and stakeholders. Efforts toward increased quality assurance are regarded positive. Being a Green Care service provider means that the farmer’s function is extended, that is, by shaping a therapeutic environment and being a role model, which takes a genuine interest and belief in the idea of Green Care, and ability to think creatively and innovatively. To watch the users grow as persons and master new tasks is rewarding to the service provider. Providers of Green Care Services have to face different and sometimes incompatible social worlds. Their role is sometimes indistinct and they find themselves in a border position. Perhaps some of the potential in Green Care will get lost with a more professionalized provider role.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherSagenb_NO
dc.subjectsocial farmingnb_NO
dc.subjectgreen carenb_NO
dc.subjectmental healthnb_NO
dc.subjectqualitative researchnb_NO
dc.titleGreen Care From the Provider’s Perspective: An Insecure Position Facing Different Social Worldsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800nb_NO
dc.source.volume5nb_NO
dc.source.journalSage Opennb_NO
dc.source.issue1nb_NO
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244014568422


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