Identificar el aporte a la salud ambiental de la estrategia "más que aplausos" del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá

Abstract

The internship proposal is developed in the Jardín Botánico of Bogotá in the Educational and Cultural Sub-deparment under the Nature, Health and Culture Program in the "Más que aplausos" strategy, it is made up of four sub-activities which are: "Therapeutic stretching", "Yoga", "Music therapy" and "Natural painting", the strategy has an interdisciplinary team and the activities are developed with the staff of the Ministry of Health. Taking into account, the low level of appropriation of natural spaces in urban areas by people has caused rejection or deterioration of these spaces, the proposal aims to identify the importance and benefits of environmental health in the strategy "Más aplausos" of the Nature, Health and Culture Program of the Bogotá Jardín Botánico. Environmental Health is defined as the study of the effects of the physical and social environment on human health. The sub-activities promote the development of healthy habits, stimulate cognitive development and human well-being. The integrality and transcendentalism of the "Más que aplausos" strategy in the entities involved, both in the Ministry of Health and in the Jardín Botánico of Bogotá, are fundamental axes for the program, for this, the use, appropriation and conservation of natural spaces, from the benefits they offer from practice are a key starting point and it is an opportunity to promote environmental education with an interdisciplinary team. The degree work uses a qualitative and descriptive methodology, its methodological design is the identification of aspects in the field of the "Más que aplausos" strategy, the description of the executed sub-activities, relate to the sub-activities of "Más que aplausos" with information on Environmental Health citing national and international bibliographic references, the application of analysis criteria in the collection of information on perception through questionnaires, tabulation of general characteristics of those attending the strategy, will address issues such as effects, risks and recommendations in individuals and groups, with this, the Infographic that relates Environmental Health and "Más que aplausos" will be developed, finally the material will be delivered to the Program team. The internship aims to create an Infographic presenting the comprehensiveness and interdisciplinary with respect to Environmental Health in the strategy "Más que aplausos", added to this, it is presented as support for the objectives of the program, among them, mainstreaming this strategy in the entity, in a context where we take away mitigating the indirect effects of COVID-19 and its variants, anxiety, depression, aggressiveness, obesity, among others, is neglected, carrying out this long-term strategy will have a positive impact on these effects For this, having the perspective of health personnel after participating in the strategy will be an important basis for the axes that the team wants to promote. On the other hand, it represents for the discipline of environmental education to transform the theoretical information of promotion into dynamic and categorical. information to stimulate the appropriation of natural spaces in urban areas.