0259/2024 - Hacia la Prescripción Social Basada en la Naturaleza para aliviar la soledad: una experiencia co-creativa desde Ecuador Towards Nature Based Social Prescription to alleviate loneliness: A co-creative experienceEcuador
La presente contribución forma parte del proyecto \"Reimagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces\" (RECETAS) cuyo objetivo es probar y evaluar las Prescripciones Sociales Basadas en la Naturaleza (PSBN) para el alivio de la soledad en Europa, América Latina y Oceanía. A diferencia de los países del norte, el estudio de la soledad y las PSBN están emergiendo en los países de América del Sur, y particularmente en Ecuador. Por ello, esta contribución puede considerarse una investigación pionera, centrada en la co-creación de un menú (listado) de actividades de PSBN para aliviar la soledad en Personas Adultas Mayores. Este artículo, persigue un doble objetivo: (i) establecer pautas metodológicas para la co-creación de un menú de PNSB en otros contextos, y (ii) difundir las actividades identificadas para aliviar la soledad de los adultos mayores en el caso de estudio. Metodológicamente, el estudio adoptó un enfoque participativo con y para adultos mayores desarrollado entre octubre de 2021 y mayo de 2023, que dió como resultado un menú de PSBN co-creado y adecuado al contexto y grupo poblacional de la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador.
Palavras-chave:
soledad; adultos mayores; prescripción social; soluciones basadas en la naturaleza; metodologías participativas.
Abstract:
The present contribution is part of the project \"Reimagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces\" (RECETAS). It aims to test and evaluate Nature-Based Social Prescriptions (NBSP) for the alleviation of loneliness in Europe, Latin America, and Oceania. In contrast to the northern countries, the study of loneliness and NBSP are emerging in the Latin American countries, and particularly in Ecuador. Therefore, this contribution can be considered a pioneering research in this regard, centered on the co-creation a NBSP menu to alleviate loneliness in older adults. The article pursues a double objective: (i) to establish guidelines for a methodological process of co-creation of a NBSP menu for its replication adapted to other contexts, and (ii) to disseminate the activities identified to alleviate the loneliness of older adults. Methodologically, the study adoped a participatory approach with and for older adults, developed in Cuenca, Ecuador, between October 2021 and May 2023, that resulted in a co-created NBSP menu appropriate to the context and population group under study.
Keywords:
loneliness; older adults; social prescription; nature-based solutions; participatory methodologies.
Towards Nature Based Social Prescription to alleviate loneliness: A co-creative experienceEcuador
Resumo (abstract):
The present contribution is part of the project \"Reimagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces\" (RECETAS). It aims to test and evaluate Nature-Based Social Prescriptions (NBSP) for the alleviation of loneliness in Europe, Latin America, and Oceania. In contrast to the northern countries, the study of loneliness and NBSP are emerging in the Latin American countries, and particularly in Ecuador. Therefore, this contribution can be considered a pioneering research in this regard, centered on the co-creation a NBSP menu to alleviate loneliness in older adults. The article pursues a double objective: (i) to establish guidelines for a methodological process of co-creation of a NBSP menu for its replication adapted to other contexts, and (ii) to disseminate the activities identified to alleviate the loneliness of older adults. Methodologically, the study adoped a participatory approach with and for older adults, developed in Cuenca, Ecuador, between October 2021 and May 2023, that resulted in a co-created NBSP menu appropriate to the context and population group under study.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
loneliness; older adults; social prescription; nature-based solutions; participatory methodologies.
Paño, P., García, G., Vasquez, K., Acurio, D.. Hacia la Prescripción Social Basada en la Naturaleza para aliviar la soledad: una experiencia co-creativa desde Ecuador. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/jul). [Citado em 04/07/2025].
Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/artigos/hacia-la-prescripcion-social-basada-en-la-naturaleza-para-aliviar-la-soledad-una-experiencia-cocreativa-desde-ecuador/19307
