IMPORTANCE OF HORTICULTURAL THERAPY IN THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE OF NOVI SAD (VOJVODINA, SERBIA)
This paper examines a public opinion about the importance of horticultural therapy.
The research was conducted in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, through the survey.
The application and benefits of horticultural therapy, users of the treatment, the objects of therapy application, are some of ten questions contained in the questionnaire.
The obtained results show that 52% of respondents are familiar with the term horticulture therapy, however, more than half of respondents did not know where the therapy can be applied, or who therapy users are.
The results show that more female respondents are familiar with the term of horticultural therapy.
Also, respondents with higher levels of education are more familiar with the importance of horticultural activities.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents did not know what the benefits of the therapy are, while 100% of the respondents had never visited a facility where horticultural therapy is applied.
This result can be explained by the fact that in Serbia there is no facility in which horticultural therapy is implemented.
From these results it could be concluded that the citizens of Novi Sad are not sufficiently aware of the benefits arising from the activities in horticultural therapy.
It is necessary to conduct a training of the relevant stakeholders, training of therapists, and then the application of the horticultural therapy in various institutions in Serbia.
Lakić, A., Sentić, I., Cukanović, J. and Mladenović, E. (2015). IMPORTANCE OF HORTICULTURAL THERAPY IN THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE OF NOVI SAD (VOJVODINA, SERBIA). Acta Hortic. 1099, 973-976
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1099.124
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1099.124
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1099.124
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1099.124
healing landscape, survey, therapeutic design
English
1099_124
973-976
- Commission Banana
- Division Temperate Tree Fruits
- Division Physiology and Plant-Environment Interactions of Horticultural Crops in Field Systems
- Division Vine and Berry Fruits
- Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts
- Division Temperate Tree Nuts
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Division Ornamental Plants
- Division Protected Cultivation and Soilless Culture
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers