Research Article Green Care as Alternative Therapy: The Situation in Ghana Evans Paul Kwame Ameade , 1,2 Linda Ama Owusuaa Amoah, 2 and Benjamin Yeboah Ofori 2 1 Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana 2 Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana Correspondence should be addressed to Evans Paul Kwame Ameade; sokpesh@yahoo.com Received 29 September 2020; Revised 20 March 2021; Accepted 27 March 2021; Published 7 April 2021 Academic Editor: Jose C Adsuar Copyright © 2021 Evans Paul Kwame Ameade et al. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Green care, an alternative healthcare system that involves the use of nature, is proven to be useful in the management of organic and psychological disorders worldwide. ere are various forms of Green care including Animal-Assisted erapy (AAT), a type where animals play pivotal roles in the healing process and is widely used in many developed countries. We assessed the level of awareness and attitude towards Green care among medical students of Ghana. Using a cross-sectional study design and a semistructured questionnaire designed on Google Forms, data were collected from randomly selected 4 th -, 5 th -, and 6 th -year medical students of the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. e data submitted by 206 of the students were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, Version 25, and the results were presented as frequencies, percentages, and charts. e association between sociodemographic characteristics of respondents and awareness about Animal-Assisted erapy (AAT) was considered significant at p < 0.05.estudyfoundthatonly7(3.4%)ofthemedicalstudentshadeverheardof Green care while a higher number of 36 (17.5%) were aware of AATmostly through movies and television. However, the majority, 122 (59.3%), had a positive attitude towards the introduction of AAT, into their medical training curriculum. Up to 146 (70.9%) of the respondents suggested lectures and practical sessions as their preferred way of acquiring knowledge and skills on AAT. Only the sex of the respondents was significantly associated with awareness of AAT, with females having a better awareness of AAT (28.6% vs. 11.0%, p � 0.003). We conclude that awareness of Green care practices among medical students in Ghana was highly inadequate, but the desire of the majority of them to acquire knowledge and skills in this proven alternative therapy makes its future use in Ghana promising. 1.Introduction e use of nature for the promotion of human health, which is collectively known as Green care, is becoming a promising alternative healthcare practice, especially in developed countries [1, 2]. Green care is defined as an alternative therapy that uses the biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components of nature to promote human health and wellbeing [1, 3]. Although Green care may be linked to the natural environment, it can also occur in designated facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons [4, 5]. Green care intervention processes can be classified into social and therapeutic horticulture, care farming, ecotherapy, and animal-assisted therapy among others [1]. Social and therapeutic horticulture involves the use of plants and horticulture to promote human wellbeing [6]. Care farming processes, on the other hand, encompass the use of com- mercial farms and agricultural landscape to promote mental and physical health, while ecotherapies are techniques and practices which encourage clients to work with plants and animals and are supported to establish a green space to conserve local habitats [7–10]. Animal-assisted therapy in- volves the use of trained animals such as dogs, cats, horses, and donkeys to promote mental and physical health [1, 11, 12]. Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is the most thoroughly studied Green care method [1, 4]. Physiological benefits derived from Green care have been proven to be effective as Hindawi Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2021, Article ID 8812379, 7 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8812379