Adventure Education (AE) programs seek to encourage individual growth and development through the intentional planning and implementation of educational processes that often include perceived or actual risk and typically use the natural environment as a program setting. Moreover, AE activities have long been suspected of having the potential to enhance a number of variables such as stress reduction, trust, development of social networks, a sense of empowerment, and resilience (McKenzie, 2003). Many of these variables are also associated with the maintenance and enhancement of human health. If effective in improving these types of variables, AE programs may be another tool in the overall management of the health of many citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]