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01 Cover
02 Contents
03 Green space matters
04 Societal mental health
05 Nature and neighbourhood
06 Community cohesion
07 Conduits to health
08 Times of crisis
09 Our brand-new research
10 Forging a new future
11 Sources

The research we reviewed:

Abrams, D., Lalot, F., Broadwood, J., & Platts-Dunn, I. (2020). Beyond Us and Them: Perception of Covid-19 and Social Cohesion.

Andrews, J. O., Mueller, M., Newman, S. D., Magwood, G., Ahluwalia, J. S., White, K., & Tingen, M. S. (2014). The association of individual and neighborhood social cohesion, stressors, and crime on smoking status among African-American women in southeastern US subsidized housing neighborhoods. J Urban Health, 91(6), 1158-1174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-014-9911-6

Baum, F., MacDougall, C., & Smith, D. (2006). Participatory action research. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 60(10), 854.

Buettgen, A., Richardson, J., Beckham, K., Richardson, K., Ward, M., & Riemer, M. (2012). We did it together: A participatory action research study on poverty and disability. Disability & Society, 27(5), 603-616.

Clift, S., Hancox, G., Morrison, I., Hess, B., Kreutz, G., & Stewart, D. (Eds.). (2007). Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: Findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey using the WHOQOL-BREF. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science, Casa da Música, Porto, 22-23 November 2007.

Clift, S., Hancox, G., Morrison, I., Hess, B., Kreutz, G., & Stewart, D. (2010). Choral singing and psychological wellbeing: Quantitative and qualitative findings from English choirs in a cross-national survey. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 1(1), 19–34.

De Silva, M. J., McKenzie, K., Harpham, T., & Huttly, S. R. (2005). Social capital and mental illness: a systematic review. J Epidemiol Community Health, 59(8), 619-627. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2004.029678

Ding, D., Del Pozo Cruz, B., Green, M. A., & Bauman, A. E. (2020). Is the COVID-19 lockdown nudging people to be more active: a big data analysis. Br J Sports Med, 54(20), 1183-1184. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102575

Drieskens, S., Berger, N., Vandevijvere, S., Gisle, L., Braekman, E., Charafeddine, R., De Ridder, K., & Demarest, S. (2021). Short-term impact of the COVID-19 confinement measures on health behaviours and weight gain among adults in Belgium. Arch Public Health, 79(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00542-2

England, P. H. (Public Health England, 2021). Public Health Annual Report - Rising Challenges of Covid-19. https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/public-health-annual-report-2021-rising-challenges-covid-19

Evans, J., Macrory, I., & Randall, C. (2016). Measuring national well-being: Life in the UK, 2016. Office for National Statistics

Gana, V., Giridharan, R., & Watkins, R. (2018). Application of Soft Landings in the Design Management process of a non-residential building. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 14(3), 178-193.

Gillis, K., & Gatersleben, B. (2015). A review of psychological literature on the health and wellbeing benefits of biophilic design. Buildings, 5(3), 948-963.

Gray, T., & Birrell, C. (2014). Are biophilic-designed site office buildings linked to health benefits and high performing occupants? International journal of environmental research and public health, 11(12), 12204-12222.

Guo, X., Franco, O. H., & Laine, J. E. (2022). Accelerated ageing in the COVID-19 pandemic: A dilemma for healthy ageing. Maturitas, 157, 68-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.12.009

Hanna, P., Johnson, K., Stenner, P., & Adams, M. (2015). Foucault, sustainable tourism, and relationships with the environment (human and nonhuman). GeoJournal, 80(2), 301-314.

Holmes, L., West, H., & Dreaves, H. (2009). Mental well-being impact assessment (MWIA) of projects funded by ‘Target: wellbeing’. Liverpool: Division of Public Health, University of Liverpool

Hystad, P., & Carpiano, R. M. (2012). Sense of community-belonging and health-behaviour change in Canada. J Epidemiol Community Health, 66(3), 277-283. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.103556

Jaspal, R., & Breakwell, G. M. (2022). Socio-economic inequalities in social network, loneliness and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 68(1), 155-165

Jennings, V., & Bamkole, O. (2019). The Relationship between Social Cohesion and Urban Green Space: An Avenue for Health Promotion. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030452

Kim, J. (2020). The role of social cohesion in addressing the impact of COVID-19 on mental health within marginalized communities. Local Development & Society, 1(2), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/26883597.2020.1829985

Lalot, F., Abrams, D., Broadwood, J., Davies Hayon, K., & Platts-Dunn, I. (2021). The social cohesion investment: Communities that invested in integration programmes are showing greater social cohesion in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Community Appl Soc Psychol. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2522

Levinger, P., Cerin, E., Milner, C., & Hill, K. D. (2021). Older people and nature: the benefits of outdoors, parks and nature in light of COVID-19 and beyond- where to from here? Int J Environ Health Res, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2021.1879739

Lovell, S. T., & Taylor, J. R. (2013). Supplying urban ecosystem services through multifunctional green infrastructure in the United States. Landscape ecology, 28, 1447-1463.

Markevych, I., Schoierer, J., Hartig, T., Chudnovsky, A., Hystad, P., Dzhambov, A. M., de Vries, S., Triguero-Mas, M., Brauer, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Lupp, G., Richardson, E. A., Astell-Burt, T., Dimitrova, D., Feng, X., Sadeh, M., Standl, M., Heinrich, J., & Fuertes, E. (2017). Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health: Theoretical and methodological guidance. Environ Res, 158, 301-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.06.028

McIntyre, A. (2007). Participatory action research. London: Sage Publications.

Mendes de Leon, C. F., Cagney, K. A., Bienias, J. L., Barnes, L. L., Skarupski, K. A., Scherr, P. A., & Evans, D. A. (2009). Neighborhood social cohesion and disorder in relation to walking in community-dwelling older adults: a multilevel analysis. Journal of aging and health, 21(1), 155-171.

NHS 2019, NHS England » Adult and older adult mental health

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Patterson, J. M., Eberly, L. E., Ding, Y., & Hargreaves, M. (2004). Associations of smoking prevalence with individual and area level social cohesion. J Epidemiol Community Health, 58(8), 692-697. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2003.009167

Penbrooke, T. L., Edwards, M. B., Bocarro, J. N., Henderson, K. A., & Hipp, J. A. (2022). Applying Systems Thinking Approaches to Address Preventive Health Factors through Public Parks and Recreation Agencies. Journal of Park & Recreation Administration, 40(1).

Poortinga, W., Bird, N., Hallingberg, B., Phillips, R., & Williams, D. (2021). The role of perceived public and private green space in subjective health and wellbeing during and after the first peak of the COVID-19 outbreak. Landscape and Urban Planning, 211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104092

Prosser, A. M., Judge, M., Bolderdijk, J. W., Blackwood, L., & Kurz, T. (2020). ‘Distancers’ and ‘non‐distancers’? The potential social psychological impact of moralizing COVID‐19 mitigating practices on sustained behaviour change. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(3), 653-662.

Robinette, J. W., Bostean, G., Glynn, L. M., Douglas, J. A., Jenkins, B. N., Gruenewald, T. L., & Frederick, D. A. (2021). Perceived neighborhood cohesion buffers COVID-19 impacts on mental health in a United States sample. Soc Sci Med, 285, 114269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114269

Robinson, E., Boyland, E., Chisholm, A., Harrold, J., Maloney, N. G., Marty, L., Mead, B. R., Noonan, R., & Hardman, C. A. (2021). Obesity, eating behavior and physical activity during COVID-19 lockdown: A study of UK adults. Appetite, 156, 104853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104853

Schipperijn, J., Cerin, E., Adams, M. A., Reis, R., Smith, G., Cain, K., Christiansen, L. B., Van Dyck, D., Gidlow, C., & Frank, L. D. (2017). Access to parks and physical activity: An eight country comparison. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 27, 253-263.

Sugiyama, T., Carver, A., Koohsari, M. J., & Veitch, J. (2018). Advantages of public green https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.05.019 spaces in enhancing population health. Landscape and Urban Planning, 178, 12-17.

Svensson, S. J., & Elntib, S. (2021). Community cohesion during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic: A social antidote to health anxiety and stress. J Appl Soc Psychol. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12800

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