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Green/blue infrastructure and health inequalities: theory building
One of the first key pieces of the project Tackling health inequalities through green/blue infrastructure is to build our theoretical understanding of the complex system underpinning the issues we’re interested in. This approach is increasingly common in public health research, and has been around a for a long while in other disciplines. We’ve been fortunate […]
Community gardening groups bring benefits for people living with dementia and their carers
Community gardening groups can bring multiple benefits for people living with dementia and their care partners, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Exeter and Natural England. People with dementia, their family members, and group leads, were interviewed about their experiences as part of the research, which looked at the impact […]
Job opportunity: Green social prescribing researcher
We have a fixed term part time (40%, 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025) researcher role (grade f, £41,732 up to £44,263 (pro rata)) working with Ruth Garside and team, on green social prescribing. Job reference P92069. The successful candidate will undertake crucial preparatory and feasibility work to design a future evaluation of a […]
New paper: Visiting nature is associated with lower socioeconomic inequalities in well-being in Wales
A new paper exploring the links between green and blue spaces and well-being in Wales has been published Open Access in the journal Scientific Reports. This paper was part of a project led by Prof Sarah Rodgers at the University of Liverpool. Natural environments can promote well-being through multiple mechanisms. Although some of these benefits […]
Launching the SWEEP Investing in Nature for Health hub & forum
The SWEEP Investing in nature for health project are excited to officially launch the Investing in Nature for Health hub and forum. The SWEEP Investing in Nature project is specifically addressing government’s need for greater understanding of how investing in the environment can benefit our health. Working with partners across the South West, it informs […]
Nature and Mental Health: An Ecosystem Service Perspective
We’ve been working with collaborators at Stanford and the University of Washington involved in the Natural Capital Project for a few years on how we can properly incorporate health and wellbeing into assessments of ecosystem services. There’s been a lot of other action in the UK and internationally on this topic over these few years, […]
Beyond Greenspace 