Tag Archives: Health and wellbeing
New paper: The ‘nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory’
The first paper from the Resonate project has been published. The paper details a new ‘nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory’ (NBRT), which describes the ways in which nature based solutions, including green social prescribing, can help individuals and communities cope better with climate change and other environmental, social or personal stressors by enhancing social-ecological resilience. White, […]
New paper: Greenspace and mental health – a longitudinal dynamic panel study in Wales
There is growing evidence that living near or spending time in green and natural spaces is asociated with better health and well-being. However, most of this evidence is cross sectional, which represents a snapshot of people’s lives and cannot account for within person variation. This leaves open the possibility of reverse causality, where individuals with […]
WHO Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health
The European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH) has just been re-designated as the Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe for a further four years! ECEHH has authored several reports for the WHO via the Collaborating Center. These include providing an overview of […]
New paper: Testing pathways between nature and health
Lewis and colleagues have published a new paper exploring the pathways between nature and health in Environment International. The team’s main aim was to investigate the relative importance of multiple mediating pathways (air quality, physical activity, social contact, subjective well-being) through which exposure to, and contact with, different types of natural environment may benefit self-reported […]
The RESONATE project: building individual and community resilience through nature-based therapies
The University of Exeter, including members of ECEHH, have joined a new €6.3 million EU Horizon Europe and UK Research & Innovation-funded project which will explore how nature based programmes can help build individual and community resilience. The Resonate project inlcudes a global review of interventions and an in-depth exploration of 9 nature-based therapy case […]
New paper: Applying an ecosystem services framework on nature and mental health to recreational blue space visits across 18 countries
The latest paper from the now completed BlueHealth project has been published Open Access in the journal Scientific Reports. The findings provide valuable insights into how different aspects of blue space visits can influence people’s reported mental well-being. Ecosystem services (ESS) are the contributions to individuals and society that result from the natural environment and […]
Beyond Greenspace and wider ECEHH team papers
I finally updated the page listing our published papers. The page has papers on lots of topics relating to the linkages between nature and health that have been published by many of the people working at ECEHH: Hope they are useful!
Join us on the Nature, Health & Wellbeing CPD Course this March
Come join us on the Continuing Professional Development course, Nature, Health and Well-being. It will run virtually on Zoom over four days from 9:00 – 13:00 (UK time) on the 20th, 23rd, 27th, 30th March 2023. You can join from the comfort of your home and/or office without the need to travel! We have an […]
New job: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Environment-Health Decision Making
We have a new job opportunity! The 0.6%FTE post will be based with us at ECEHH at our Truro Campus and is fixed term basis from 01/12/2022 until 30/09/2026. The Post You will play a key role within the University of Exeter research team investigating how Urban Green- and Blue-Space (UGBS) can deliver equitable health […]
Nature on prescription for mental health trial: Feasibility stage
Ruth, Becca, Kerryn and a team from Exeter and Plymouth Universities have been awarded funds by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to conduct a feasibility study of nature based activities reached through social prescribing. The work will help prepare for a full Randomised Controlled Trial which will help clarify whether such activities are […]
Beyond Greenspace 