Tag Archives: Health
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, Health & Wellbeing CPD Course
We at ECEHH run a Continuing Professional Development course, Nature, Health and Well-being. The next course dates have just been announced. It will run virtually on Zoom over four days on from 9:00 – 13:00 (UK time) on the 20th, 23rd, 27th, 30th March 2023 from the comfort of your home and/or office without the need […]
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 […]
Nature, biodiversity and health: an overview of interconnections. A report for the WHO
The multitude of ways in which the natural environment and human health are inextricably linked have been outlined in a report we have written for the WHO Europe region as part of our WHO Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health. It is designed to help individuals and organisations across the 53 member states of […]
Improving access to greenspace: A new review for 2020
Becca has worked with Public Health England to co-author their new report on improving access to greenspace. The report is an update of the earlier 2014 report and reviews evidence on the health benefits of living in greener communities, the impact on inequalities in health and makes recommendations to help Local Authorities, policymakers and developers […]
New paper: can ecological restoration lead to ecological and social benefits?
A new paper from Siân de Bell and colleagues at the University of York suggests that improving the natural environment can enhance the benefits it provides for wellbeing. The aim of the study was to investigate whether the restoration of an urban river, the Medlock in Manchester, was successful in improving the environment and whether […]
SWEEP Environmental Investment for Health Outcomes project webinar library
On this page we will post a library of links to our SWEEP project webinar recordings. Webinar 1: Public Health Dorset: Stories from the Healthy Places project The live stream of the webinar took place on Friday 6 December 2019. Rupert Lloyd from Public Health Dorset shared his insight into some of the work going […]
SWEEP Project Webinars: Environmental investment for health outcomes – what does the evidence say?
Join us for our second SWEEP project webinar on 31st January 2020, 1-2pm Environmental investment for health outcomes: what does the evidence say? Dr Becca Lovell, Lecturer in Biodiversity and Healthy Policy at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, will be presenting our second webinar. Join us for this webinar to learn more about the […]
ECEHH – WHO Collaborating Centre in Natural Environments and Health at the University of Exeter
We are hugely honored to be able to announce that ECEHH is now a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health! The status of WHO Collaborating Centre on Natural Environments and Health reflects the Centre’s significant contribution to science and policy-making from just over a decade of interdisciplinary research. WHO Collaborating Centers […]
SWEEP Project Webinars – starting 6th Dec 2019 – Public Health Dorset
As part of the South West Partnership for Environmental and Economic Prosperity (SWEEP) Environmental investment for health outcomes project, we’re hosting a series of webinars to share policy, practice and research stories from across the South West. Public Health Dorset: Stories from the Healthy Places project 06 December 2019, 1pm For our first webinar, we’re pleased to […]
Beyond Greenspace 