Tag Archives: World Health Organisation
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 […]
WHO release action brief on urban green space
The WHO Regional Office for Europe has released today a brief for action on urban green spaces. Ben and our green space colleague Anne Cleary worked with WHO on developing this brief. The brief was launched at the European Conference on Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change in Bonn (Becca is leading a […]
Designing and delivering effective urban green space interventions
There is a substantial evidence base to support using nature to enhance wellbeing, particularly within urban settings. However, when it comes to translating this evidence into on-ground action and using nature or green space within our cities as a public health intervention, it can raise a lot of questions. For example, what type of green space […]
Culture matters: using a cultural contexts of health approach to enhance policy-making. New World Health Organisation report.
Becca and Professor Michael Depledge have co-authored a new report with WHO Europe on the importance of culture to health and wellbeing policy making. The report is part of a wider programme of work on the Cultural Contexts of Health at the WHO. The policy focused briefing was developed in response to increasing awareness among […]
Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change conference
More sessions have been added to the Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change conference so the call for papers and posters has been extended! We are going to be there chairing the ‘Biodiversity or green space? Evidence for contribution to health in a changing climate’ session! Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday, 28 February 2017 (abstract submission […]
World Health Organisation Urban Green Spaces and Health report
Ben Wheeler has worked with Mike Depledge and colleagues from around Europe to co-author an important new report, for World Health Organisation (Europe), on the beneficial effects of urban green space for health. The report can be downloaded here. The comprehensive report summarises the existing evidence of linkages (both positive and negative) between urban green […]
Beyond Greenspace 