Article
Plant Sciences
Jingwen Zhang, Xiaoqi Feng, Wenhui Shi, Jia Cui, Ji Peng, Lin Lei, Juan Zhang, Thomas Astell-Burt, Yu Jiang, Jixiang Ma
Summary: The study investigated the association between green space visitation and health promoting green infrastructure. The results showed that green spaces with walking trails, group exercise venues, health knowledge promotion areas, and fitness areas were associated with higher levels of green space visitation among individuals with hypertension, providing important insights for urban greening strategies.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Justin T. Lawson, Ross Wissing, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Tristan Snell, Timothy P. Chambers, Dominic G. McNeil, Sonia Nuttman
Summary: Social prescriptions are non-pharmaceutical approaches to healthcare that have gained popularity in the community due to their psychological and physiological benefits. However, there are barriers to their widespread use, such as duration and frequencies of activities, access, and unpredictable variables. This article proposes recommendations to overcome these barriers and assist patients in utilizing social prescriptions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
Elena Shmarina, Dan Ericson, Bengt Goetrick, Cecilia Franzen
Summary: This study explores dental professionals' perceptions of their role in oral health promotion. The findings reveal that dental professionals consider promoting oral health as an important aspect of their professional role. They aspire to involve patients in decision-making processes and educational activities, and to continuously develop and evaluate their skills.
Article
Ecology
Gayle Souter-Brown, Erica Hinckson, Scott Duncan
Summary: The study suggests that engaging in sensory garden activities in workplace settings can significantly reduce stress, enhance wellbeing, and improve productivity, with better effects compared to urban plaza activities.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Grete Ege, Fungisai Puleng Gwanzura Ottemoller, Bente Frisk
Summary: This study explores the perceptions and experiences of Norwegian music students in dealing with health challenges and the resources they need to promote their health. The main health challenges include performance pressure and difficulties in implementing good health habits in daily life. Personal, social, and environmental resources play a positive role in promoting students' health. Students suggested enhancing the ability to develop health habits and integrating health-related topics into their education.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
John D. Potter, Collin Brooks, Geoffrey Donovan, Chris Cunningham, Jeroen Douwes
Summary: Humans' encroachment into wild spaces has profound impacts on our relationship with nature, the survival of other species, pollution, and climate change. The benefits of being close to green and blue spaces are discussed, while the hazards of urban grey spaces are highlighted. The biodiversity hypothesis and the role of microbiota are emphasized, along with possible mechanisms of exposure through air, soil, and water. The importance of assessing exposure accurately and the need for implementing policies to restore environmental balance are also emphasized.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Malin Hansson, Ingela Lundgren, Gunnel Hensing, Anna Dencker, Monica Eriksson, Ing-Marie Carlsson
Summary: This study revealed the health-promoting facilitative conditions in the work situation on labour wards according to midwives, emphasizing the necessity of professional courage as a key element in achieving this goal.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ang Li, Adelle Mansour, Rebecca Bentley
Summary: Australia implemented some of the world's longest and strictest lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study found that extended lockdowns had a significantly larger negative impact on mental health, but the presence of green and blue spaces in people's local environments mitigated this effect.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oludunsin Arodudu, Ronan Foley, Firouzeh Taghikhah, Michael Brennan, Gerald Mills, Tine Ningal
Summary: Research on the health benefits of green and blue spaces often has bias. This paper discusses a methodological framework, known as the health-data led approach, to address this bias. This approach first identifies sample sites with good and poor health outcomes from available health data using clustering techniques, and then examines the role of green and blue spaces in creating these health outcomes.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Diogo Queiroz Almeida, Henrique Barros, Ana Isabel Ribeiro
Summary: Green and blue spaces have a positive impact on children's cognitive development and intelligence quotient (IQ). Specifically, this study found that the presence of green spaces near residential areas is associated with higher performance and global IQ among children. However, accessibility to blue spaces does not show a clear association with IQ.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Roman Suligowski, Tadeusz Ciupa, Waldemar Cudny
Summary: This study presents a quantitative analysis of the spatial differentiation proportions of green, blue, and grey spaces in all Polish urban areas. The results show significant differences in urban spaces based on regions and sizes, providing insights for comparative analyses and sustainable development strategies. Understanding the quantity of different types of spaces in the urban landscape can influence the quality of local inhabitants' lives.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruijia Li, Gongbo Chen, Anqi Jiao, Yuanan Lu, Yuming Guo, Shanshan Li, Chongjian Wang, Hao Xiang
Summary: The study found that residential green space was significantly associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes and lower fasting blood glucose levels. In addition, individuals living further than 5 km from water bodies had a lower risk of T2DM and lower fasting blood glucose levels compared to those living closer to blue spaces.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Wanlin Liu, Binhao Zuo, Chunli Qu, Li Ge, Qiong Shen
Summary: This paper investigates the influence of green space (GS) and water bodies (WB) on reducing building carbon emissions. Simulating the building's micro-climate and analyzing social survey data, the study finds that water bodies have a more significant regulating effect on reducing carbon emissions compared to green space. Additionally, the ratio of area between GS and WB has different effects on carbon reduction in different seasons. These findings provide benchmark information for landscape planning and building energy conservation in the future.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Xiangxiang Jiao, Zhimiao Zhao, Xiao Li, Zhufang Wang, Yinjiang Zhang
Summary: Blue-green spaces have various benefits for urban development, but current evaluation systems separately assess blue and green spaces without considering their synergistic effect. This affects the unified planning and construction of cities. Thus, a development path for a blue-green space evaluation system is proposed, along with an applicable evaluation index system and method for assessing the integration of blue and green spaces in cities. This review serves as a basis for urban planning and ecological restoration.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lisbeth M. Johansson, Hans Lingfors, Marie Golsater, Margareta Kristenson, Eleonor Fransson
Summary: This study investigated the association between physical activity level and mastery and vitality within an adult population reporting economic difficulties. Results showed that higher levels of physical activity were associated with higher mastery and vitality, highlighting the importance of considering the relationship between physical activity and psychological resources in health dialogues.
Article
Environmental Sciences
A. M. Voigt, N. Zacharias, C. Timm, F. Wasser, E. Sib, D. Skutlarek, M. Parcina, R. M. Schmithausen, T. Schwartz, N. Hembach, A. Tiehm, C. Stange, S. Engelhart, G. Bierbaum, T. Kistemann, M. Exner, H. A. Faerber, C. Schreiber
Review
Environmental Sciences
Joshua Ntajal, Timo Falkenberg, Thomas Kistemann, Mariele Evers
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dennis Schmiege, Mariele Evers, Thomas Kistemann, Timo Falkenberg
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
N. Zacharias, S. M. Essert, A. F. Brunsch, E. Christoffels, T. Kistemann, C. Schreiber
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Julia Oberheim, Christoph Hoeser, Guido Luechters, Thomas Kistemann
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Christiane Schreiber, Nicole Zacharias, Sarah M. Essert, Felix Wasser, Heike Mueller, Esther Sib, Tabea Precht, Marijo Parcina, Gabriele Bierbaum, Ricarda M. Schmithausen, Thomas Kistemann, Martin Exner
Summary: The emergence of antibiotic-resistant clinically relevant facultative pathogenic bacteria in the environment has become a major global health challenge, with standardized methods for detection limited to clinical investigations. By proposing standardized cultivation methods, this study achieved effective detection of clinically-relevant antibiotic resistant bacteria in aquatic environmental samples, enhancing accuracy and efficiency in detection.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stephanie O. Sangalang, Shelley Anne J. Medina, Zheina J. Ottong, Allen Lemuel G. Lemence, Donrey Totanes, John Cedrick Valencia, Patricia Andrea A. Singson, Mikaela Olaguera, Nelissa O. Prado, Roezel Mari Z. Ocana, Rovin James F. Canja, Alfem John T. Benolirao, Shyrill Mae F. Mariano, Jergil Gyle Gavieres, Clarisse P. Aquino, Edison C. Latag, Maria Vianca Jasmin C. Anglo, Christian Borgemeister, Thomas Kistemann
Summary: The study aims to compare the efficacy of four school-based WaSH interventions for improving children's health literacy, handwashing, and nutrition. Primary and secondary outcomes will be measured and the research protocol may serve as a blueprint for future studies in LMICs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sebastian Voelker, Reinhard Hammerschmidt, Anke Spura
Summary: This study focused on identifying spatial clusters of underimmunization for MMR vaccination in children in Westphalia-Lippe, and found significant risk factors such as age structure, socioeconomic variables, and population density. The proposed methodology can help guide evidence-based interventions to improve vaccination rates in specific areas.
BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLATT-GESUNDHEITSFORSCHUNG-GESUNDHEITSSCHUTZ
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Nicole Zacharias, Iris Lockener, Sarah M. Essert, Esther Sib, Gabriele Bierbaum, Thomas Kistemann, Christiane Schreiber
Summary: Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, antibiotics have been effective in treating bacterial infections, but the global increase in antibiotic use has led to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains in most bacterial pathogens. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria entering the environment may pose risks to human health.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dennis Schmiege, Nicole Zacharias, Esther Sib, Timo Falkenberg, Susanne Moebus, Mariele Evers, Thomas Kistemann
Summary: This study examined the presence of ESBL-producing E. coli in wastewater from three different communities in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany. The results showed that the general community is an important indirect discharger, with higher loads of ESBL-producing E. coli in socio-spatially disadvantaged areas. Differences in resistance profiles were mainly observed for antibiotics used in outpatient care.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Correction
Environmental Sciences
Nicole Zacharias, Alexandra Haag, Regina Brang-Lamprecht, Jurgen Gebel, Sarah M. Essert, Thomas Kistemann, Martin Exner, Nico T. Mutters, Steffen Engelhart
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nicole Zacharias, Alexandra Haag, Regina Brang-Lamprecht, Juergen Gebel, Sarah M. Essert, Thomas Kistemann, Martin Exner, Nico T. Mutters, Steffen Engelhart
Summary: The effectiveness of air purification devices in reducing virus-containing aerosols was tested using phiX174 phages. Results showed a significant reduction in virus concentration when using an air purifier with a HEPA filter H14 under experimental conditions. Distance was identified as an important factor in risk reduction.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Juliane Kemen, Silvia Schaeffer-Gemein, Johanna Gruenewald, Thomas Kistemann
Summary: The transdisciplinary project in Cologne conducted a quantitative study on heat perception and coping strategies among elderly people during heat waves, finding that most participants perceived heat strain as challenging, with variations based on gender, income, and health status. Participants adapted to heat with multiple coping strategies, but water-related strategies were underutilized among the elderly.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Joshua Ntajal, Mariele Evers, Thomas Kistemann, Timo Falkenberg
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sebastian Voelker