SynthesisHealth & place2015
Healthy urban environments for children and young people: A systematic review of intervention studies.
Synthesis in Health & place, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Preventing Religion-Based Hate Crime Victimization Among Youth: A Systematic Review of Personal, Collective, and Policy Responses.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- School-Based Interventions to Support Healthy Indoor and Outdoor Environments for Children: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of interventions in the built environment on physical activity levels: a systematic umbrella review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Participation and Physical Activities in Parks: A Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Shaping Pathways to Child Health: A Systematic Review of Street-Scale Interventions in City Streets.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Examining the effectiveness of place-based interventions to improve public health and reduce health inequalities: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Determining Factors in the Use of Urban Parks That Influence the Practice of Physical Activity in Children: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Mental health benefits of interactions with nature in children and teenagers: a systematic review.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2018Pooled it
- Pediatric Obesity-Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2017 · on this mapGuideline
- The Change Club intervention: 2-year impacts from a cluster-randomized trial in rural communities in New York and Texas.Frontiers in public health · 2026Trial
- Evaluation of a civic engagement approach to catalyze built environment change and promote healthy eating and physical activity among rural residents: a cluster (community) randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Linking Children's Emotional Experiences of Space with Health-Oriented Urban Design: Towards School Streets in Belgrade.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Prospective acceptability, feasibility and outcomes of a primary school-led outdoor play intervention for young children.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The role of playgrounds in promoting children's health - a scoping review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of the Built Environment as a Key Mechanism of Safety and Social Cohesion for Youth in High-Violence Communities.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Understanding a community's needs for an emergency department-based childhood injury prevention programme: a mixed-methods study.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2024Article
- Modifying urban planning to promote child health: A scoping review of reviews.Health promotion perspectives · 2024Review
- Exploring young people's views of their local area related to the 20-minute neighbourhood policy: a national cross-sectional study.Cities & health · 2024Article
- Prioritizing a research agenda on built environments and physical activity: a twin panel Delphi consensus process with researchers and knowledge users.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Reported barriers to physical activity and the role of built environment among overweight and obese youth attending a Canadian pediatric weight management clinic.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
This systematic review collates, and presents as a narrative synthesis, evidence from interventions which included changes to the urban environment and reported at least one health behaviour or outcome for children and young people. Following a comprehensive search of six databases, 33 primary studies relating to 27 urban environment interventions were included. The majority of interventions related to active travel. Others included park and playground renovations, road traffic safety, and multi-component community-based initiatives. Public health evidence for effectiveness of such interventions is often weak because study designs tend to be opportunistic, non-randomised, use subjective outcome measures, and do not incorporate follow-up of study participants. However, there is some evidence of potential health benefits to children and young people from urban environment interventions relating to road safety and active travel, with evidence of promise for a multi-component obesity prevention initiative. Future research requires more robust study designs incorporating objective outcome measures.
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