SynthesisBMC public health2018
Built and natural environment planning principles for promoting health: an umbrella review.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Strategies for knowledge exchange for action to address place-based determinants of health inequalities: an umbrella review.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 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
- Socioeconomic position, built environment and physical activity among children and adolescents: a systematic review of mediating and moderating effects.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Pooled it
- 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2019Guideline
- Evaluation of the Barcelona Superblocks 'Green Corridor' project on the quality of public space from a health determinants perspective.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Field Experiments on Health and the Built Environment in Urban Settings: A Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
- Urban Sprawl, Natural Environments, and Mortality Inequality: Socioeconomic Pathways and Spatial Heterogeneity Across U.S. Counties.Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England) · 2026Article
- Associations of perceived natural and social environments with subjective well-being among Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study of gender differences.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Local environmental attributes and type 2 diabetes: Green amenities, walkability indicators, and air pollution are associated with incidence.Environment international · 2025Article
- Assessing residential neighborhood exposomes and their associations with cancer incidence: rationale, study design, and methods.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- The association of multiple built environment factors with a clinical measure of grip strength.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Spatial Plans as a Critical Intervention in Improving Population Health. A Discourse Arising from a Health Census Review of the State of Current Local Planning Policy in England.Journal of planning literature · 2025Article
- The association between living environment and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest risk in adults: the perspective of daily-life contexts.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- What is the cross-sectional association of geospatially derived walkability with walking for leisure and transport?PloS one · 2025Article
- Health net-outcome objectives and approaches for spatial planning and development: a scoping review protocol.JBI evidence synthesis · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties of the newly developed self-report environmental determinants of health questionnaire (EDH-Q): development and validation.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Supporting Local Public Health and Planning Professionals to Implement Built Environment Changes: A Technical Assistance Program to Promote Physical Activity in Texas.Preventing chronic disease · 2024Article
- Association between area-level walkability and glycated haemoglobin: a Portuguese population-based study.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Social inequities in neighborhood health amenities over time in the Wasatch Front Region of Utah: Historical inequities, population selection, or differential investment?Cities (London, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe built and natural environment and health are inextricably linked. However, there is considerable debate surrounding the strength and quality of the evidence base underpinning principles of good practice for built and natural environment design in promoting health. This umbrella review aimed to assess relationships between the built and natural environment and health, concentrating on five topic areas: neighbourhood design, housing, food environment, natural and sustainable environment, and transport.
methodsA structured search was conducted for quantitative systematic reviews and stakeholder reviews published between January 2005 and April 2016. Seven databases and the websites of 15 relevant and respected stakeholder organisations known to publish review-level documentation were searched. Searches were limited to English-language publications and duplicate references were removed. Evidence quality and strength was appraised using validated techniques. Findings were used to develop a diagram for each topic area, illustrating relationships between built and natural environment planning principles and health-related outcomes.
resultsA total of 117 systematic reviews and review-level documents were eligible for inclusion. The quality of evidence was mixed; much of the evidence examined relied on findings from cross-sectional studies, making it difficult to draw clear causal links between built environment exposures and health-related impacts and outcomes. Fourteen actionable planning principles associated with positive health-related outcomes were identified across the five topic areas. For example, neighbourhoods that enhanced walkability, were complete and compact in design, and those which enhanced connectivity through safe and efficient infrastructure were associated with better health-related outcomes relating to physical activity, social engagement, mental health, perceptions of crime, and road traffic collisions. Evidence for the effectiveness of planning principles across different topic areas and on reducing health inequalities was sparse and inconclusive.
conclusionsFindings provide an up-to-date overview of relationships between the built and natural environment and health and present logical, evidence-based messages to aid communication between public health and planning professionals.
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