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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Green Space and Health Equity: A Systematic Review on the Potential of Green Space to Reduce Health Disparities.

Alessandro Rigolon, Matthew H E M Browning, Olivia McAnirlin, Hyunseo Violet Yoon

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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06483126 (The Benefits of Nature for Mood and Cognition in Persons With and Without Parkinson's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 158 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06483126 completednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

The Benefits of Nature for Mood and Cognition in Persons With and Without Parkinson's Disease

TypeobservationalSponsorBoston University Charles River CampusRan2024 to 2025Enrolled97ConditionsParkinson Disease, Mood, Cognition
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

158 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alessandro RigolonDepartment of City and Metropolitan Planning, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5197-6394
Matthew H E M BrowningDepartment of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2296-7602
Olivia McAnirlinDepartment of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1321-078X
Hyunseo Violet YoonDepartment of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6683-7319

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disadvantaged groups worldwide, such as low-income and racially/ethnically minoritized people, experience worse health outcomes than more privileged groups, including wealthier and white people. Such health disparities are a major public health issue in several countries around the world. In this systematic review, we examine whether green space shows stronger associations with physical health for disadvantaged groups than for privileged groups. We hypothesize that disadvantaged groups have stronger protective effects from green space because of their greater dependency on proximate green space, as they tend to lack access to other health-promoting resources. We use the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) method and search five databases (CINAHL, Cochrane, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science) to look for articles that examine whether socioeconomic status (SES) or race/ethnicity modify the green space-health associations. Based on this search, we identify 90 articles meeting our inclusion criteria. We find lower-SES people show more beneficial effects than affluent people, particularly when concerning public green spaces/parks rather than green land covers/greenness. Studies in Europe show stronger protective effects for lower-SES people versus higher-SES people than do studies in North America. We find no notable differences in the protective effects of green space between racial/ethnic groups. Collectively, these results suggest green space might be a tool to advance health equity and provide ways forward for urban planners, parks managers, and public health professionals to address health disparities.

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Health EquityParks, RecreationalEuropeHumansNorth AmericaSocioeconomic Factorsatopic diseasebirth outcomescardiovascular diseasediabetesgreen infrastructuremortalitynormalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)obesity

Identifiers

PMID33806546
PMCPMC7967323

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