SynthesisJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2022
Growing up green: a systematic review of the influence of greenspace on youth development and health outcomes.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of audit tools for evaluating the quality of green spaces in mental health research.Health & place · 2024Pooled it
- The Neighborhood Resources that Shape Children's Well-Being: A Systematic Literature Review.Child indicators research · 2026Review
- A multidimensional exploration of the immediate physiological and psychological restorativeness of nature education for children in Giant Panda National Park.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Green exercise and kinesiophobia among Chinese adolescents: the mediating role of self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Changing Degrees: a weight-of-evidence scoping review examining the impact of childhood exposures to climate change on educational outcomes.Environmental research · 2025Article
- The role of neighbourhood greenspace quantity on mental health and cognitive development in early to middle childhood: a multilevel growth curve analysis of the UK Millennium Cohort Study.Child and adolescent mental health · 2025Article
- Connecting place and nature-based traditional and spiritual practices among American Indian and First Nation youth.Health & place · 2025Article
- EnvironMental Health: A Framework for an Emerging Field at the Intersection of the Environment and Mental Health Crises.GeoHealth · 2025Review
- Fostering early adolescent health and planetary well-being through nature: a Delphi study on nature-based literacy.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- The impact of greening interventions in school grounds on social behavior and cognitive performance among primary school children.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Effect of nature on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents: meta-review.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2024Review
- The Health-Related and Learning Performance Effects of Air Pollution and Other Urban-Related Environmental Factors on School-Age Children and Adolescents-A Scoping Review of Systematic Reviews.Current environmental health reports · 2024Article
- Impacts of sociodemographic factors, identities and neighbourhood safety on the relationship between urban green space and adolescent mental well-being: Findings from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Building towards an adolescent neural urbanome: Expanding environmental measures using linked external data (LED) in the ABCD study.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2024Article
- The CHANGE (Climate Health ANalysis Grading Evaluation) tool for weight of evidence reviews on climate change and health research.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- Impacts of compounding drought and heatwave events on child mental health: insights from a spatial clustering analysis.Discover mental health · 2024Article
- Greenspaces and Health: Scoping Review of studies in Europe.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- Environmental health perceptions of urban youth from low-income communities: A qualitative photovoice study and framework.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- Effects of Vegetation Structure on Psychological Restoration in an Urban Rooftop Space.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Green vs. Screen: Exploring the Outcomes of an In-Person and Virtual Nature-Based Environmental Education Intervention for Low-Income Children.Sustainability · 2022Article
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Abstract
Youth growing up in places with more greenspaces have better developmental outcomes. The literature on greenspace and youth development is largely cross-sectional, thus limited in terms of measuring development and establishing causal inference. We conducted a systematic review of prospective, longitudinal studies measuring the association between greenspace exposure and youth development outcomes measured between ages two and eighteen. We searched Cochrane, PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Environment Complete, and included prospective cohort, quasi-experimental, and experimental studies on greenspace and youth development. Study quality was assessed using a 10-item checklist adapted from a previously published review on greenspace and health. Twenty-eight studies met criteria for review and were grouped into five thematic categories based on reported outcomes: cognitive and brain development, mental health and wellbeing, attention and behavior, allergy and respiratory, and obesity and weight. Seventy-nine percent of studies suggest an association between greenspace and improved youth development. Most studies were concentrated in wealthy, Western European countries, limiting generalizability of findings. Key opportunities for future research include: (1) improved uniformity of standards in measuring greenspace, (2) improved measures to account for large latency periods between greenspace exposure and developmental outcomes, and (3) more diverse study settings and populations.
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