SynthesisBMC public health2022
Community gardens and their effects on diet, health, psychosocial and community outcomes: a systematic review.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Food-based interventions to mitigate household food insecurity in Canada: a systematic review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of gardening on well-being, mental health, and quality of life: an umbrella review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Does nature-based social prescription improve mental health outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- A process evaluation of a randomized-controlled trial of community gardening to improve health behaviors and reduce stress and anxiety.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Effects of a community gardening intervention on diet, physical activity, and anthropometry outcomes in the USA (CAPS): an observer-blind, randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2023Trial
- Development of a Theoretical Framework for Program Evaluation of the Impact of Policy, Systems, and Environmental Interventions on Individual-Level Behavior.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Review
- Using Intervention Mapping to Develop, Implement, and Evaluate a Community Engaged Crime Reduction Intervention.Journal of community psychology · 2026Article
- Cultivating connection between community, agriculture, food, and green space: A narrative review of agrihoods and their impact on health and wellbeing.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Review
- A community-informed approach to develop a gardening model for the Bangladeshi community in Brooklyn, NY.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Dietitians as System Builders: Advancing Equity, Sustainability and Health in Community Nutrition and Primary Care.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Home gardening and fruit and vegetable intake in rural settlements in Northeast Hungary.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The mediating role of activity attachment in the relationship between gardening frequency, leisure orientation, and mental wellbeing: evidence from resident gardeners with implications for future gardening tourism.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Factors contributing to uncontrolled hypertension in Ekurhuleni District, South Africa: the community health workers' perspectives. A qualitative analysis.Primary health care research & development · 2025Article
- Analysis of Phubbing Among University Students: A Study of Its Prevalence, Incidence Factors and Predictors.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Rural Food Forward: An Appetite for Change.The Australian journal of rural health · 2025Article
- Growing roots: the role of collective community gardening in cultural food insecurity and social integration of African immigrants in Alberta, Canada.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Engagement in Collective Gardening Among Black African Immigrants in Alberta, Canada.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Green sanctuaries: residential green and garden space and the natural environment mitigate mental disorders risk of diabetic patients.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Space Prescription: Initiative to Improve Health and Well-being in Tokyo.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundWe systematically reviewed the effects of community gardens on physical and psychosocial health, health behaviors and community outcomes.
methodsQuantitative studies that examined associations of health, psychosocial or community outcomes with community gardens were included in the review. Studies up to December 2020 were captured from searches of Medline, Web of Science, PsycInfo, EBSCOHost and CAB Abstracts. Data were extracted and study quality including risk of bias was examined.
resultsThere were 53 studies that met the inclusion criteria. Studies examining associations between community gardens and nutrition or food security were most frequently reported (k = 23). Other factors examined for associations with community gardens were health (k = 16), psychosocial (k = 16) and community outcomes (k = 7). Effects appeared positive for fruit and vegetable intake, some psychosocial and community outcomes, but mixed for physical health outcomes. Evidence quality overall was low.
conclusionsCommunity gardening was associated with higher fruit and vegetable intake, positive psychosocial and community outcomes, but poor evidence quality suggests the effects of community gardening may be overestimated.
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