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Public green spaces and positive mental health – investigating the relationship between access, quantity and types of parks and mental wellbeing

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Wood, Lisa, Hooper, Paula, Foster, Sarah, Bull, Fiona·2017·Health & Place
DOI 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.09.002
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Abstract Associations between parks and mental health have typically been investigated in relation to the presence or absence of mental illness. This study uses a validated measure of positive mental health and data from RESIDential Environments (RESIDE) Project to investigate the association between the presence, amount and attributes of public green space in new greenfield neighbourhood developments and the mental health of local residents (n = 492). Both the overall number and total area of public green spaces were significantly associated with greater mental wellbeing, and findings support a dose‐response relationship. Positive mental health was not only associated with parks with a nature focus, but also with green spaces characterised by recreational and sporting activity. The study demonstrates that adequate provision of public green space in local neighbourhoods and within walking distance is important for positive mental health. HighlightsConsidered benefits of parks for positive mental health, instead of mental illness.Positive mental health increased with more parks in walking distance to home.Range of park sizes related to positive mental health, including small pocket parks.Parks with varying foci (recreation, nature, sport) all associated with mental health.

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Authors
Wood, L., Hooper, P., Foster, S., & Bull, F.
Venue
Health & Place
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-11
Volume
48
Pages
63-71
ISSN
1353-8292 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.09.002
OpenAlex
W2760263497
Cited by
651
References
9
FWCI
16.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Funders
  • Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation (11828)
  • Australian Research Council (LP0455453)
  • Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Capacity Building Grant (458688)
  • ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE160100140)

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