Guzman, Viveka and Brace, Olta and Hewlett, Denise and Foley, Ronan and Garrido-Cumbrera, Marco (2020) Health and wellbeing under COVID-19: The green covid survey. Health and wellbeing under COVID-19: The greencovid survey, 53 (2).
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Abstract
Given the impact of COVID-19 on populations, especially under lockdown conditions, there has been more attention than ever focused on the role of nature, including green and blue spaces, to act as a form of health-enabler across societies. Access to green space, with its potential for physical activity and mental health support has been specifically identified within the literature as an important asset for neighbourhood and citizen health and wellbeing. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries have developed as part of their public health strategies, a series of lockdown measures in which citizens have either been confined to home, or at best, a small catchment area immediately surrounding their homes. AS part of a flurry of recent research on such relationships, the GreenCOVID study was carried out by a group of researchers in Spain, the UK and Ireland, all broadly operating to a similar framework and collecting information from the general adult population in each of the three countries. This short commentary introduces the survey alongside preliminary Irish results specifically focused on household characteristics, access to nearby green space as well as a measure of psychological wellbeing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Cite as: Guzman, Viveka & Garrido-Cumbrera, Marco & Braçe, Olta & Hewlett, Denise & Foley, Ronan. (2020). Health and wellbeing under COVID-19: The greencovid survey. Irish Geography. 53. 10.2014/igj.v53i2.1420. |
| Keywords: | mental health support; COVID-19; green space; wellbeing; |
| Academic Unit: | Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: | 15808 |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Ronan Foley |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2022 12:07 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Health and wellbeing under COVID-19: The greencovid survey |
| Publisher: | Irish Geography |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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