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This report from Wales considers the scale of the current health challenge, including lifestyle health, care systems, staff wellbeing & current drivers of change affecting people, places, communities, economy, & the environment arup.com/perspectives/p…

We are looking for a Research Assistant and a Research Associate for the OPTIMA project – evaluating the health effects of 20-minute neighbourhood policies. 🗓️20th June closing date. ➡️jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV318/res… ➡️jobs.ac.uk/job/DHV100/res…

Big thanks to the Sustrans Scotland team for presenting the Walking and Cycling Index to our staff today. It's essential insight if you're working to increase active travel. Scotland-wide and city-specific reports make for interesting reading! lght.ly/84h8759

🧵As today marks #WorldEnvironmentDay‌, here’s a look at some of our stories at the intersection of health & climate change...

Huge congratulations to @GillStewart2 who passed her viva with minor corrections today. Enjoy the celebrations, Gill!🥳

Spending time in nature boosts children's mental health - especially for those from low-income families 🌳🌻 New paper by Places and Health gla.ac.uk/news/headline_… #nature #mentalhealth #greenspace #equigenesis

New study investigates #inequalities in geographical distribution of #heritage in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Poorer areas had fewer opportunities to visit heritage sites locally. Children living in poorer areas had lower contact with heritage day-to-day. ➡️doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.…

New Places and Health paper found that in Scotland poorer areas had fewer 'opportunities' to access historic buildings/green space, and children living in the most deprived areas had the lowest contact or 'encounters' with heritage in their day-to-day lives. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper: Use of nature 🌿 is associated with reduced inequalities in child mental wellbeing🧠 Read the OA paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.envi… #children #nature #mentalhealth #greenspace #natureHealth #healthequity #greenspace #bluespace #PhysicalActivity #inequality #GPS

With funding from our #IanFindlayPathFund, a new fully accessible and direct link path is now open. Communities in Dunfermline can enjoy improved access, safer and easier journeys between where they live, their local services and greenspaces. Read more: tinyurl.com/bdekehjt

In our July newsletter: 🌳nature and children’s mental health 🚶factors affecting older people’s walking 🚴health benefits of active commuting ⚖️inequalities in heritage access 🆕research awards 🎙️15 minutes on #healthinequalities podcasts and more 👉tinyurl.com/yky6uu63

The first newsletter of our NIHR Global Health funded Research Unit on the Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequalities is out now. Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Improving Health Inequalities SPHSU Places and Health Cidacs St George's, University of London (1752-2024)

The UK Gov. Office for Place will be hosting a free on-line Places at Pace webinar on Sept 18, 10am to 12pm. Sessions will include the benefits of design codes, creating sustainable neighbourhoods, & the opportunities for digital and data use. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dd15e569…

.Fi Caryl 🏳️‍🌈 @ficaryl.bsky.social from Places and Health Improving Health talks about child health and exposure to nature at #SSM2024 #Glasgow Society for Social Medicine & Population Health

A massive congratulations to Dr Oliver Traynor (@Ollietraynor )!

Well done to Places and Health Jess Hepburn! 🌳

*New paper* Public and professional stakeholders’ perceptions of alcohol advertising and availability policies, led by our Elena Dimova with SubstanceUse@gcu Jamie Pearce @tomclemens Improving Health Places and Health onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/da…

Hear from @JonOlsen_ at this MRC Epidemiology Unit seminar on 20-minute neighbourhoods, urban planning and health equity👇

🆕🌍Research and Policy Agenda on #HealthInequalities and #PlanetaryHealth - A Coproduced Cross Sector Vision Collaborative effort led by the universities of Glasgow, Leeds and Queensland. eprints.gla.ac.uk/339527/1/33952…

Women are three times as likely as men to feel unsafe in parks – here’s how we can design them better theconversation.com/women-are-thre… via The Conversation