Urban trees and the risk of poor birth outcomes

Donovan, Geoffrey H.; Michael, Yvonne L.; Butry, David T.; Sullivan, Amy D.; Chase, John M.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.004

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“…Our finding of increased birth weights associated with greenness exposure is consistent with previous studies (Dadvand et al, 2012a(Dadvand et al, , 2012cDonovan et al, 2011). However, in our study the most robust findings are limited to a 50 m radius around homes, whereas Davdan et al found increases in birth weight for NDVI up to 100 (Dadvand et al, 2012a) or 500 m (Dadvand et al, 2012c) (even after adjustment for NO 2 for the latter study).…”

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“…However, in our study the most robust findings are limited to a 50 m radius around homes, whereas Davdan et al found increases in birth weight for NDVI up to 100 (Dadvand et al, 2012a) or 500 m (Dadvand et al, 2012c) (even after adjustment for NO 2 for the latter study). Donovan et al (2011) reported results for a 50 m radius only, which were qualitatively similar to ours. To our knowledge our study is the first that shows a decreased risk of preterm birth associated with greenness (Dadvand et al, 2012a(Dadvand et al, , 2012cDonovan et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Donovan et al (2011) reported results for a 50 m radius only, which were qualitatively similar to ours. To our knowledge our study is the first that shows a decreased risk of preterm birth associated with greenness (Dadvand et al, 2012a(Dadvand et al, , 2012cDonovan et al, 2011). However, for both birth weight and preterm birth, associations are weak and patterns by NDVI quartile are not clearly indicative of dose-response relationships.…”

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“…All reported increases in birth weight associated with exposure to greenness, and no association with the length of gestation (Dadvand et al, 2012a;2012c;Donovan et al, 2011). These pioneering findings from studies of 2000 to 8000 subjects need confirmation, ideally from larger studies.…”

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“…So far, the relationships between greenness and pregnancy outcomes have been investigated in only three studies (Dadvand et al, 2012a(Dadvand et al, , 2012cDonovan et al, 2011). All reported increases in birth weight associated with exposure to greenness, and no association with the length of gestation (Dadvand et al, 2012a;2012c;Donovan et al, 2011).…”

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Green spaces and pregnancy outcomes in Southern California

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a b s t r a c tLittle is known about the impacts of green spaces on pregnancy outcomes. The relationship between green space exposure and preeclampsia has never been studied. We used a hospital-based perinatal database including more than 80,000 births to study the relationships between greenness exposure and three pregnancy outcomes: birth weight in term born infants, preterm deliveries and preeclampsia. Greenness was characterized using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) within circular buffers surrounding maternal homes. Analyses were conducted using generalized estimating equations, adjusted for potential confounders. We observed an increase in birth weight in term born infants and a reduced risk of preterm births associated with an increase in NDVI. No significant association was observed between greenness and preeclampsia. This study provides modest support for beneficial effects of greenness exposure on pregnancy outcomes and calls for confirmation in other study settings.

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Research on the benefits of nature to people: How much overlap is there in citations and terms for ‘nature’ across disciplines?

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Turner

2023

People and Nature

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Research on the diverse benefits of nature to people is characterised by a broad range of disciplines involved, encompassing a variety of approaches, methods and terminologies. While a diversity of approaches is valuable, it can lead to difficulties in integrating and sharing findings, and could form a barrier to effective knowledge exchange, hindering the development and applications of research outputs. As a starting point for this scoping review, we chose four broad research areas (medicine, psychology, education and environment), selected to represent disparate approaches to research on the benefits of nature to people, within and across which to explore overlap in citations and terms used to describe nature. We conducted expert consultation and a snowball‐based approach to source publications, resulting in a sample of 210 papers spanning multiple disciplines within each of our four research areas. For each paper, we recorded the discipline of the journal in which it was published (publishing discipline), the discipline of its first author (first‐author discipline), the number of times journals of each discipline were cited in their bibliographies (cited discipline) and the term(s) used in the paper's title or abstract to describe the aspect of nature being explored (nature term). The cited disciplines were significantly different between publishing and first‐author disciplines, with papers from psychology, education and public health citing distinct communities of papers. However, disciplines generally cite a wide range of other disciplines, with articles in medical journals being particularly broadly cited. Nature terms were significantly different between publishing and first‐author disciplines, with some degree of consistency within disciplines (e.g. education papers consistently used a narrow range of nature terms, such as ‘outdoor learning’). However, there was a notably high range of nature terms used within psychology and public health papers, indicating that research from these disciplines may be particularly prone to being overlooked by search strings. The wide range of disciplines cited is encouraging, since this indicates that diverse research areas are generally aware of each other's work. However, to avoid unnecessary expansion of nature terms and support searchability, we propose four key terms for nature: (‘outdoor learning’ OR ‘outdoor education’), (‘nature’ OR ‘natural’), (‘green space’ OR ‘greenspace’) and (‘biodiversity’ or ‘trees’), which could be used across disciplines. We particularly propose that at least one of these be included in every paper, and all four should be included in review search strings. This is likely to result in a better understanding of the valuable, disparate contributions made by different disciplines to this expanding and important topic. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Well‐Being: Navigating Complexity, Promoting Health in Social–Ecological Systems

Bunch

2016

Syst. Res

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Ecosystem Approaches to Health (also known as ‘ecohealth’) link population or community health and well‐being with the environment and sustainable development. The approach is based on the understanding that health outcomes emerge from interrelationships within social–ecological systems. The ecohealth approach rests on principles of transdisciplinarity, participation, gender and social equity, systems thinking, sustainability, and research‐to‐action. This paper introduces the emerging field of ecohealth as an approach rooted in systems thinking. The approach will be illustrated with three case studies; an application to interrelated crises of poverty, environmental degradation, and zoonotic disease along the Bishnumati River in Kathmandu, Nepal; improvement of community well‐being in a low‐income informal settlement in Chennai, India; and an ongoing project with the Credit Valley Conservation Authority in Southern Ontario, Canada that is oriented to identifying and communicating relationships among ecosystem services and human health so as to demonstrate the importance of watershed management. These projects are typical of the Anthropocene, in which human systems impact the natural systems upon which they depend. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Urban trees and the risk of poor birth outcomes

Cited by 179 publications

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Green spaces and pregnancy outcomes in Southern California

Green spaces and pregnancy outcomes in Southern California

Research on the benefits of nature to people: How much overlap is there in citations and terms for ‘nature’ across disciplines?

Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Well‐Being: Navigating Complexity, Promoting Health in Social–Ecological Systems

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