Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 36, Issue -, Pages 97-117Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.09.004
Keywords
Urban environment; Young people; Children; Systematic review; Health outcomes
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- Bristol Health Partners for the Supporting Healthy Inclusive Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) health integration team
- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence
- British Heart Foundation [MR/KO232331/1]
- Cancer Research UK [MR/KO232331/1]
- Economic and Social Research Council [MR/KO232331/1]
- Medical Research Council [MR/KO232331/1]
- Welsh Government [MR/KO232331/1]
- Wellcome Trust [MR/KO232331/1]
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration
- MRC [MR/K023233/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/K023233/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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This systematic review collates, and presents as a narrative synthesis, evidence from interventions which included changes to the urban environment and reported at least one health behaviour or outcome for children and young people. Following a comprehensive search of six databases, 33 primary studies relating to 27 urban environment interventions were included. The majority of interventions related to active travel. Others included park and playground renovations, road traffic safety, and multi-component community-based initiatives. Public health evidence for effectiveness of such interventions is often weak because study designs tend to be opportunistic, non-randomised, use subjective outcome measures, and do not incorporate follow-up of study participants. However, there is some evidence of potential health benefits to children and young people from urban environment interventions relating to road safety and active travel, with evidence of promise for a multi-component obesity prevention initiative. Future research requires more robust study designs incorporating objective outcome measures. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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