A new data cohort, funded by the NIHR Public Health Research programme, can for the first time link national green/blue space data with electronic health records for over a decade.
A new data cohort, funded by the NIHR Public Health Research programme, can for the first time link national green/blue space data with electronic health records for over a decade.
This cohort, developed by the University of Liverpool in collaboration with Swansea, Exeter and Cardiff Universities, and Natural Resources Wales, gathers anonymised information from national datasets covering 2.8 million adults living in Wales across a 12 year period.
The researchers will go on to use more advanced analysis on the cohort to illustrate a detailed account of the impact of green and blue spaces on an individual’s mental health and well-being. The findings can then better inform green and blue space policy for ongoing management and design of new spaces. In this way the design of green spaces can fully account for their residents’ needs and not be only a reflection of broad natural policy or economic considerations.
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