Department of Health Sciences and Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 30;16(15):2712. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16152712.
Access and exposure to public green space might be critical to health promotion and prevention of mental ill health. However, it is uncertain if differential health and mental health benefits are associated with undertaking different activities in public green space. We evaluated the health and wellbeing benefits of different activities in different locations of public green spaces in urban and semi-urban areas. We used a mixed-methods before-and-after design. Volunteers at three conservation sites were recruited and took part in group guided walks, practical conservation tasks or citizen science. Repeated measures one-way ANOVAs with Bonferroni correction assessed the relationship between location and activity type on change in acute subjective mood from pre- to post-activity, measured with the UWIST Mood Adjective Checklist (UWIST-MACL). Qualitative semi-structured interviews were undertaken and analysed thematically to explore participants' perceptions about the health and wellbeing benefits of activities in public green space. Forty-five participants were recruited, leading to 65 independent observations. Walking, conservation and citizen science in public green space were associated with improved mood. Across all participants acute subjective mood improved across all domains of the UWIST-MACL. There was a significant association between reduction in stress and location ( = 0.009). Qualitatively participants reported that conservation and citizen science conferred co-benefits to the environment and individual health and well-being and were perceived as purposeful. Undertaking purposeful activity in public green space has the potential to promote health and prevent mental ill health.
进入和接触公共绿地可能对促进健康和预防精神健康问题至关重要。然而，目前尚不确定在公共绿地中进行不同的活动是否会带来不同的健康和心理健康益处。我们评估了城市和半城市地区公共绿地不同位置的不同活动对健康和幸福感的益处。我们采用了混合方法的前后设计。在三个自然保护区招募志愿者，并让他们参加小组导游徒步旅行、实际保护任务或公民科学活动。使用重复测量单向方差分析（Bonferroni 校正）评估了位置和活动类型之间的关系，以衡量 UWIST 情绪形容词检查表（UWIST-MACL）在活动前后急性主观情绪变化。进行了定性半结构化访谈，并进行了主题分析，以探讨参与者对公共绿地活动对健康和幸福感的看法。共招募了 45 名参与者，得出了 65 个独立观察结果。在公共绿地中散步、保护和公民科学与情绪改善有关。在所有参与者中，UWIST-MACL 的所有领域的急性主观情绪都有所改善。压力的减轻与位置之间存在显著关联（ = 0.009）。定性研究中，参与者报告说，保护和公民科学对环境和个人健康和幸福感有共同的益处，并且被认为是有目的的。在公共绿地中进行有目的的活动有可能促进健康和预防精神健康问题。
