Publications by authors named "F Rowney"
Background: Exposure to green space can protect against poor health through a variety of mechanisms. However, there is heterogeneity in methodological approaches to exposure assessments which makes creating effective policy recommendations challenging.
Objective: Critically evaluate the use of a satellite-derived exposure metric, the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), for assessing access to different types of green space in epidemiological studies.
Background: Cross-sectional evidence suggests that living near green and blue spaces benefits mental health; longitudinal evidence is limited.
Objectives: To quantify the impact of changes in green and blue spaces on common mental health disorders, well-being and health service use.
Design: A retrospective, dynamic longitudinal panel study.
Background: Living in greener areas, or close to green and blue spaces (GBS; eg, parks, lakes, or beaches), is associated with better mental health, but longitudinal evidence when GBS exposures precede outcomes is less available. We aimed to analyse the effect of living in or moving to areas with more green space or better access to GBS on subsequent adult mental health over time, while explicitly considering health inequalities.
Methods: A cohort of the people in Wales, UK (≥16 years; n=2 341 591) was constructed from electronic health record data sources from Jan 1, 2008 to Oct 31, 2019, comprising 19 141 896 person-years of follow-up.
Natural environments can promote well-being through multiple mechanisms. Many studies have investigated relationships between residential green/blue space (GBS) and well-being, fewer explore relationships with actual use of GBS. We used a nationally representative survey, the National Survey for Wales, anonymously linked with spatial GBS data to investigate associations of well-being with both residential GBS and time in nature (N = 7631).
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- Upland moorlands are important natural areas that are getting worse because of human actions, and it's crucial to protect and restore them.
- In Europe, many restoration efforts focus on fixing problems caused by farming practices from the 19th and 20th centuries, especially draining wet areas.
- Research in Exmoor, England, shows that changes in these landscapes have been happening for a long time, and restoring them might not look like how they used to be before the land was drained.