Publications by authors named "Michael Jerret"
Article Synopsis
- Exposure to natural outdoor environments (NOE) may improve mental health, but studies examining various indicators and their relationships are limited.
- A study across several European cities used objective measures to analyze how residential availability and personal contact with NOE correlated with mental health indicators and various modifiers.
- Results showed that while there was no significant link between mental health and residential NOE exposure, actual contact with NOE, especially with green spaces, positively impacted mental health, with perceived stress acting as a key mediator.
Greenness has been reported to improve mental and physical health. Reduction in exposure to air pollution has been suggested to underlie the health benefits of greenness; however, the available evidence on the mitigating effect of greenness on air pollution remains limited and inconsistent. We investigated the association between greenness within and surrounding school boundaries and monitored indoor and outdoor levels of traffic-related air pollutants (TRAPs) including NO2, ultrafine particles, black carbon, and traffic-related PM2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children.
Objectives: To describe the prevalence of asthma and allergic disease in a multiethnic, population-based sample of Toronto (Ontario) school children attending grades 1 and 2.
Methods: In 2006, the Toronto Child Health Evaluation Questionnaire (T-CHEQ) used the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood survey methodology to administer questionnaires to 23,379 Toronto school children attending grades 1 and 2.