Mental health & wellbeing

Ian Roberts: Looking Upstream

Published by: 
The Campaign for Greener Healthcare
Resource type: 
podcast interview
Brief description: 
Professor Ian Roberts from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine points to the impact of oil prices on incidence of pedestrian injury, and talks of traffic, children and sewage. A founding member of the Climate and Health Council, he explains their plans for a report on the health benefits of climate change policies - an important omission from the Stern Review.
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NICE Guidance on the promotion and creation of physical environments that support increased levels of physical activity

Published by: 
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Publication date: 
29 Dec 2008
Resource type: 
public health programme guidance
Brief description: 
"This guidance offers the first national, evidence-based recommendations on how to improve the physical environment to encourage physical activity. It demonstrates the importance of such improvements and the need to evaluate how they impact on the public's health." Although not explicitly stated, this guidance could also support reduction in transport emissions through promotion of active travel.
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Health, place and nature: Presentation

Published by: 
Sustainable Development Commission
Publication date: 
31 Mar 2008
Resource type: 
slide presentation
Brief description: 
How outdoor environments influence health and well-being.
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Health, place and nature: a knowledge base

Published by: 
Sustainable Development Commission
Publication date: 
31 Mar 2008
Resource type: 
literature review
Brief description: 
How outdoor environments influence health and well-being: a knowledge base.
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