| Title |
Amplifying Health Through Community Gardens: A Framework for Advancing Multicomponent, Behaviorally Based Neighborhood Interventions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Environmental Health Reports, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40572-016-0105-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katherine Alaimo, Alyssa W. Beavers, Caroline Crawford, Elizabeth Hodges Snyder, Jill S. Litt |
| Abstract |
The article presents a framework for understanding the relationship between community garden participation, and the myriad ways gardens and participation lead to emotional, social, and health impacts. Existing empirical research relating community gardens to health behaviors, such as physical activity and diet, and longer-term chronic disease-related outcomes is summarized. The research areas discussed include the effects of community garden participation on individual, social, emotional, and environmental processes; health behaviors including diet and physical activity; and health outcomes such as self-rated health, obesity, and mental health. Other mechanisms through which community gardens may affect population health are described. Applying a multitheoretical lens to explore associations between community garden participation and health enables us to delineate key aspects of gardening that elicit positive health behaviors and multifactorial health assets that could be applied to designing other types of health interventions. |
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| Taiwan | 1 | 20% |
| Australia | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 190 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 9% |
| Researcher | 16 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 34 | 18% |
| Unknown | 53 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 20 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 8% |
| Psychology | 14 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 35 | 18% |
| Unknown | 63 | 33% |
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