Is volunteering a public health intervention? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the health and survival of volunteers

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, August 2013

Altmetric Badge

About this Attention Score

In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#29 of 21,075)
High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

Mentioned by

news: 76 news outlets
blogs: 7 blogs
policy: 5 policy sources
twitter: 161 X users
facebook: 13 Facebook pages

wikipedia: 1 Wikipedia page
googleplus: 5 Google+ users
reddit: 6 Redditors
video: 2 YouTube creators
podcasts: 1 podcast

Readers on

mendeley: 649 Mendeley
citeulike: 1 CiteULike

So far, Altmetric has seen 8 posts from 7 blogs.

Volunteering and Mental Health

Psychology Today, 11 Jul 2025

Volunteering is important for the community, but it can also be beneficial for your mental health.

Beyond beliefs: does religious faith lead to a happier, healthier life?

Science news, comment and analysis | theguardian.com, 03 Dec 2022

The stress-reducing, life-extending benefits of religion can offer useful strategies even for non-believers, say scientistsIn…

#ESTTurns10: Reflections on our work in mentalhealth

PenCLAHRC Evidence Synthesis Team (EST), 15 Nov 2019

How Volunteering Can Help Your Mental

World of Psychology, 18 Apr 2018

Many recent studies that have been done on volunteer work show how it’s connected to better health. Physical effects on the body…

This page shows the most recent blog posts that mention this research output. Click here to find out how to access more activity, including 4 additional blog posts.