Exposure to neighborhood green space and mental health: evidence from the survey of the health of Wisconsin.

ABSTRACT: Green space is now widely viewed as a health-promoting characteristic of residential environments, and has been linked to mental health benefits such as recovery from mental fatigue and reduced stress, particularly through experimental work in environmental psychology. Few population level studies have examined the relationships between green space and mental health. Further, few studies have considered the role of green space in non-urban settings. This study contributes a population-level perspective from the United States to examine the relationship between environmental green space and mental health outcomes in a study area that includes a spectrum of urban to rural environments. Multivariate survey regression analyses examine the association between green space and mental health using

SUBMITTER: Beyer KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3987044 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature