Evidence on the contribution of community gardens to promote physical and mental health and well-being of non-institutionalized individuals: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There has been growing interest in community gardens as an effective and affordable health promotion strategy. However, most available evidence is derived from qualitative studies, whereas quantitative research on this subject is limited.

Objectives

To synthetize the literature about physical and mental health outcomes associated with community gardening. Two main questions were addressed: a) is there evidence, from quantitative studies, that community gardening is associated to physical and mental health and well-being of non-institutionalized individuals? b) Does community gardening provokes any discomfort in terms of physical health, i.e., bodily pain, to their beneficiaries?

Methods

A systematic review of the literature was carried out following PRISM

SUBMITTER: Lampert T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8345884 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature