Examining the effectiveness of place-based interventions to improve public health and reduce health inequalities: an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Locally delivered, place-based public health interventions are receiving increasing attention as a way of improving health and reducing inequalities. However, there is limited evidence on their effectiveness. This umbrella review synthesises systematic review evidence of the health and health inequalities impacts of locally delivered place-based interventions across three elements of place and health: the physical, social, and economic environments.

Methods

Systematic review methodology was used to identify recent published systematic reviews of the effectiveness of place-based interventions on health and health inequalities (PROGRESS+) in high-income countries. Nine databases were searched from 1st January 2008 to 1st March 2020. The quality of the included artic

SUBMITTER: McGowan VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8524206 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature