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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, MS
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, BW
dc.contributor.authorWhite, MP
dc.contributor.authorEconomou, Theodoros
dc.contributor.authorOsborne, NJ
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T11:07:57Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Growing evidence suggests an association between access to urban greenspace and mental health and wellbeing. Street trees may be an important facet of everyday exposure to nature in urban environments, but there is little evidence regarding their role in influencing population mental health. In this brief report, we raise the issue of street trees in the nature-health nexus, and use secondary data sources to examine the association between the density of street trees (trees/km street) in London boroughs and rates of antidepressant prescribing. After adjustment for potential confounders, and allowing for unmeasured area-effects using Bayesian mixed effects models, we find an inverse association, with a decrease of 1.18 prescriptions per thousand population per unit increase in trees per km of street (95% credible interval 0.00, 2.45). This study suggests that street trees may be a positive urban asset to decrease the risk of negative mental health outcomes.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Regional Development Fund Programme 2007 to 2013 and European Social Fund Convergence Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scillyen_GB
dc.identifier.citationLandscape and Urban Planning, 2015, Vol. 136, pp. 174 - 179en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.12.005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/17340
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherElsevieren_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204614002941en_GB
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dc.rights© 2014, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_GB
dc.subjectNatureen_GB
dc.subjectMental healthen_GB
dc.subjectStreet treesen_GB
dc.subjectAntidepressantsen_GB
dc.subjectTreesen_GB
dc.titleResearch note: Urban street tree density and antidepressant prescription rates—A cross-sectional study in London, UKen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn0169-2046
dc.descriptionThis is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Landscape and Urban Planning. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published at doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.12.005.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalLandscape and Urban Planningen_GB


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