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How to consider nature’s impact on mental health in city plans

07/25/2019

Almost one in five adults in the U.S. lives with a mental illness. That statistic is similar worldwide, with an estimated 450 million people currently dealing with a

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Cycling lanes reduce fatalities for all road users, study shows: Roads are safer for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists in cities with robust bike facilities

05/29/2019

In the most comprehensive look at bicycle and road safety to date, researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of New Mexico discovered that it’s

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Trauma researchers identify characteristics of communities where mass shootings occur: Shortage of mental-health professionals and low rates of interactions with others are among the social determinants of at-risk communities

10/26/2018

A trauma research team has developed a profile of commonalities among communities where mass shootings have occurred. It includes a shortage of mental health professionals, a relative lack

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Housing for health: An early look at what can happen when a pediatric health system begins to treat the neighborhood as a patient

08/03/2018

In a recent publication in the journal Pediatrics, researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital present a case study for treating a neighborhood as a patient. Neighborhood effect syndrome, characterized