How do urban environments affect young people's mental health? A novel conceptual framework to bridge public health, planning, and neurourbanism

A Buttazzoni, S Doherty, L Minaker - Public Health Reports, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Childhood and adolescence are crucial periods for mental and social development.
Currently, mental illness among young people is a global epidemic, and rates of disorders …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence synthesis-physical activity and social connectedness interventions in outdoor spaces among children and youth: a rapid review

A Wray, G Martin, E Ostermeier… - Health promotion and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: We conducted a rapid review of peer-reviewed (n= 3096) and grey literature (n= 7)
to identify physical activity and/or social connectedness outdoor space interventions …

Tolerant greenspaces: Designing urban nature-based solutions that foster social ties and support mental health among young adults

S Barron, EJ Rugel - Environmental Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The voices of young adults (15− 24) ring faintly in the conversation around nature-based
solutions (NBS), an absence that results in a lack of both procedural and distributive justice …

The mental well-being and co** strategies of Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative, cross-sectional study

KN Ferguson, SE Coen, D Tobin, G Martin… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Qualitative research is lacking on the mental well-being of adolescents during
the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the feelings and emotions …

Measuring child-friendly cities: develo** and piloting an indicator assessment tool for sustainable neighborhood planning

N Rakhimova, D McAslan, D Pijawka - Journal of Urbanism …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The need to develop cities that meet the needs of children is vital. As neighborhoods
become more important to the goal of urban sustainability, they must consider the …

Involving child and youth advisors in academic research about child participation: The Child and Youth Advisory Committees of the International and Canadian Child …

TM Collins, L Jamieson, LHV Wright, I Rizzini… - Children and Youth …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nearly thirty years ago, the world recognised the participation rights of children with the
adoption by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Since then childhood …

A sco** review of youth advisory structures in the United States: Applications, outcomes, and best practices

K Haddad, F Jacquez, L Vaughn - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Although youth advisory structures (YASs) have proliferated internationally to facilitate the
voice of young people, little is known about the practices of such groups, especially in the …

Involving adolescents in the design, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of health research: an umbrella review protocol

A Warraitch, D Bruce, M Lee, P Curran, Q Khraisha… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction A lack of awareness on how to engage adolescents in research has been
reported as one of the barriers to meaningful youth involvement in health research …

An emerging youth‐centered model of community resilience in communities impacted by gun violence: Power through Black Community and Unity

N Grant, H Neville, N Ogunfemi, A Smith… - American journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Studies commonly examine resilience as an outcome by way of measuring the degree to
which protective factors maintain individuals' well‐being despite the presence of significant …

Research‐and health‐related youth advisory groups in Canada: an environmental scan with stakeholder interviews

M Chan, SD Scott, A Campbell, SA Elliott… - Health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Engaging youth throughout the research process improves research quality
and outcomes. Youth advisory groups provide one way for youth to express their opinions …