Reference
Objectives
Biodiversity indicator
Contact with
nature
a
Health outcome
(measure
b
)
Population
General result
Wheeler
et al. (2015)
Explored the association
between type and quality
of different natural
environments and health
Shannon Diversity Index of
land cover types; and bird
species richness
Unspecified,
biodiversity
assessed at Lower
Super Output Areas
(LSOA)
Self-reported
general health
UK, Residents of
England aggregated at
LSOA, no gender, age
or n
given
Positive – Greater Shannon
Diversity of land cover
associated with good health,
and inverse associations with
bad health. Bird species
richness positive association
with good health only.
Note.
Biodiversity variables with a slash (‘/’) are a combined variable where investigator did not separate out the contribution of each taxon; two taxa are analysed together
a
‘Direct’ and ‘indirect’ contact with nature categories based on Keniger et al. (2013)
b
Measures are listed only when reported by the original authors
c
Study from Lovell et al. (2014)
Objectives
Biodiversity indicator
Contact with
nature
a
Health outcome
(measure
b
)
Population
General result
Wheeler
et al. (2015)
Explored the association
between type and quality
of different natural
environments and health
Shannon Diversity Index of
land cover types; and bird
species richness
Unspecified,
biodiversity
assessed at Lower
Super Output Areas
(LSOA)
Self-reported
general health
UK, Residents of
England aggregated at
LSOA, no gender, age
or n
given
Positive – Greater Shannon
Diversity of land cover
associated with good health,
and inverse associations with
bad health. Bird species
richness positive association
with good health only.
Note.
Biodiversity variables with a slash (‘/’) are a combined variable where investigator did not separate out the contribution of each taxon; two taxa are analysed together
a
‘Direct’ and ‘indirect’ contact with nature categories based on Keniger et al. (2013)
b
Measures are listed only when reported by the original authors
c
Study from Lovell et al. (2014)