The land cover paradox: Characteristics of blue- and green spaces within and beyond high-risk suicide clusters
The findings reveal that the mental health impacts of environmental features are context-dependent and spatially patterned. While access to green and blue space may offer protective effects, these benefits are not uniformly experienced across urban neighborhoods. Suicide prevention efforts should consider not only individual and socioeconomic risk factors, but also spatial disparities in environmental quality and neighborhood-level disadvantage.
Authors
- Taylor Harrington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8087-242X)
- Keith Warren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1055-1749)
- Danielle L. Steelesmith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4781-2300)
- Gia Barboza-Salerno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4953-4148)
- Amy C. Watson-Grace
- Karla Shockley-McCarthy
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Columbus State University (US)
- Ohio Department of Health (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SSM - Population Health
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101820
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.40