Investigating the long-term public health and co-benefit impacts of an urban greenway intervention in the UK: a natural experiment evaluation – study protocol
To our knowledge, this is one of the first natural experiments with a 5-year follow-up evaluation of an UGBS intervention. The findings will help inform future policy and practice on UGBS interventions intended to bring a range of public health benefits and co-benefits. Ethics approval was obtained from the Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Research Ethics Committee prior to the commencement of the study. All participants in the household survey and focus group workshops will provide written informed consent before taking part in the study. Findings will be reported to (1) participants and stakeholders; (2) funding bodies supporting the research; (3) local, regional and national governments to inform policy; (4) presented at local, national and international conferences and (5) disseminated by peer-review publications.
Authors
- Hüseyin Küçükali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1669-3107)
- Ruth Fiona Hunter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7315-0382)
- Brendan Murtagh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9417-6052)
- Ciarán O’Neill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7668-3934)
- Leandro García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-2617)
- Claire Cleland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2738-8274)
- Niamh O’Kane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6563-603X)
- Dominic Bryan
- Frank Kee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-8167)
- Chris R. Cardwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2689-4335)
- Christopher Tate (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-5971)
- John Barry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-7698)
- Anna Jurek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7435-9134)
- J. Hilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1462-2399)
- Shay Mullineaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0396-4369)
- Aideen Maguire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3932-2109)
- Natalie Clewley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7236-8152)
- Mike J Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2926-7257)
- Selin Akaraci
- Geraint Ellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4273-2923)
- Sophie Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5757-7343)
- Mehdi Hafezi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2239-8676)
- Ruoyu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7240-558X)
Institutions
- University of Essex (GB)
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Cranfield University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097530
- Primary Topic
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Alzheimer's Society
- Alzheimer's Research Trust
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- British Heart Foundation
- Diabetes UK
- University of Exeter
- University of Glasgow
- Cranfield University
- Queen's University Belfast
- Public Health Agency
- Queen's University
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Directorate for Biological Sciences
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
- Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate
- Medical Research Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Health and Social Care Research and Development Division