PhD Student Profile
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Justine Geyer
The
Moray House School of Education,
The University of Edinburgh,
St Leonard's Land,
Holyrood Road,
Edinburgh EH8 8JQ
Scotland, UK
 Email: j.geyer@education.ed.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 (0) 131 650 6552 |
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Project Title: Adolescents' Engagement with Greenspace: Perceptions, Use and Impact on Physical Activity Levels and Well-being
Supervisors:
Professor
Candace Currie and Professor
Pete Higgins
Research
topic:
Access
to greenspaces, especially for young people, has
become a significant policy concern. In Scotland
the issue has been increasingly seen in integrated
policy terms leading to a new Strategic Framework
for Environment and Health which links policy commitments
on health, equalities, environmental justice and
sustainable development. Physical activity and
its relationship to health and well-being is a
key issue, but related issues of environmental
sustainability awareness, an over-cautious approach
to risk and a lack of curricular learning outside
the classroom are all of interest to policy makers.
Greenspaces provide a major resource for physical
activity, and access to attractive, high quality
greenspace is associated with increased physical
activity. Given the role of physical activity in
the prevention of, and therapy for, a wide range
of chronic illnesses (e.g. coronary heart disease,
musculo-skeletal diseases, obesity, diabetes, stroke
and cancer), such links between greenspace and
physical activity suggest that increasing the availability
and use of greenspaces could have significant potential
for supporting long-term health gain within the
population.
This study will investigate the role of greenspace
in young people's lives, specifically in relation
to their physical activity and physical and mental
wellbeing. Greenspace will be considered within
the context of young people's neighbourhoods and
broader aspects of the local physical environment
which may impact on their physical activity and
health.
More about this project
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