Title Measuring children's and adolescents' accessibility to greenspaces from different locations and commuting settings   Source Roos Teeuwen, Achilleas Psyllidis, Alessandro Bozzon. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Volume 100, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101912 Level of evidence Direct Where Case studies in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague (NL) - 848 green spaces evaluated for accessibility by children and adolescents on foot Approach Street

Source "Combination of geographical information system (GIS) data on built and natural environments with new data on micro-scale population statistics." Boshuizen, Peuters et al. paper in preparation Level of evidence Suggestive evidence  Approach We examined correlations between 57 exposome indicators across all Equal Life cohorts. We aimed to gain insights for the reduction of complex datasets, as well as to provide context for guiding design and interpreting results. Findi

Title Ethics of early detection of disease risk factors: A scoping review Source Sammie N.G. Jansen*, Bart A. Kamphorst, Bob C. Mulder, Irene van Kamp, Sandra Boekhold, Peter Van den Hazel, Marcel F. Verweij (2024)  Journal BMC Medical Ethics, Volume25 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01012-4 Level of evidence Review What Scoping review to identify ethical considerations around early detection of disease risk factors, covering articles published in Europe, USA, Canada and A

Level of evidence Direct evidence from analysing biosamples in two child cohorts – Walnuts (Spain) and FinnTwin (Finland) Approach Preliminary biomarker discovery in the Walnuts cohort: ·      We analysed plasma proteomic and bioinformatic data and identified significant changes in several proteins by comparing low- and high-risk groups, based on SDQ scores. (de Sousa Maciel et al. 2023). ·      We carried out further analyses for the entire sample set of 198 Walnuts plasma u

Sources: Hulsman-Dohmen, M. E. (2025). Children’s Mental Health and the Environment: Examining the role of activity patterns and environmental noise exposure. (Dissertation TU/e), Built Environment Level of evidence: Direct/suggestive Where The Netherlands Who 231 participants What Field study. Activity diary and GPS tracking for 7 days, supplemented with a survey (mental health, social environment, environmental perception/satisfaction) Limitations: Small sample sizes per a

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