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OA20887. Nature Rx: Co-Creating Scalable Health Solutions through Eco-Therapeutics and Community Action Open
Issue/Problem Europe is witnessing a surge in mental health disorders, physical inactivity, and social disconnection—challenges intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid urbanization, and the emerging burden of digital fatigue. Despite g…
PL004. Reimagining Resilient Health Systems: Integrating Risk, Intelligence, and One Health for Safety Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed critical vulnerabilities in Europe’s public health infrastructure, highlighting significant challenges faced in the European Union (EU’s) mission to strengthen health systems, and to increase security and…
From Evidence to Practice: Implementing Accessible Art in Healthcare Facilities Open
The integration of art into healthcare facility design has been widely recognised as a best practice for enhancing patient experiences and improving health outcomes. Evidence-based design aims to identify the most effective art types and t…
Towards Specialized Accessibility Standards for Healthcare Facilities: A Mixed-Methods Study on the Needs of People with Dis-Abilities in Hospitals Open
Hospitals, as institutions serving a diverse population, must address the needs of individuals with disabilities. While many nations prioritize a public health approach to hospital accessibility, this research contends that specialized str…
Buildings as reflectors of societal values: what features of psychiatric wards reveal about stigma Open
Built Environment (BE) features bearing domestic attributes align with the concept of psychosocial re-integration. To understand the level of de-institutionalisation in relation to mental health infrastructure, a series of 29 case studies …
I am frail and my robot is stuck on the corridor: cohabitation of people with frailty and robots Open
UK and European policies promote research and innovation for people living with frailty (PLWF), as realistic strategies for independent living. Yet homes are not designed for PLWF or robots, even though robots could support PLWF with activ…
Creating Resilient Smart Homes with a Heart: Sustainable, Technologically Advanced Housing across the Lifespan and Frailty through Inclusive Design for People and Their Robots Open
The design of age-friendly homes benefits vulnerable groups, such as frail people and older adults. Advances in smart home technologies, including robots, have important synergies with homes designed for health needs. Yet, focus on environ…
A process to foster pathology-related effects of design primes – how orthopedic patients might benefit from design features that influence health behaviour intention Open
A growing body of literature mainly in the context of consumer research indicates that the formal-aesthetic and conceptual design of objects can influence users’ thoughts, emotions and even behavioural patterns. While there is strong evide…
Accessible art in healthcare facilities: exploring perspectives of healthcare art for visually impaired people Open
Introduction Art in healthcare facilities shows promising results in improving patients' health and well-being and, as such, meets the WHO's definition of health technology. Yet, it remains unclear if healthcare art equally benefits all us…
Digital technologies and healthcare architects' wellbeing in the National Health Service Estate of England during the pandemic Open
Introduction UK Built Environment is currently undergoing a digital transformation, as is happening in the National Health Service (NHS) of England. In this paper, the focus was on the intersection of the two sectors and specifically the p…
Healthcare Built Environment and Telemedicine Practice for Social and Environmental Sustainability Open
The practice of telemedicine started at the beginning of the 20th century but has never been widely implemented, even though it is significantly sustainable compared to traveling to healthcare However, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic pushed …
Let's not forget those who forget! Participatory design in the context of dementia built environment Open
Dementia is a major cause of disability and dependency among older people worldwide. Eco-bio-psychosocially supportive design can significantly reduce agitation and depression while improving mobility and daily activities. For this we need…
Design strategies to influence health behaviour and mental wellbeing in the urban setting Open
The design of objects, spaces and systems can have a profound influence on the behaviours as well as emotional and cognitive states of the people confronted with it. With regards to health behaviour, elaborating on Schwarzer's HAPA model (…
Transdisciplinary Development of a Framework for Co-Creation With People Living With Dementia Open
Following both international and local waves of criticism due to overwhelming high rates of youth unemployment, the South African post-Apartheid government has passed several economic empowerment policies to address the challenge. In addre…
Home-built environment interventions and inflammation biomarkers: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol Open
Background Inflammation control is a fundamental part of chronic care in patients with a history of cancer and comorbidity. As the risk–benefit profile of anti-inflammatory drugs is unclear in survivors of cancer, GPs and patients could be…
Decoding the Psychiatric Space: Cross Country Comparison of Facilities for Mental Health Service Users Open
Normalisation theory made perfect sense at the onset of de-institutionalisation. To map its influence on mental health facilities, research was conducted and began with ten facilities within England (UK) and France, followed by a further t…
Contemporary issues in acute mental health facility design: insights from the Aotearoa-New Zealand experience Open
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Design healthy working environments during the COVID-19 period Open
COVID-19 has affected most of our activities in multiple ways, with changing our working environment being one of them. This project explores measures for preventing or limiting the transmission of COVID-19 in indoor office workplaces, foc…
The Interplay between Housing Environmental Attributes and Design Exposures and Psychoneuroimmunology Profile—An Exploratory Review and Analysis Paper in the Cancer Survivors’ Mental Health Morbidity Context Open
Adult cancer survivors have an increased prevalence of mental health comorbidities and other adverse late-effects interdependent with mental illness outcomes compared with the general population. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) heralds…
Housing environmental and design attributes and psychoneuroimmunology profiles – a systematic review Open
Background Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) indicators, with the central role in low-grade systemic inflammation, are associated with major psychiatric disorders and late effects post-cancer treatment. Immune disturbances might mediate the effe…
COVID-19 aftermath: Safe return to the office during the pandemic Open
Issue/problem COVID-19 has affected almost all aspects of our human activity globally. Changing our working norm is one of them. This project explored strategies and control measures that could be adopted in different countries for prevent…
Personalisation and choice in psychiatric spaces Nachricht eingeben Open
In Europe psychiatric wards tend to be highly institutionalised settings, often lacking essential psychosocially-supportive elements which promote health, wellbeing and social interaction of patients and staff. This happens in the name of …
Environment related practices for emergency response to infectious disease outbreak on cruise ships Open
Issue/problem COVID-19 pandemic halted cruise operations globally. This project explored strategies and measures that could be adopted internationally for mitigating a disease outbreak on-board of a cruise ship by bringing evidence-based r…
Research capacity strengthening in health and care delivery through housing for chronic diseases Open
Background From all buildings, houses are where we spent most of our lives. The impact of housing conditions on health was evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the 2018 Astana Declaration placing integrated delivery of primary hea…
Distinctive Features of Emotion Concepts Open
Some theories of abstract word representation posit a role for affective information; however, little has been done to delineate how this holds for the class of emotion concepts relative to other types of abstract concepts. Work using dist…
Developing concepts for early mental health prevention and treatment using the built environment Open
After the brief initial input presentations outlining relevant aspects such as the eco-psychosocial approach as well as facts regarding the context of the case study Crete, a co-creative multidisciplinary workshop is being facilitated that…
Ecopsychosocial environments for health and mental health Open
Theories of architectural morphology and society contributed to understanding the interconnections and synergies between society and space. Lack of knowledge of how space influences communities can foster social issues (Hillier & Hanson, 1…