Thursday, September 01, 2022

Going with the flow: Study shows the blend of blue and green space at former industrial canals helps boost your mood

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PLOS

Birmingham Main Line Canal 

IMAGE: BIRMINGHAM MAIN LINE CANAL. view more 

CREDIT: CANAL AND RIVER TRUST, CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/)

Going with the flow: study shows the blend of blue and green space at former industrial canals helps boost your mood

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0271306

Article Title: The mental health benefits of visiting canals and rivers: An ecological momentary assessment study

Author Countries: UK

Funding: This study was supported by a grant from The Medical Research Council (MRC; https://www.ukri.org/councils/mrc/) (grant number MR/S026428/1) awarded to AM and ST. This study was also supported by a the The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London (https://www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk) awarded to AM. Finally, the study was also supported by The Canal & River Trust (CRT; https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/) awarded to JG and ND. Jenny Shepherd (CRT) and Graham Reeves (CRT) provided feedback on the study design and preparation of the manuscript. No other funders had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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