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Christopher Gidlow

Christopher Gidlow

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
6905
World Ranking
4782
National Ranking
806

Overview

Christopher Gidlow is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom. The primary fields of research are Health Professions and Medicine, with a focus on subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Speech and Hearing, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work encompasses topics such as Urban Green Space and Health, Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Noise Effects and Management, Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Healthcare cost, quality, practices, and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Archives of Osteoporosis
  • BMJ Open
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Environmental Research

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Christopher Gidlow are:

  • "Restoration in mental health after visiting urban green spaces, who is most affected? Comparison between good/poor mental health in four European cities" (2023) published in Environmental Research
  • "Psycho-physiological responses of repeated exposure to natural and urban environments" (2021) published in Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Understanding the Role of Nature Engagement in Supporting Health and Wellbeing during COVID-19" (2022) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "We have to change our mindsets": a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators in research collaboration across integrated care system organisations" (2024) published in BMC Health Services Research
  • "The relationship between surrounding greenness, stress and memory" (2021) published in Urban forestry & urban greening

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Naomi Ellis
  • Christian Mallen
  • Victoria Riley
  • Terence W O'Neill
  • Clare Jinks

Best Publications

  • A systematic review of the relationship between socio-economic position and physical activity:

    Christopher Gidlow;Lynne Halley Johnston;Diane Crone;Naomi Ellis

  • Visiting green space is associated with mental health and vitality: A cross-sectional study in four european cities.

    Magdalena van den Berg;Mireille van Poppel;Mireille van Poppel;Irene van Kamp;Sandra Andrusaityte

  • Where to put your best foot forward: Psycho-physiological responses to walking in natural and urban environments

    Christopher J. Gidlow;Marc V. Jones;Gemma Hurst;Daniel Masterson

  • The Effects of Green Exercise on Physical and Mental Wellbeing: A Systematic Review.

    Ian Lahart;Patricia Darcy;Christopher Gidlow;Giovanna Calogiuri

  • The association between green space and depressive symptoms in pregnant women: moderating roles of socioeconomic status and physical activity

    R. R. C. McEachan;S. L. Prady;Graham Smith;L. Fairley

  • Inequality, green spaces, and pregnant women: roles of ethnicity and individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic status.

    Payam Dadvand;John Wright;David Martinez;Xavier Basagaña

  • Natural outdoor environments and mental health: Stress as a possible mechanism

    Margarita Triguero-Mas;David Donaire-Gonzalez;Edmund Seto;Antònia Valentín

  • Access to parks and physical activity: an eight country comparison.

    Jasper Schipperijn;Ester Cerin;Ester Cerin;Marc A Adams;Rodrigo Reis;Rodrigo Reis

  • Positive health effects of the natural outdoor environment in typical populations in different regions in Europe (PHENOTYPE): A study programme protocol

    Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen;Hanneke Kruize;Christopher Gidlow;Sandra Andrusaityte

  • Development of the Neighbourhood Green Space Tool (NGST)

    Christopher J. Gidlow;Naomi J. Ellis;Sam Bostock

  • Measuring physical activity-related environmental factors: reliability and predictive validity of the European environmental questionnaire ALPHA

    Heleen Spittaels;Maïté Verloigne;Christopher Gidlow;Julien Gloanec;Julien Gloanec

  • What is my walking neighbourhood? A pilot study of English adults' definitions of their local walking neighbourhoods.

    Graham Smith;Christopher Gidlow;Rachel Davey;Charles Foster

  • The relationship between natural outdoor environments and cognitive functioning and its mediators.

    Wilma L. Zijlema;Margarita Triguero-Mas;Graham Smith;Marta Cirach

  • Availability, use of, and satisfaction with green space, and children's mental wellbeing at age 4 years in a multicultural, deprived, urban area: results from the Born in Bradford cohort study

    Rosemary R C McEachan;Tiffany C Yang;Tiffany C Yang;Hannah Roberts;Kate E Pickett

  • In-school and out-of-school physical activity in primary and secondary school children

    Christopher Gidlow;Thomas Cochrane;Rachel Davey;Hannah Smith

  • A meta-analysis of brief high-impact exercises for enhancing bone health in premenopausal women

    Opeyemi Babatunde;Jacky Forsyth;Christopher Gidlow

  • Factors associated with physical activity referral uptake and participation

    David James;Lynne H Johnston;Diane Crone;Adrienne H Sidford

  • Uptake and participation in physical activity referral schemes in the UK: an investigation of patients referred with mental health problems.

    Diane Crone;Lynne H. Johnston;Chris Gidlow;Caroline Henley

  • Socio-demographic patterning of referral, uptake and attendance in Physical Activity Referral Schemes

    Christopher Gidlow;Lynne H. Johnston;Diane Crone;Clare Morris

  • Attendance of Exercise Referral Schemes in the UK: A Systematic Review.

    Christopher Gidlow;Lynne Halley Johnston;Diane Crone;David James

  • Natural environments and chronic stress measured by hair cortisol

    Christopher J. Gidlow;Jason Randall;Jamie Gillman;Graham R. Smith

  • The effect of randomised exposure to different types of natural outdoor environments compared to exposure to an urban environment on people with indications of psychological distress in Catalonia.

    Margarita Triguero-Mas;Christopher J. Gidlow;David Martínez;Jeroen de Bont

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Marta Cirach
Marta Cirach Pompeu Fabra University
Marc V. Jones
Marc V. Jones Manchester Metropolitan University
Rachel Davey
Rachel Davey University of Canberra
Payam Dadvand
Payam Dadvand Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Edmund Seto
Edmund Seto University of Washington
Sarah Grogan
Sarah Grogan Manchester Metropolitan University
Michael Jerrett
Michael Jerrett University of California, Los Angeles
Rosemary R. C. McEachan
Rosemary R. C. McEachan National Health Service
Charlie Foster
Charlie Foster University of Bristol

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