Systems approach of URban enviRonmEnts and heALth

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Deliverables

International workshop on sensing techniques in health research

International workshop for researchers and health policy makers to discuss novel sensor technologies and outcomes.

‘Environmental stressors scale'

Analytical tool for assessing the impact of momentary and daily environmental exposures on health outcomes.

‘Environmental exposures, cardiometabolic and mental health of children'

Report on exposure to environmental factors on cardiometabolic health and cognitive functioning of young children differentiated by SES.

‘Exposures to urban environments and health of migrants'

Report on the health differences in migrants and SES groups living in urban environments.

‘Environmental and health inequalities across the life course in contaminated areas'

Report on the interactions between environmental quality, environmental health risk and cardiopulmonary and mental health inequalities among children, adults and elderly.

‘Neighbourhood change and health impacts'

Report on the impact of change in physical environment in neighbourhoods that are shifting up or downwards in neighbourhood SES and the impact on cardiometabolic health outcomes

Dissemination strategy and report on implemented activities M4, 48

Reports on the scheduled dissemination activities of SURREAL and the assessment of these activities mentioned in Table 2.3. of Annex 1 - Part B

‘Real and virtual walking environments compared on stress and physical activity'

Report on a comparison between real and comparable virtual walking environments on similarities and differences in stress experiences and intensity of physical activities

‘Housing moves and health outcomes'

Report on the impact of housing moves on cardiometabolic health outcomes.

‘Walking environments in virtual reality in terms of stress, PA-intensity, emotions and preferences'

Report on VR simulations, to identify most promising attributes of walking environments for policy interventions.

‘Nudging and boost interventions to improve physical and mental health'

Report on randomised controlled trials using experimental (laboratory-based) and quasi-experimental (field-based) designs to compare nudge and boost interventions in terms of their efficacy and acceptance by SES.

‘Medium-term and chronic environmental exposures, cardiometabolic and mental health of children'

Report on impact of medium-term and chronic exposure to combustion-related black carbon air pollution in infants and the relation with cardiometabolic outcomes.

‘Cross-European analyses supporting the systems model'

Report on empirically testing of elements of the systems model across European cities.

Policy Feedback Report

Report incorporating the inputs for policy feedback from the ESRs projects, as well as the CliP project and the final conference

Communication Plan and report on activities M4, 48

Report son the scheduled communication activities of SURREAL and the assessment of these activities mentioned in Table 2.4. of Annex 1 - part B

‘Physical and mental health effects of exposures to environments

Report on the effects of exposure to green spaces versus the built environment on physical and mental health differentiated by SES

‘Urban transport planning and health impact in Barcelona'

Report on new urban developments in Barcelona including the Superblocks Plaza Glories and the cycling network extension and their implications for health

‘Healthy lifestyle interventions'

Report on the results of two community-based healthy lifestyle interventions.

‘Inequalities in residential changes and exposures'

Report on longitudinal evidence on how PA, diet and cardiometabolic outcomes relate to environmental changes following residential relocation.

‘Low SES adolescents needs and experiences to develop healthy lifestyles'

Report on indepth insights in low SES adolescents latent needs wishes motivation and lived experiences informing the development of healthy lifestyle interventions and preconditions for reaching low SES adolescents in a local context

‘Assessment and analysis of black carbon air pollution in urine'

Report on determination of black carbon air pollution in urine samples of infants

Completed Network-Wide Training

Report on the program and results of the five network-wide training events.

‘Transferability of urban policies for equity in physical activity, food consumption and stress'

Report on natural policy experiments across European cities and their impact on inequalities in physical and mental health.

‘In utero exposures and vascular developments'

By determining telomere length analysing the impact of inutero exposure to environmental factors on vascular development in children by SES

‘Urban transport planning and health impact in Utrecht'

Report on new urban developments in Utrecht and implications for health

‘Assessment of citizen's engagement'

Report on the assessment of four levels of public engagement in gamified Citizen Science projects.

‘Key drivers of health inequalities in contaminated areas'

Report on the identification of the key drivers that cause large inequality in public health measures and morbidity in contaminated areas

CLiP report

Report on the results of the joint CLiP project in Utrecht.

‘Health impacts of urban and transport planning'

Report on health impacts of new urban developments in Barcelona, Paris and Utrecht.

‘Open wiki-like-style database of sensing tools for environmental exposure and health'

Database on novel methodologies based on sensors and smartphones for assessing various aspects of environmental exposures relevant to cardiovascular and mental health.

Publications

Socioeconomic inequalities and ambient air pollution exposure in school-aged children living in an affluent society: an analysis on individual and aggregated data in Belgium

Author(s): Tehreem Mustansar, Erik J. Timmermans, Ana Inês Silva, Esmée M. Bijnens, Wouter Lefebvre, Nelly D. Saenen, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Tim S. Nawrot, Ilonca Vaartjes
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 93, 2025, Page(s) 103473, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103473

The use of Virtual Reality (VR) to assess the impact of geographical environments on walking and cycling: a systematic literature review

Author(s): Marzieh Ghanbari, Martin Dijst, Roderick McCall, Camille Perchoux
Published in: International Journal of Health Geographics, Issue 23, 2024, ISSN 1476-072X
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-024-00375-6

Temporal Trends in Air Pollution Exposure across Socioeconomic Groups in The Netherlands

Author(s): Niklas Hlubek Yvonne Koop Alfred Wagtendonk Ilonca Vaartjes
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 21, 2024, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21080976

Air pollution exposure and incidence of cardiometabolic diseases: Exploring the modifying role of dietary antioxidant intake in adults

Author(s): Shradha Mishra, Ilonca Vaartjes, Yvonne T. van der Schouw, Esmée M. Bijnens, Jolanda M.A. Boer, George S. Downward, Roel C.H. Vermeulen, W. Monique M. Verschuren, Tim S. Nawrot, Erik J. Timmermans
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 93, 2025, Page(s) 103453, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103453

Exposure to Residential Green Space and Bone Mineral Density in Young Children

Author(s): Hanne Sleurs, Ana Inês Silva, Esmée M. Bijnens, Yinthe Dockx, Martien Peusens, Leen Rasking, Michelle Plusquin, Tim S. Nawrot
Published in: JAMA Network Open, Issue 7, 2024, Page(s) e2350214, ISSN 2574-3805
Publisher: American Medical Association
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50214

Micro urban spaces and mental well-being: Measuring the exposure to urban landscapes along daily mobility paths and their effects on momentary depressive symptomatology among older population

Author(s): Giovanna Fancello, Julie Vallée, Cédric Sueur, Frank J. van Lenthe, Yan Kestens, Andrea Montanari, Basile Chaix
Published in: Environment International, Issue 178, 2024, Page(s) 108095, ISSN 0160-4120
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108095

Industrial Air Pollution Leads to Adverse Birth Outcomes : A Systematized Review of Different Exposure Metrics and Health Effects in Newborns

Author(s): Veber, Triin; Dahal, Usha; Lang, Katrin; Orru, Kati; Orru, Hans
Published in: Public Health Reviews, Issue 10 August 2022, 2022, ISSN 2107-6952
Publisher: Swiss School of Public Health
DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604775

Would intervening on financial strain reduce inequalities in mental health between renters and homeowners?

Author(s): Daina Kosīte, Maria Gueltzow, Frank J. van Lenthe, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Joost Oude Groeniger
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 92, 2025, Page(s) 103434, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103434

Local retail food environment exposure and diet quality in rural and urban adults: A longitudinal analysis of the ORISCAV-LUX cohort study

Author(s): Marion Tharrey, Torsten Bohn, Olivier Klein, Dmitry Bulaev, Juliette Van Beek, Julie-Anne Nazare, Manuel Franco, Laurent Malisoux, Camille Perchoux
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 87, 2024, Page(s) 103240, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103240

Perinatal Health Inequalities in the Industrial Region of Estonia: A Birth Registry-Based Study

Author(s): Usha Dahal, Triin Veber, Daniel Oudin Åström, Tanel Tamm, Leena Albreht, Erik Teinemaa, Kati Orru, Hans Orru
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 2022, 19(18), 2022, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811559

Neighbourhood exposure to fast-food and sit-down restaurants and estimated 24-hour urinary sodium excretion: a cross-sectional analysis of urban adults from the ORISCAV-LUX 2 study

Author(s): Marion Tharrey, Olivier Klein, Torsten Bohn, Dmitry Bulaev, Juliette Van Beek, Laurent Malisoux, Camille Perchoux
Published in: Public Health Nutrition, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 1368-9800
Publisher: CABI Publishing
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980025000540

Association of Air Pollution with a Urinary Biomarker of Biological Aging and Effect Modification by Vitamin K in the FLEMENGHO Prospective Population Study

Author(s): Dries S. Martens, De-Wei An, Yu-Ling Yu, Babangida S. Chori, Congrong Wang, Ana Inês Silva, Fang-Fei Wei, Chen Liu, Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, Marek Rajzer, Agnieszka Latosinska, Harald Mischak, Jan A. Staessen, Tim S. Nawrot
Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives, Issue 131, 2023, ISSN 0091-6765
Publisher: US Department of Health and Human Services
DOI: 10.1289/ehp13414

Health impact assessment of urban and transport developments in Barcelona: A case study

Author(s): Ana Ramos Velásquez, Marc Guevara, Jan Mateu Armengol, Daniel Rodríguez-Rey, Natalie Mueller, Marta Cirach, Sasha Khomenko, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 91, 2025, Page(s) 103406, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103406

Changes in perceived neighborhood social cohesion and self-assessed health: 17-year follow-up of the Dutch GLOBE study

Author(s): Vernon Cail, Joost Oude Groeniger, Mariëlle A Beenackers, Frank J van Lenthe
Published in: European Journal of Public Health, Issue 34, 2024, Page(s) 1079-1085, ISSN 1101-1262
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae168

Walking in nature decreases state anxiety through pleasure

Author(s): James Madog Harris, Claus Vögele, İrem Tuğçe Öz, Damien Brevers
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 94, 2025, Page(s) 103498, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103498

AID-PRIGSHARE: Automatization of indicator development in green space health research in QGIS. Accompanying script to the PRIGSHARE reporting guidelines

Author(s): Marcel Cardinali, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Arjan van Timmeren, Uta Pottgiesser
Published in: Software Impacts, Issue 16, 2023, Page(s) 100506, ISSN 2665-9638
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpa.2023.100506

Assessing the short-term air quality health impact from land-use changes during heatwaves: A health impact assessment in Barcelona Metropolitan Area

Author(s): Ana Ramos Velásquez, Alba Badia, Natalie Mueller, Gara Villalba, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 285, 2025, Page(s) 122501, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.122501

Green dreams, local realities: Complexities of the European Union's energy transition to ensure local health and well-being in a fossil fuel-based industrial region

Author(s): Usha Dahal, Kati Orru, Hans Orru, Martin Dijst
Published in: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Issue 106, 2024, Page(s) 107520, ISSN 0195-9255
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107520

Urban environment influences on stress, autonomic reactivity and circadian rhythm: protocol for an ambulatory study of mental health and sleep

Author(s): Andrea Montanari, Limin Wang, Amit Birenboim, Basile Chaix
Published in: Frontiers in Public Health, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2296-2565
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1175109

Urban green spaces, self-rated air pollution and health: A sensitivity analysis of green space characteristics and proximity in four European cities

Author(s): Marcel Cardinali, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Arjan van Timmeren, Uta Pottgiesser
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 89, 2025, Page(s) 103300, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103300

Prenatal air pollution exposure in relation to the telomere-mitochondrial axis of aging at birth: A systematic review

Author(s): Shradha Mishra, Charlotte Van Der Stukken, Stacy Drury, Tim S. Nawrot, Dries S. Martens
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 22/12/2023, 2023, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117990

Study protocol of the European urban burden of disease project: a health impact assessment study

Author(s): Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen; Jose Barrera-Gómez; Xavier Basagaña; Marta Cirach; Carolyn Daher; Maria Foraster Pulido; Tamara Iungman; Antonio Gasparrini; Gerard Hoek; Kees de Hoogh; Sasha Khomenko; Haneen Khreis; Audrey de Nazelle; Ana Ramos; David Rojas-Rueda; Evelise Pereira Barboza; Marko Tainio; Meelan Thondoo; Cathryn Tonne; James Woodcock; N Mueller
Published in: BMJ Open, Issue 20.01.2022, 2022, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.5451/unibas-ep90713

Black carbon particles in human breast milk: assessing infant’s exposure

Author(s): Charlotte Cosemans, Eva Bongaerts, Kenneth Vanbrabant, Brigitte Reimann, Ana Inês Silva, Eline Tommelein, Giulia Poma, Marcel Ameloot, Tim S. Nawrot, Michelle Plusquin
Published in: Frontiers in Public Health, Issue 11, 2024, ISSN 2296-2565
Publisher: Frontiers Media
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1333969

Preventing common mental health problems by increasing neighbourhood socioeconomic status: a mental health impact assessment in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Author(s): Daina Kosīte, Frank J van Lenthe, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Mariëlle A Beenackers
Published in: European Journal of Public Health, Issue 35, 2025, Page(s) 72-78, ISSN 1101-1262
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae222

The relation between proximity to and characteristics of green spaces to physical activity and health: A multi-dimensional sensitivity analysis in four European cities

Author(s): Marcel Cardinali, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Arjan van Timmeren, Uta Pottgiesser
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 241, 2025, Page(s) 117605, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117605

Social network characteristics and levels of fluctuations in momentary depressive symptomatology among older adults

Author(s): Vernon Cail, Mariëlle A Beenackers, Frank J Van Lenthe, Joost Oude Groeniger, Giovanna Fancello, Andrea Montanari, Cédric Sueur, Yan Kestens, Julie Vallée, Basile Chaix
Published in: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Issue Online First: 14 August 2025, 2025, ISSN 1470-2738
Publisher: BMJ
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2024-222959

A Sensor-Based Study on the Environmental Determinants of Sleep in Older Adults

Author(s): Andrea Montanari, Giovanna Fancello, Cédric Sueur, Yan Kestens, Frank van Lenthe, Basile Chaix
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 01/06/2025, 2024, ISSN 1096-0953
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4846240

Preferred reporting items in green space health research. Guiding principles for an interdisciplinary field.

Author(s): Marcel Cardinali, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Arjan van Timmeren, Uta Pottgiesser
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 228, 2023, Page(s) 115893, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115893

Air pollution exposure disparities among ethnic groups in high-income countries: A scoping review

Author(s): Tehreem Mustansar, Lieke van den Brekel, Erik J. Timmermans, Charles Agyemang, Ilonca Vaartjes
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 267, 2025, Page(s) 120647, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120647

Longitudinal study of changes in greenness exposure, physical activity and sedentary behavior in the ORISCAV-LUX cohort study

Author(s): Juliette F. E. van Beek, Laurent Malisoux, Olivier Klein, Torsten Bohn, Marion Tharrey, Frank J. Van Lenthe, Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Martin Dijst, Camille Perchoux
Published in: International Journal of Health Geographics, Issue 23, 2024, ISSN 1476-072X
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-024-00374-7

Additional file 1 of Longitudinal study of changes in greenness exposure, physical activity and sedentary behavior in the ORISCAV-LUX cohort study

Author(s): van Beek, Juliette F. E.; Malisoux, Laurent; Klein, Olivier; Bohn, Torsten; Tharrey, Marion; Van Lenthe, Frank J.; Beenackers, Mariëlle A.; Dijst, Martin; Perchoux, Camille
Published in: International Journal of Health Geographics, Issue 23, 2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.26994958.v1

Additional file 2 of Longitudinal study of changes in greenness exposure, physical activity and sedentary behavior in the ORISCAV-LUX cohort study

Additional file 3 of Longitudinal study of changes in greenness exposure, physical activity and sedentary behavior in the ORISCAV-LUX cohort study

O.2.2-4 Longitudinal associations between residential greenness exposure, physical activity and sedentary behavior levels: a country-wide study in Luxembourg

Author(s): Juliette Francisca Elain Van Beek, Camille Perchoux, Laurent Malisoux, Olivier Klein, Torsten Bohn, Mariëlle Beenackers, Frank van Lenthe, Martin Dijst
Published in: European Journal of Public Health, Issue 33, 2023, ISSN 1101-1262
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad133.119

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