Urban green spaces and mental health: Findings from Uganda

Highlights • Urban green spaces may improve the mental health among urban residents in Sub-Saharan Africa.• The observed protective associations vary by sex, age, and education.• Traffic-related air pollution may be a mediator in the association between surrounding greenness and depressive symptoms.

• Publication year

  2025

• Venue

  Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances

• Publication date

  2025-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.heha.2025.100126PMID 40519255PMCID 12163622
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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