Prev Med September 2008 PMID 18694780

Built environment and health.

David Berrigan, Robin A McKinnon

Mentions

34
Peak: 9 in Dec 2024
across 4 sources since Mar 2014

Extended reach

141,675
potential audience

Total likes

70

Video views

98

Mentions per month

Mar 2014 – Dec 2025

Where it's discussed

  • X / Twitter19 posts
  • Bluesky11 posts
  • YouTube2 videos
  • News2 articles

AI synopsis

What people are saying

The collection of posts reflects a prevalent enthusiasm for exploring how urban design can improve health, with examples like mentions of collaborations on research, calls for applications to bursaries, and highlighting courses led by respected institutions. The tone varies from technical and professional to motivational, underscoring the perceived significance and urgency of advancing knowledge and practices in the built environment and health sectors.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions affirm the importance of designing healthy built environments and recognize their role in promoting health.

InterestHigh interest

There is high curiosity about opportunities, courses, and collaboration in the built environment and health fields, indicating strong engagement.

EngagementHigh engagement

Posts dive into specific topics like microbiomes, smart city solutions, and walkability, demonstrating a deep level of discourse and active participation.

ImpactModerate impact

Many discussions emphasize the potential for real-world application, policy influence, and educational opportunities, suggesting a meaningful influence on the field.

Abstract in brief

  • The built environment refers to human-made surroundings like buildings, parks, and transportation systems that impact our daily lives and health.
  • A well-designed built environment can promote healthier lifestyles by encouraging physical activity, reducing pollution, and improving access to healthcare.
  • Conversely, poorly planned environments can contribute to health issues such as obesity, respiratory problems, and mental health challenges.]

Top posts

Most liked on X and Bluesky
Heini Hakosalo
@hhakosalo.bsky.social · Bluesky

An introduction may be in order: I’m a historian of medicine and health, with focus on modern and contemporary times. My interests - too many for my own good - include tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, generation and uses of health data and the relationship of built environment and health.

Nov 16, 2024 · 15 likes · 1 share View post →
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
@INDIACCDC · X

The @geohealthindia Hub, led by @INDIACCDC in collaboration with @HarvardChanSPH, is organizing a short course titled 'Built Environment and Health: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Beyond' from December 2nd to 6th at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore. This https://t.co/9DhRIJlcA0

Dec 4, 2024 · 9 likes · 1 share · 493 followers View post →
ASM
@asm.org · Bluesky

#MicrobiologyMonday: Microbiomes are deteriorating; how can we protect them? This #mSystems article proposes microbiome stewardship as a foundational concept that can act across policy domains to facilitate healthy microbiomes for human & ecosystem health. asm.social/2o9

Apr 28, 2025 · 9 likes · 1 share View post →
SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
@ntandomatini_ · X

Business/commerce degrees, STEM degrees, Architecture/built environment and Health … they need pure maths. It’s a disservice to capable kids to not at least let them try bc some schools are completely removing pure maths. Very bad.

Aug 7, 2025 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 4,574 followers View post →
Sight Loss Councils
@slcouncils.bsky.social · Bluesky

Sight Loss Councils and @pocklington.bsky.social are holding our 4th Volunteer #SLConference in #Birmingham. Our members will explore our priority themes of access to public transport, the built environment, and health and fitness. We'll also hold the #RPAwards! Stay tuned for updates!

May 9, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares View post →
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
@INDIACCDC · X

Exciting Opportunity! The @geohealthindia Hub, led by the @INDIACCDC and the @HarvardChanSPH, announces its next short course: The Built Environment and Health: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Beyond. Taking place from December 2-6, 2024, at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & https://t.co/3KN9kvpKKv

Oct 22, 2024 · 4 likes · 1 share · 493 followers View post →

All mentions

ListentoLocals
@Listen_toLocals · X

this presents a real opportunity for built environment and health practitioners to collaborate on how to design, plan & develop healthy neighbourhoods & communities https://t.co/rpYI0sjgaI

Dec 2, 2025 · 1 like · 1,160 followers View post →
SA Bursaries
@SABursaries · X

APPLY HERE for the FEM Bursary: https://t.co/h3CGyw9wLY Covers: Engineering, Built Environment​ and Health Sciences Closing: 15 November 2025 #bursary #bursaries #SABursaries #ZABursaries #BursariesSouthAfrica #2026Bursary https://t.co/qlC2ZfQBJC

Nov 14, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share · 11,588 followers View post →
Luhlanganiso
@luhlanganiso_ · X

RT @ntandomatini_: Business/commerce degrees, STEM degrees, Architecture/built environment and Health … they need pure maths. It’s a disser…

Aug 8, 2025 · 2 shares · 22 followers View post →
Zin
@zin_zinhle · X

RT @ntandomatini_: Business/commerce degrees, STEM degrees, Architecture/built environment and Health … they need pure maths. It’s a disser…

Aug 8, 2025 · 2 shares · 283 followers View post →
SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
@ntandomatini_ · X

Business/commerce degrees, STEM degrees, Architecture/built environment and Health … they need pure maths. It’s a disservice to capable kids to not at least let them try bc some schools are completely removing pure maths. Very bad.

Aug 7, 2025 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 4,574 followers View post →
Sakawa Senior
@JosphOmuya · X

ALL PROGRAMMES INCLUDED → Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering now cheaper → Built environment and health sciences benefit → Fees lowered across all clusters → No course is left out #UniversityFeesReduced Student Centred Model Ruto Listens https://t.co/NYY53X2UG1

Jul 31, 2025 · 15,906 followers View post →
GettingCrapOffMyChest
@dumdassspeaks · X

@cwebbonline Specifically in which fields? What is the percentage in STEM, Physics, built environment and health sciences compared to the arts? We need to stop this lie that just because you have a degree, you deserve to be taken seriously in all fields otherwise you get what STEM grads -

Jul 4, 2025 · 41 followers View post →
Sight Loss Councils
@slcouncils.bsky.social · Bluesky

Sight Loss Councils and @pocklington.bsky.social are holding our 4th Volunteer #SLConference in #Birmingham. Our members will explore our priority themes of access to public transport, the built environment, and health and fitness. We'll also hold the #RPAwards! Stay tuned for updates!

May 9, 2025 · 6 likes · 2 shares View post →
ASM
@asm.org · Bluesky

#MicrobiologyMonday: Microbiomes are deteriorating; how can we protect them? This #mSystems article proposes microbiome stewardship as a foundational concept that can act across policy domains to facilitate healthy microbiomes for human & ecosystem health. asm.social/2o9

Apr 28, 2025 · 9 likes · 1 share View post →
IMPACTT Microbiome
@impactt-microbiome.bsky.social · Bluesky

New perspective published in mSystems, by IMPACTT Ethics Lead Diego Silva, as well as IMPACTT colleagues Robert Beiko and @emmaallen-vercoe.bsky.social, discusses microbiome stewardship - what it is and how to achieve it. Read the full article here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Apr 24, 2025 · 4 likes · 2 shares View post →
Thanh Nha Thai, MD
@thaithanhnha.bsky.social · Bluesky

Role of Technology in Promoting Heart Healthy Behavior Change to Increase Equity in Optimal Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... @ahascience.bsky.social @ahajournals.bsky.social #CardioSky #MedSky #Circulation

Apr 7, 2025 · 2 likes · 4 shares View post →
Forum Virium Helsinki
@forumvirium.bsky.social · Bluesky

Open call for smart city solutions! There are 6 focus areas from which to choose from: data, mobility, smart governance, clean energy transition, built environment, and health & wellbeing. The call is open until March 17, 2025 at 16:00 and the total budget is a maximum of 70,000 euros.

Mar 11, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Schaeffer Somers
@schaeffer-s.bsky.social · Bluesky

Thank you, all suggestions for people involved in the built environment and health space are welcome. Repost when you have a chance.

Dec 16, 2024 · 1 like View post →
Doug Mirams
@dmirams.bsky.social · Bluesky

How walkable places lead to healthier people. Speck and Lombard outline the best research on how the built environment and health in CNU’s On the Park Bench. | CNU www.cnu.org/publicsquare...

Dec 6, 2024 · 1 like View post →
Dr Manisha
@Manisha34129821 · X

RT @PSGIMSR2: The Department of Community Medicine, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, hosted the Geohealth course on “Built E…

Dec 6, 2024 · 1 share · 174 followers View post →
PSGIMSR
@PSGIMSR2 · X

The Department of Community Medicine, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, hosted the Geohealth course on “Built Environment and Health: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Beyond” led by the CCDC New Delhi in collaboration with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health . https://t.co/5mRA39ohP8

Dec 6, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,069 followers View post →
Congress for the New Urbanism
@NewUrbanism · X

#ICYMI: Speck and Lombard outline the best research on how the built environment and health in CNU’s On the Park Bench. https://t.co/bkPFkuyFNc

Dec 5, 2024 · 2 likes · 89,096 followers View post →
Public Square
@cnupublicsquare · X

How walkable places lead to healthier people: Speck and Lombard outline the best research on how the built environment and health in CNU’s On the Park Bench. https://t.co/kNdB9sQSx8

Dec 5, 2024 · 15,038 followers View post →
GEOHealth India Hub
@geohealthindia · X

RT @INDIACCDC: The @geohealthindia Hub, led by @INDIACCDC in collaboration with @HarvardChanSPH, is organizing a short course titled 'Built…

Dec 4, 2024 · 1 share · 24 followers View post →
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
@INDIACCDC · X

The @geohealthindia Hub, led by @INDIACCDC in collaboration with @HarvardChanSPH, is organizing a short course titled 'Built Environment and Health: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Beyond' from December 2nd to 6th at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore. This https://t.co/9DhRIJlcA0

Dec 4, 2024 · 9 likes · 1 share · 493 followers View post →
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
@INDIACCDC · X

The GEOHealth India Hub, led by @INDIACCDC in collaboration with @HarvardChanSPH, is organizing a short course titled 'Built Environment and Health: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Beyond' from December 2nd to 6th at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Coimbatore. This https://t.co/sdMc5DLFte

Dec 4, 2024 · 1 like · 493 followers View post →
Heini Hakosalo
@hhakosalo.bsky.social · Bluesky

An introduction may be in order: I’m a historian of medicine and health, with focus on modern and contemporary times. My interests - too many for my own good - include tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, generation and uses of health data and the relationship of built environment and health.

Nov 16, 2024 · 15 likes · 1 share View post →
CLE 2030 District
@Cle2030District · X

Join us for our last education session of the year on 11/21: The Built Environment and Health. Thanks to event sponsor @vocon and speakers from @Emerald_B_E @metrohealthCLE @cavs @DLRGroup https://t.co/UJqyoC92GX https://t.co/6SQDkbhMUJ

Nov 12, 2024 · 1 like · 443 followers View post →
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
@INDIACCDC · X

Application Deadline Extended. Apply by 12:00 p.m. IST, November 6, 2024, for the short course "Built Environment and Health: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Beyond." Organized by the @geohealthindia Hub, led by @INDIACCDC in collaboration with @HarvardChanSPH, this course offers a https://t.co/vslr1LzcCk

Nov 4, 2024 · 3 likes · 493 followers View post →
影山
@kageyama733 · X

Built Environment and Health The places where we live, work, and play also have a significant impact on our health. Urban design, housing conditions, and access to green spaces all play a role in shaping our physical, mental, and social well-being. (3/3) https://t.co/hZb5V7XAr9

Oct 29, 2024 · 81 followers View post →
Suganthi Jaganathan
@suganthi9 · X

RT @INDIACCDC: Exciting Opportunity! The @geohealthindia Hub, led by the @INDIACCDC and the @HarvardChanSPH, announces its next short cou…

Oct 22, 2024 · 1 share · 55 followers View post →
Centre for Chronic Disease Control
@INDIACCDC · X

Exciting Opportunity! The @geohealthindia Hub, led by the @INDIACCDC and the @HarvardChanSPH, announces its next short course: The Built Environment and Health: Housing, Neighborhoods, and Beyond. Taking place from December 2-6, 2024, at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & https://t.co/3KN9kvpKKv

Oct 22, 2024 · 4 likes · 1 share · 493 followers View post →
justequity.bsky.social
@justequity.bsky.social · Bluesky

Apr 22, 2024 · 1 share View post →
justequity.bsky.social
@justequity.bsky.social · Bluesky

Apr 17, 2024 · 1 share View post →
justequity.bsky.social
@justequity.bsky.social · Bluesky

Apr 11, 2024 · 1 share View post →