Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) HIT News

City Know-how: Gentrification creates stress by intensifying financial insecurity

  • 5th April 2022
Gentrification exacerbates financial insecurity for economically vulnerable residents, leading to increased stress. For the attention…

Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) HIT looks back on 2021-22

  • 1st April 2022
SHINE HIT has been promoting walking as part of Bristol City Council’s transport and healthy…

City Know-how: How does being in the presence of skyscrapers make you feel?

  • 18th February 2022
As cities become more densely populated, we are increasingly building upward. What are the psychological…

City Know-how: Factors that influence urban park access

  • 25th January 2022
Park access is about more than the distance to get there. For the attention of:…

City Know-how: Examining the anticipated economic return of urban greenways

  • 21st January 2022
Every £1.00 invested in an urban greenway can expect to return an investment of £2.00-£6.00…

City Know-how: New observation tool to assess physical activity and other wellbeing behaviours in urban spaces

  • 20th January 2022
MOHAWk is a new observation tool to assess physical activity and two other wellbeing behaviours…

SHINE HIT supports bite-sized briefings to create healthier cities

  • 20th January 2022
Bristol Health Partners’ SHINE Health Integration Team (HIT) is building on its partnership with…

50 Ways to Better Walking booklet launched and welcomed

  • 9th November 2021
While COP26 is underway, Bristol Walking Alliance (BWA) has launched a booklet, 50…

Clean air comics and hedgehog houses: how SHINE HIT and KWMC are connecting Bristol kids with their local environment

  • 9th September 2021
Two Healthy Neighbourhood Environments (SHINE) Health Integration Team (HIT) projects to engage Bristol schoolchildren in…

Exposure to air pollution linked with increased mental health service-use, new study finds

  • 27th August 2021
Exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with increased mental health service-use among people recently…

SHINE HIT achievements in 2020-21

  • 20th July 2021
Dr Suzanne Audrey, Dr Adrian Davis and Sally Hogg reflect on the achievements of the…