A Systematic Review Protocol to Identify the Key Benefits and Associated Program Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Conceptualization of Vulnerability and Community Gardening
1.1.1. Vulnerability
1.1.2. Community Gardening
- Food and nutrition security;
- Connections with the community that the gardens enhance;
- Ownership and care for the environment through participation in this activity;
- Use and enjoyment of social housing green space;
- Development of skills, knowledge and capacity; participation in education, training, and employment;
- Physical and mental health through this amenity.
2. Methods
2.1. Searches
2.2. Search Strategy and Terms
2.3. Article Screening
2.3.1. Inclusion Criteria
2.3.2. Exclusion Criteria
2.4. Article Evaluation
2.5. Data Extraction
2.6. Data Synthesis
2.7. Quality Assessment
- Was the study original?
- Who was the study about?
- Was the study design sensible?
- Was systematic bias avoided or minimized?
- Was the study large enough, and long enough, to make the results credible?
3. Limitations
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Gardening | Population | |
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Community Garden * | Vulnerable | Public housing |
Community Greening | Disadvantag * | Poverty |
Allotment Garden * | Marginal * | Inequalit * |
Garden * | Refugee | Aboriginal |
Greening | Social housing | Disabil * |
Urban garden * Urban farm Urban agriculture | Socio * economic | Unemploy * |
Low-income | Homeless * | |
Minority | Migrant | |
Indigenous |
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Tracey, D.; Gray, T.; Sweeting, J.; Kingsley, J.; Bailey, A.; Pettitt, P. A Systematic Review Protocol to Identify the Key Benefits and Associated Program Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062029
Tracey D, Gray T, Sweeting J, Kingsley J, Bailey A, Pettitt P. A Systematic Review Protocol to Identify the Key Benefits and Associated Program Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(6):2029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062029
Chicago/Turabian StyleTracey, Danielle, Tonia Gray, Joanna Sweeting, Jonathan Kingsley, Aisling Bailey, and Philip Pettitt. 2020. "A Systematic Review Protocol to Identify the Key Benefits and Associated Program Characteristics of Community Gardening for Vulnerable Populations" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 6: 2029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062029