A pan-European research program investigating the links between water-based environments and health and wellbeing. Funded by Horizon2020.

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Joined April 2016
📢 Calling wild swimmers, surfers and paddlers who use the @sascampaigns app across the UK! Can you take part in our Sea User Health Survey to help us find out if pollution alerts reduce people’s exposure to waterborne infections from coastal water? ▶️bit.ly/sea-user-health-surve…
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18 country study concludes that adults with better mental health are more likely to report spending time around coastal waters, rivers and lakes as children. Full story: exeter.ac.uk/news/research/t… @exeterpsych @ECEHH #MentalHealthAwareness #mentalhealth
Spending time in nature can boost our mental health but can experiencing nature digitally have a similar impact? PhD student, Alex Smalley, has been exploring this alongside the @BBC. 🎧 Spotify ex.ac.uk/crv 🎧 Apple Podcasts ex.ac.uk/cqM #MHAW
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On May 20th, @WHO_Europe will launch an overview report on #nature, #biodiversity and #health led by @ECEHH's @benedictwheeler + @becca_lovell. How will protecting natural resources benefit human health? Join the webinar @ who.zoom.us/webinar/register… #ECEHBonn #ForNature
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Episode 3 of our podcast #SoundWaves is now live on our Soundcloud! Click the link in our bio to listen to Maddi and Rebecca's fascinating interview with Dr. Grellier and Dr. Elliot from the University of Exeter. You won't want to miss this one!
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BlueHealth retweeted
How do you make nature more inclusive ? Join @SarahBell85 for this @SW_EEP webinar to explore ideas and opportunities to develop and promote #sociallyinclusive multisensory #nature #experiences #10yearsECEHH #decadeofdiscovery us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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It is a happy day here at #ByTheSeaside - we are opening in-person on May 7th! If you live in Scotland, head to the Scottish Fisheries website (in our bio!) to book your timed tickets. PC: Findhorn Village, Moray Postcard, c. 1980s. Printed and published by J. Arthur Dixon Ltd.
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This Sunday - look out for our own @JamesGrellier taking a very chilly dip on @BBCCountryfile, valiantly highlighting the benefits of #bluehealth! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r79… @ECEHH @UniofExeter @UniExeCornwall @BlueHealthEU @Blue_Gym
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BlueHealth retweeted
Over the last four years, researchers from across Europe have been collaborating on @BlueHealthEU project investigating the links between #BlueSpaces💧and human health and well-being. What evidence do we have? How did we go about the research?👇 blogs.exeter.ac.uk/exetermar…
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We are very pleased to see that the newly launched Global Ocean Science Report #GOSR2020 recognizes and includes #oceanandhumanhealth as a high-level theme of importance for #ocean science #research and #policy. You can read this document here: en.unesco.org/gosr #SOPHIESRA
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Great way to spend a Friday afternoon listening to an interesting webinar on #BlueHealth @BlueHealthEU
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Interested in how #Bluespaces affect #Health and #Wellbeing ? ⏰Today at 15:00 CET ➡️Follow us live on Youtube: bit.ly/2KmVMUd 🗨️ Join the live conversation on twitter at #Bluehealth @TPicula @EMarineBoard @ExeterMed @BlueHealthEU
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🌊Did you also miss access to #BlueSpaces like #oceans #lakes and #ponds during #lockdown? ➡️Join us this Friday 20.11 and learn about recent #research on benefits for #humanhealth and #wellbeing caused by interaction with #BlueSpaces 🗓️Register here: bit.ly/36Ez29F
Interesting tool that is worth trying out for assessing blue spaces in your town with a focus on health & wellbeing "designed for urban planners, landscape architects, local decision-makers, researchers, stakeholders" involved in planning, maintaining, designing blue spaces🛶🌊
#BlueHealth has launched a Decision Support Tool (DST)! Led by research teams at @WHO_Europe #ECEHBonn @CmccClimate @istsupsan, it's the first tool designed to help assess the risks and benefits of #bluespaces, focused on #health and #wellbeing. Read more: bit.ly/2Ufj2om
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New paper - findings suggest that perceived pressure to visit #nature may increase visit frequency, but at the cost of undermining intrinsic motivation & the #wellbeing benefits that might be achieved doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-7… #GreenSpace
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The #BlueHealth Toolbox is designed to help planners, designers and decision-makers deliver health-promoting #urban #planning and #design. Discover more with @BlueHealthEU bluehealth2020.eu/resources/…
Our project coordinator Prof. Lora Fleming @ECEHH @ExeterMed @ExeterMarine is highlighting #European work at a US event on #oceanandhumanhealth (www2.whoi.edu/site/whcohh/ev…) including SOPHIE & @BlueHealthEU. Great to be sharing our exciting work internationally! @WHOI @NSF @NIEHS
Six months ago we published the #SOPHIESRA @OceansHealthEU, a strategic research agenda for #oceanandhumanhealth research in #Europe. In light of #EUGreenDeal #BiodiversityStrategy #OceanDecade it is becoming even more relevant! Read it here: sophie2020.eu/strategic-rese… #ocean
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