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Laura Lauwers
Researcher at University of Antwerp
Publications - 5
Citations - 58
Laura Lauwers is an academic researcher from University of Antwerp. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 18 citations.
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Exploring how the urban neighborhood environment influences mental well-being using walking interviews.
Laura Lauwers,Michael Leone,Madeleine Guyot,Ingrid Pelgrims,Roy Remmen,Kris Van den Broeck,Hans Keune,Hans Keune,Hilde Bastiaens +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study explores neighborhood factors and their interactions in relation to mental well-being, and a socio-ecological framework is presented to explain interactions among those neighborhood factors, and personal and institutional factors, in relation with mental wellbeing.
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Nature's Contributions to Human Health: A Missing Link to Primary Health Care? A Scoping Review of International Overview Reports and Scientific Evidence.
TL;DR: To cope with the current challenges and constraints to integrate NCH and PHC, more evidence on NCH, further development of PHC practice supporting tools, bottom–up integrated approaches, and closer interdisciplinary collaborations are required.
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Vitamin Nature: How Coronavirus Disease 2019 Has Highlighted Factors Contributing to the Frequency of Nature Visits in Flanders, Belgium
Aline Lenaerts,Sofie Heyman,Annelies De Decker,Laura Lauwers,Ann Sterckx,Roy Remmen,Hilde Bastiaens,Hans Keune +7 more
TL;DR: The role of nature became more pronounced during the coronavirus outbreak in the spring of 2020 as mentioned in this paper, where countries all over the world implemented confinement measures to reduce the transmission of the virus.
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Urban environment and mental health: the NAMED project, protocol for a mixed-method study.
Laura Lauwers,Sonia Trabelsi,Ingrid Pelgrims,Hilde Bastiaens,Eva M. De Clercq,Ariane Guilbert,Madeleine Guyot,Michael Leone,Tim S. Nawrot,An Van Nieuwenhuyse,Roy Remmen,Nelly D. Saenen,Isabelle Thomas,Hans Keune +13 more
TL;DR: This project combines quantitative and qualitative research and conducts walking interviews with Brussels residents to record their subjective well-being in association with their neighbourhood to generate a comprehensive understanding of associations between mental health and the urban residential environment.
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The Integration of Interlinkages Between Nature and Human Health in Primary Health Care: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
TL;DR: This is the first study that seeks to relate existing knowledge on NHI to PHC, and is expected to guide future scientific research, international policy directives, and PHC workers to fill the gaps in the integration of NHI in PHC.