Dennis Juma Matanda, Tchaiwe Zulu, George Odwe, Oscar Okoth, Zoe Nakuya
Experiences of young mothers with the uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in the Lake endemic region, Kenya
Frontiers in global women's health
increasing body research examined link biodiversity birds human mental health studies use crosssectional data studies used longitudinal repeated crosssectional data investigate mental health benefits bird diversity aim study analyse relationship bird diversity mental health national level using unique repeated crosssectional dataset used repeated crosssectional health data german national cohort health study collected march 2014 september 2019 annual bird citizen science data investigate effects birddiversity exposure mental health mental health measured using summary score patient health questionnaire depression module 9 sumphq short form health survey12 mental health component scale proxy bird diversity created unique indicator called reportingrate richness combined health data reportingrate richness measures number bird species within postcode areas across germany probabilities accounting variation survey efforts alternative indicators bird diversity birdspecies richness abundance also calculated associations bird diversity mental health estimated using linear regression region time fixed effects adjusted range sociodemographic environmental confounders spatial autocorrelation interaction terms income levels reportingrate richness also analysed examine moderating effect socioeconomic status analyses unbalanced n176 362 balanced n125 423 dataset balanced dataset comprising regions postcode areas health data available year linear fixedeffects regression analysis indicated significant negative association reportingrate richness sumphq observed unbalanced dataset 002 p0017 balanced dataset 003 p00037 similarly regression results datasets showed positive relationship reportingrate richness mental health component scale mcs unbalanced 002 p00086 balanced 003 p00018 moderator analyses revealed significant influence socioeconomic status relationship reportingrate richness mental health robustness findings confirmed sensitivity analyses results suggest greater likelihood many different bird species persons area residence might positively contribute mental health especially people lower socioeconomic status findings could implications biodiversity conservation health policy decisions governments facing challenges global biodiversity loss growing public mental health problems none