Wellbeing

Man and woman stand on cracked sea ice beneath a gray sky, in sea of breaking ice sheets, Jökulsárlón, Iceland

Three observations on how to cut fossil fuels and hold the window open for Paris goals

Perspective / The Paris Agreement goals are still within our grasp if policymakers decisively act now, say SEI US Scientists Peter Erickson and Ploy Achakulwisut.

25 April 2022 / About Climate policy, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

Hand holding pile of raw white coffee beans

Narratives from the Campoalegre watershed, where opportunity is scarce

Feature / Rural communities in Colombia's Campoalegre watershed struggle to meet basic needs. SEI researchers aim to connect them to policymakers to improve their lives.

21 March 2022 / About Business, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Wellbeing

Data and code availability statements in systematic reviews of interventions were often missing or inaccurate: a content analysis

Journal article / How frequent are data and code availability statements in a random sample of systematic reviews? The article estimates the frequency of data with meta-analysis.

17 March 2022 / About Behaviour and choice and Wellbeing

Close-up of mother and newborn infant's hands, Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2016

Economic evaluation of a conditional cash transfer to retain women in the continuum of care during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period in Kenya

Journal article / Read an economic evaluation of the Afya trial: a demand-side financing intervention that promotes the uptake of maternal health services in rural Kenya.

15 March 2022 / About Wellbeing

Adult bald eagle with two chicks in cliffside tree nest, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Sixty years after Silent Spring, the time has come to heed its call to curb harmful chemicals

Perspective / Sixty years after Silent Spring launched the environmental movement, the world should heed the call to stop the proliferation of harmful chemicals.

23 February 2022 / About Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Abstract spiked and curved grey pattern on roof

Systematic reviews: a glossary for public health

Journal article / This article provides a glossary that aims to highlight the importance of choosing and naming different methods of systematic reviews.

15 February 2022 / About Wellbeing

Blurred pedestrians at busy city crosswalk

The impact of walking in different urban environments on brain activity in older people

Journal article / This study uses mobile electroencephalography (EEG) to understand the different impacts of busy, quiet and green urban spaces on brain activity.

24 June 2019 / About Cities and Wellbeing

Woman in black hijab and orange dress with long-strapped shoulder bag texting on phone with red-roofed white pavilion behind her standing next to green plant, Kenya

Effectiveness of conditional cash transfers (Afya credits incentive) to retain women in the continuum of care during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period in Kenya: a cluster-randomised trial

Journal article / This article assesses the impact of a project in Kenya that made cash transfers to retain women in antenatal care, delivery at facility and postnatal care.

26 January 2022 / About Behaviour and choice and Wellbeing

Skyscrapers and aeroplane flying above taken from ground up, Singapore

Research for city practice

Journal article / This article introduces the first issue of <i>Cities & Health</i> volume 4. It covers topics such as urban density, active travel and climate change adaptation.

16 June 2020 / About Adaptation, Cities and Wellbeing