Xiaoqi Feng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiaoqi Feng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiaoqi |
| FAMILY NAME | Feng |
| SIGNATURE | FENG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wollongong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3421-220X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 67 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 67 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Educational standards for Australian social prescribing link workers
Background: Social prescribing integrates comprehensive health and wellbeing outcomes into routine medical care, addressing social determinants alongside biomedical treatment to support prevention and quality of life. In Australia, social prescribing is increasingly recognised in policy with the optimal model involving link workers delivering the intervention. However, no standardised educational framework exists for this emerging workforce. We a…
Treeless streets and sleepless nights
Urban landscapes must provide residents with a range of infrastructure, both grey and green. However, current regimes of risk management for utilities and transport infrastructure tend to prohibit the planting of trees and other greenery within fairly large distances of cables, pipes, hydrants and poles, among other features. This precautionary approach has sought to mitigate minor risks such as root intrusions, but has inadvertently had the cumu…
Navigating Dilemmas
Creativity is widely recognised as a key competence in higher education for future graduates to address societal challenges through creative thinking and problem-solving. However, despite multiple definitions of creativity and pedagogies across disciplines, challenges remain in fully integrating creativity into teaching. Based on interviews with 18 educators, we uncovered various creativity teaching dilemmas related to identity, practice, and the…
Prescribing Nature for Human Health
Adoption of nature prescription programming to address health challenges through increased contact with nature is unprecedented globally and especially in Canada. • Very limited studies focus on public awareness of, interest in, and the barriers and enablers to participation in nature prescription programs. • We find that while public awareness of such programmes is very low, interest is very high if a trusted healthcare professional suggested th…
Identifying early adopters of drone food delivery services to inform public health policy
Drone food delivery (DFD) services are expected to become widely available in the not-too-distant future, potentially increasing unhealthy food accessibility and consumption. This study aimed to explore likely uptake rates and identify population segments that are most likely to use these services. An online survey was completed by 1078 Australian adults in January 2023. Respondents viewed a scenario describing a world in which DFD services are r…
Australian and UK Perspectives on Social Prescribing Implementation Research
There has been a rapid increase in the delivery of social prescribing globally in recent years. However, a lack of theoretical framework, the diversity of social prescribing interventions and outcome measures, a lack of ongoing resources to provide services equitably and a lack of coordinated research agenda make it challenging for practitioners to know how best to put social prescribing into practice. This paper summarises perspectives from 29 U…
Developing a Consensus‐Based Nature Prescribing Framework for Australian Healthcare
Background: With growing interest in nature‐based interventions for health, establishing implementation frameworks for prescribing nature in diverse settings is crucial. This study aims to develop and validate a nature prescribing framework tailored for the Australian healthcare context, employing a Delphi methodology to harness expert consensus. Methods: The study utilised a two‐round Delphi technique to gather insights from experts across vario…
Barriers to Participation in Nature Prescriptions
Cities, states, and countries across the globe are recognizing the interconnections of human and planetary health, and are investing in greening. Nevertheless, environmental improvements may not bring adequate changes in exposure needed to reduce chronic disease and improve mental health. Nature prescription, in which a health provider refers a patient to spend time outdoors, is a potential behavioral intervention that could connect people to acc…
Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050
BACKGROUND: Future trends in disease burden and drivers of health are of great interest to policy makers and the public at large. This information can be used for policy and long-term health investment, planning, and prioritisation. We have expanded and improved upon previous forecasts produced as part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) and provide a reference forecast (the most likely future), and alternativ…
Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021
BACKGROUND: Understanding the health consequences associated with exposure to risk factors is necessary to inform public health policy and practice. To systematically quantify the contributions of risk factor exposures to specific health outcomes, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 aims to provide comprehensive estimates of exposure levels, relative health risks, and attributable burden of disease for 88 ri…
Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (Dalys), and healthy life expectancy (Hale) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territor…
BACKGROUND: Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury burden over time and across age groups, sexes, and locations. The availability of disease burden estimates can promote evidence-based interventions that enable public health researchers, policy makers, and other professionals to im…
‘The convenience is a double‐edged sword’
Exploring autonomous and controlled motivations for nature contact to maximise health benefits
Increasing evidence indicates contact with nature supports mental, physical and social health. However, beyond a widely reported number of barriers to nature contact, the constellation of motivations for human contact with nature is under‐theorised and under‐studied. We begin to develop indicators of autonomous and controlled motivations for nature contact informed by self‐determination theory. These include intrinsic motivation (i.e. enjoyment),…
Contact with nature, nature prescriptions, and loneliness
Evidence to support nature contact and nature prescriptions to reduce loneliness is scant. A total of 2100 individuals took part in a survey conducted in Australia (n = 525, mean age = 34.1), India (n = 526, mean age = 29.5), Singapore (n = 523, mean age = 36.1), the UK (n = 526, mean age = 37.3), and the US (n = 525, mean age = 43.6) in 2022 (overall age range 18-89yrs). Multilevel logistic regressions adjusted for confounding indicated mean lev…
Sharing public open spaces with local schools
Overcrowding has been recognised as a common issue in urban schools and a major barrier to children's outdoor activities in their school environments. Many urban schools draw on their neighbourhood open space yet associated governance issues have not been sufficiently analysed. This qualitative study explored key stakeholders' perspectives on various governance topics that supported or discouraged sharing neighbourhood open spaces with schools. W…
Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary and analytical framework from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), we produced location-specific, age-specific, and sex-specific estimates of diabetes prevalence and burden from 1990 to 2021, the proportion of type 1 and type 2 diabetes…
Development of a composite healthy ageing score
We developed and validated a composite healthy ageing score (HAS) to address the absence of a definitive composite score comprising multiple health domains that measure healthy ageing in epidemiology. The HAS is developed from 13 health domains reported to influence healthy ageing. Data to measure these domains was extracted from the 45 and Up Study baseline. We applied best practices for scale validation and development. Physical functioning, co…
Cross‐sectional survey of a convenience sample of Australians who use alcohol home delivery services
Visiting Urban Green Space and Orientation to Nature Is Associated with Better Wellbeing during Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely challenged mental health and wellbeing. However, research has consistently reinforced the value of spending time in green space for better health and wellbeing outcomes. Factors such as an individual's nature orientation, used to describe one's affinity to nature, may influence an individual's green space visitation behaviour, and thus influence the wellbeing benefits gained. An online survey in Brisbane and Syd…
Why might urban tree canopy reduce dementia risk? A causal mediation analysis of 109,688 adults with 11 years of hospital and mortality records
Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050
BACKGROUND: Given the projected trends in population ageing and population growth, the number of people with dementia is expected to increase. In addition, strong evidence has emerged supporting the importance of potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia. Characterising the distribution and magnitude of anticipated growth is crucial for public health planning and resource prioritisation. This study aimed to improve on previous forecasts of…
Green space and loneliness
Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year
BACKGROUND: The health risks associated with moderate alcohol consumption continue to be debated. Small amounts of alcohol might lower the risk of some health outcomes but increase the risk of others, suggesting that the overall risk depends, in part, on background disease rates, which vary by region, age, sex, and year. METHODS: For this analysis, we constructed burden-weighted dose-response relative risk curves across 22 health outcomes to esti…
Green Space and Inequities in Healthy Ageing
Despite emerging evidence that green space is beneficial for all, there is little evidence comparing the association of green space with healthy ageing outcomes for people with socioeconomic advantages and those without such privileges. This article investigates the association between green space availability and healthy ageing outcomes for disadvantaged socioeconomic groups relative to privileged counterparts. Green space was classified as gras…
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Does neighbourhood influence ethnic inequalities in economic activity? Findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study
This article aims to test whether geographical factors have an important role in explaining ethnic inequalities in transitions between economic activities. It is based on the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study, which links together results from successive censuses in England for a random sample of respondents. It allows us to estimate the probability of transition into and out of employment and the labour market. Our analyses repor…
Does rising crime lead to increasing distress? Longitudinal analysis of a natural experiment with dynamic objective neighbourhood measures
Residential self-selection, perceived built environment and type 2 diabetes incidence
Do greener areas promote more equitable child health
Modest ratios of fast food outlets to supermarkets and green grocers are associated with higher body mass index
Identification of the impact of crime on physical activity depends upon neighbourhood scale
Is the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease really higher in rural areas? A multilevel longitudinal study of 261,669 Australians aged 45 years and older tracked over 11 years
Influence of neighbourhood ethnic density, diet and physical activity on ethnic differences in weight status
Is urban green space associated with lower mental healthcare expenditure
Role of perceived neighbourhood crime in the longitudinal association between perceived built environment and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Background We examined to what extent perceived neighbourhood crime moderates, associations between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and perceived local amenities, recreational facilities, footpaths and public transit, and potential mediation of environmental characteristics—T2DM association by physical activity, social contact, sleep and body mass index (BMI). Methods The 45 and Up Study data of 36, 224 individuals collected from 2010 to 2015 wer…
Greener neighbourhoods, better memory? A longitudinal study
Does social capital and a healthier lifestyle increase mental health resilience to disability acquisition? Group-based discrete trajectory mixture models of pre-post longitudinal data
Geographic variation in the impact of a type 2 diabetes diagnosis on behavioural change
Neighbourhood green space and the odds of having skin cancer
BACKGROUND: If green spaces encourage people to spend more time outdoors in physical, recreational and social activities, this could have unintended but important consequences for health in countries where levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation are non-trivial. We investigated whether people who lived in neighbourhoods containing lots of green space were likely to spend more time outdoors and, subsequently, were more likely to report a case of skin…
Contact with nature, nature prescriptions, and loneliness
Evidence to support nature contact and nature prescriptions to reduce loneliness is scant. A total of 2100 individuals took part in a survey conducted in Australia (n = 525, mean age = 34.1), India (n = 526, mean age = 29.5), Singapore (n = 523, mean age = 36.1), the UK (n = 526, mean age = 37.3), and the US (n = 525, mean age = 43.6) in 2022 (overall age range 18-89yrs). Multilevel logistic regressions adjusted for confounding indicated mean lev…
Associations between greenspace and mortality vary across contexts of community change
BACKGROUND: Concerns about loss of greenspace with urbanisation motivate much research on nature and health; however, contingency of greenspace-health associations on the character of community change remains understudied. METHODS: With aggregate data from governmental sources for 1432 Swedish parishes, we used negative binomial regression to estimate incidence rate ratios (IRRs) for all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality during 200…
Environmental characteristics of early childhood education and care, daily movement behaviours and adiposity in toddlers
Mental health benefits of neighbourhood green space are stronger among physically active adults in middle-to-older age
Does neighbourhood influence ethnic inequalities in economic activity? Findings from the ONS Longitudinal Study
This article aims to test whether geographical factors have an important role in explaining ethnic inequalities in transitions between economic activities. It is based on the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study, which links together results from successive censuses in England for a random sample of respondents. It allows us to estimate the probability of transition into and out of employment and the labour market. Our analyses repor…
Influence of neighbourhood ethnic density, diet and physical activity on ethnic differences in weight status
Do low-income neighbourhoods have the least green space? A cross-sectional study of Australia’s most populous cities
Affirmative action on green space planning is required to redress the socioeconomic inequity of access to this important public health resource
Identification of the impact of crime on physical activity depends upon neighbourhood scale
Neighbourhood green space and the odds of having skin cancer
BACKGROUND: If green spaces encourage people to spend more time outdoors in physical, recreational and social activities, this could have unintended but important consequences for health in countries where levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation are non-trivial. We investigated whether people who lived in neighbourhoods containing lots of green space were likely to spend more time outdoors and, subsequently, were more likely to report a case of skin…
Spatiotemporal variation in diabetes mortality in China
Declines in diabetes mortality between 2006 and 2012 have been unequally distributed across China, which may imply differentials in diagnosis, management, and the provision of services that warrant further investigation
Does rising crime lead to increasing distress? Longitudinal analysis of a natural experiment with dynamic objective neighbourhood measures
Spatiotemporal Variations in Lung Cancer Mortality in China between 2006 and 2012
We investigated temporal trends and geographical variations in lung cancer mortality in China from 2006 to 2012. Lung cancer mortality counts for people aged over 40 years were extracted from the China Mortality Surveillance System for 161 disease surveillance points. Negative binomial regression was used to investigate potential spatiotemporal variation and correlations with age, gender, urbanization, and region. Lung cancer mortality increased …
Does retirement mean more physical activity? A longitudinal study
The amount and intensity of PA varies by the type of transition out of full-time employment among people in middle-to-older age
Exploring pathways linking greenspace to health
Is Living near Healthier Food Stores Associated with Better Food Intake in Regional Australia
High prevalence of obesity and non-communicable diseases is a global public health problem, in which the quality of food environments is thought to play an important role. Current scientific evidence is not consistent regarding the impact of food environments on diet. The relationship between local food environments and diet quality was assessed across 10 Australian suburbs, using Australian-based indices devised to measure the two parameters. Da…
The Relationship between Neighbourhood Green Space and Child Mental Wellbeing Depends upon Whom You Ask
Recent reviews of the rapidly growing scientific literature on neighbourhood green space and health show strong evidence for protective and restorative effects on mental wellbeing. However, multiple informants are common when reporting mental wellbeing in studies of children. Do different informants lead to different results? This study utilised nationally representative data on Goodman's 25-item Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire reported …
Is Neighborhood Green Space Protective against Associations between Child Asthma, Neighborhood Traffic Volume and Perceived Lack of Area Safety? Multilevel Analysis of 4447 Australian Children
Heavy traffic is a source of air pollution and a safety concern with important public health implications. We investigated whether green space lowers child asthma risk by buffering the effects of heavy traffic and a lack of neighborhood safety. Multilevel models were used to analyze affirmative asthma cases in nationally representative cross-sectional data from 4447 children aged 6-7 years old in Australia. Case-finding was based upon a triangula…
A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a geo-specific poster compared to a general poster for effecting change in perceived threat and intention to avoid drowning ‘hotspots’ among chi…
Chinese Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR-IOR-16008979 (Retrospectively registered) (The date of trial registration: Aug 5, 2016, the date of enrolment of the first participant: Nov 10, 2015)
Do greener areas promote more equitable child health
Lifting the lid on geographic complexity in the relationship between body mass index and education in China
Modest ratios of fast food outlets to supermarkets and green grocers are associated with higher body mass index
Is the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease really higher in rural areas? A multilevel longitudinal study of 261,669 Australians aged 45 years and older tracked over 11 years
Geographic variation in the impact of a type 2 diabetes diagnosis on behavioural change
Environmental characteristics of early childhood education and care, daily movement behaviours and adiposity in toddlers
Association of Urban Green Space With Mental Health and General Health Among Adults in Australia
Importance: Recent studies indicate that living near more green space may support mental and general health and may also prevent depression. However, most studies are cross-sectional, and few have considered whether some types of green space matter more for mental health. Objective: To assess whether total green space or specific types of green space are associated with better mental health. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study in…
The nexus between air pollution, green infrastructure and human health
Cities are constantly evolving and so are the living conditions within and between them. Rapid urbanization and the ever-growing need for housing have turned large areas of many cities into concrete landscapes that lack greenery. Green infrastructure can support human health, provide socio-economic and environmental benefits, and bring color to an otherwise grey urban landscape. Sometimes, benefits come with downsides in relation to its impact on…
Does sleep grow on trees? A longitudinal study to investigate potential prevention of insufficient sleep with different types of urban green space
Prioritising restoration and protection of urban tree canopy may help to promote population-wide prevention of insufficient sleep in middle-to-older aged adults
Examining the Association between Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Type 2 Diabetes Comorbidity in Serious Mental Illness
This study examined the association between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and serious mental illness (SMI)-type 2 diabetes (T2D) comorbidity in an Australian population using routinely collected clinical data. We hypothesised that neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage is positively associated with T2D comorbidity in SMI. The analysis considered 3816 individuals with an SMI living in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions of NSW, Austr…
Medicine (53 works) · Demography (31 works) · Environmental health (29 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (27 works) · Demography (24 works) · Sociology (22 works) · Geography (19 works) · Psychology (19 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (18 works) · Gerontology (17 works)