Marcella Ucci
Biographic Data
| ID | 1741784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcella Ucci |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcella |
| FAMILY NAME | Ucci |
| SIGNATURE | UCCI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5618-7247 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Interconnected factors influencing family health and wellbeing in overcrowded homes and points for intervention – A qualitative study in London
Household overcrowding impacts family health and wellbeing • Multiple factors associated with living in overcrowding —from individual to societal levels—interact to influence outcomes • Targeting these factors and their interactions may improve outcomes for overcrowded families unable to move Household overcrowding contributes to poor familial health/wellbeing and is driven by a shortage of affordable housing. Despite being defined by spatial con…
Interventions that could mitigate the adverse effects of household overcrowding on wellbeing
Updates a 2013 review on housing interventions, with stronger focus on overcrowding • Includes both peer-reviewed and grey literature with resident and staff involvement • Gives a broader overview to alleviate negative impacts if rehousing is not feasible • While rehousing often reduced overcrowding, it did not always improve wellbeing • Identifies 3 types of interventions: rehousing, home improvements, multisectoral Household overcrowding has in…
Chaos, Distress and Crowding in the Home
Research shows that children living in a crowded home are more at risk of adjustment problems, yet few studies have explored the possible pathways from home crowding to child adjustment. This paper uses data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study to test the role of household chaos and maternal and paternal psychological distress in the relationship between early (age three) crowding in the home and later (age seven) child emotional and conduct pr…
Sustaining Attention to Sustainability, Health, and Well-Being in Urban Regeneration
In urban regeneration projects, balancing environmental, social, and economic aspects is crucial but challenging, often leading to mission drift when team focus deviates from the original goals. Through a case study of regeneration projects at a large U.K. housing association, we explore decision makers’ attention to sustainability, health, and well-being as core elements of social mission. We combined qualitative analysis with an examination of …
Health inequalities and indoor environments
Highlights This special issue explores how indoor environments affect health inequalities, inequities and injustices. Despite the recognition of the importance of the built environment for health – in particular, the indoor environment – as a crucial health improvement policy domain, major methodological and evidence gaps emerged. The small number of appropriate studies identified for inclusion is partly attributed to limited collaboration betwee…
How Does Living in Temporary Accommodation and the Covid-19 Pandemic Impact under 5s’ Healthcare Access and Health Outcomes? A Qualitative Study of Key Professionals in a Socially and Ethnically Diver…
Background: Children < 5 years living in temporary accommodation (U5TA) are vulnerable to poor health outcomes. Few qualitative studies have examined service provider perspectives in family homelessness; none have focused on U5TA with a cross-sector approach. This study explored professionals’ perspectives of the barriers and facilitators, including pandemic-related challenges, experienced by U5TA in accessing healthcare and optimising health out…
A Citizen Science Approach to Identifying Indoor Environmental Barriers to Optimal Health for under 5s Experiencing Homelessness in Temporary Accommodation
The first five years of life are critical for optimal growth, health, and cognitive development. Adverse childhood experiences, including experiencing homelessness, can be a risk factor for multiple health issues and developmental challenges. There is a dearth of data collected with and by families with children under age five living in temporary accommodation due to experiencing homelessness (U5TA) describing indoor environmental barriers that p…
Exploring the Interactions between Housing and Neighbourhood Environments for Enhanced Child Wellbeing
Children's health can be affected by the interrelated characteristics of the physical and social environment where they live, including housing quality, neighbourhood characteristics and the local community. Following a systems-based approach, this exploratory project sought to understand how the needs and aspirations associated with the home environment can work in synergy with, or be exacerbated by, other aspects of the local area. The study re…
School Flexible Learning Spaces, Student Movement Behavior and Educational Outcomes among Adolescents
Can Exhaled Carbon Monoxide Be Used as a Marker of Exposure? A Cross-Sectional Study in Young Adults
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a major public health issue worldwide. People are exposed to CO in their daily lives, with one of the common sources of CO being cigarette smoking. Inhalation of CO leads to elevated carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) levels in the blood and also in exhaled CO concentration. Several factors have been shown to affect COHb concentration and COHb half-life. However, factors affecting exhaled CO concentration and exhaled CO h…
Occupational Physical Activity Habits of UK Office Workers
Habitual behaviours are learned responses that are triggered automatically by associated environmental cues. The unvarying nature of most workplace settings makes workplace physical activity a prime candidate for a habitual behaviour, yet the role of habit strength in occupational physical activity has not been investigated. Aims of the present study were to: (i) document occupational physical activity habit strength; and (ii) investigate associa…
Associations between the Objectively Measured Office Environment and Workplace Step Count and Sitting Time
Office-based workers spend a large proportion of the day sitting and tend to have low overall activity levels. Despite some evidence that features of the external physical environment are associated with physical activity, little is known about the influence of the spatial layout of the internal environment on movement, and the majority of data use self-report. This study investigated associations between objectively-measured sitting time and act…
Supportive environments for physical activity in deprived communities in the United Kingdom
Weekday and weekend patterns of objectively measured sitting, standing, and stepping in a sample of office-based workers
Office based-workers demonstrate high levels of sitting during both the working week and weekend. Interventions that target the working day and the evenings (weekday and weekend) to displace sitting with activity may offer most promise for reducing population levels of sedentary behaviour and increasing physical activity levels, in office-based workers residing in England
Weekday and weekend patterns of objectively measured sitting, standing, and stepping in a sample of office-based workers
Office based-workers demonstrate high levels of sitting during both the working week and weekend. Interventions that target the working day and the evenings (weekday and weekend) to displace sitting with activity may offer most promise for reducing population levels of sedentary behaviour and increasing physical activity levels, in office-based workers residing in England
Occupational Physical Activity Habits of UK Office Workers
Habitual behaviours are learned responses that are triggered automatically by associated environmental cues. The unvarying nature of most workplace settings makes workplace physical activity a prime candidate for a habitual behaviour, yet the role of habit strength in occupational physical activity has not been investigated. Aims of the present study were to: (i) document occupational physical activity habit strength; and (ii) investigate associa…
Associations between the Objectively Measured Office Environment and Workplace Step Count and Sitting Time
Office-based workers spend a large proportion of the day sitting and tend to have low overall activity levels. Despite some evidence that features of the external physical environment are associated with physical activity, little is known about the influence of the spatial layout of the internal environment on movement, and the majority of data use self-report. This study investigated associations between objectively-measured sitting time and act…
Supportive environments for physical activity in deprived communities in the United Kingdom
School Flexible Learning Spaces, Student Movement Behavior and Educational Outcomes among Adolescents
Can Exhaled Carbon Monoxide Be Used as a Marker of Exposure? A Cross-Sectional Study in Young Adults
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a major public health issue worldwide. People are exposed to CO in their daily lives, with one of the common sources of CO being cigarette smoking. Inhalation of CO leads to elevated carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) levels in the blood and also in exhaled CO concentration. Several factors have been shown to affect COHb concentration and COHb half-life. However, factors affecting exhaled CO concentration and exhaled CO h…
A Citizen Science Approach to Identifying Indoor Environmental Barriers to Optimal Health for under 5s Experiencing Homelessness in Temporary Accommodation
The first five years of life are critical for optimal growth, health, and cognitive development. Adverse childhood experiences, including experiencing homelessness, can be a risk factor for multiple health issues and developmental challenges. There is a dearth of data collected with and by families with children under age five living in temporary accommodation due to experiencing homelessness (U5TA) describing indoor environmental barriers that p…
Exploring the Interactions between Housing and Neighbourhood Environments for Enhanced Child Wellbeing
Children's health can be affected by the interrelated characteristics of the physical and social environment where they live, including housing quality, neighbourhood characteristics and the local community. Following a systems-based approach, this exploratory project sought to understand how the needs and aspirations associated with the home environment can work in synergy with, or be exacerbated by, other aspects of the local area. The study re…
How Does Living in Temporary Accommodation and the Covid-19 Pandemic Impact under 5s’ Healthcare Access and Health Outcomes? A Qualitative Study of Key Professionals in a Socially and Ethnically Diver…
Background: Children < 5 years living in temporary accommodation (U5TA) are vulnerable to poor health outcomes. Few qualitative studies have examined service provider perspectives in family homelessness; none have focused on U5TA with a cross-sector approach. This study explored professionals’ perspectives of the barriers and facilitators, including pandemic-related challenges, experienced by U5TA in accessing healthcare and optimising health out…
Sustaining Attention to Sustainability, Health, and Well-Being in Urban Regeneration
In urban regeneration projects, balancing environmental, social, and economic aspects is crucial but challenging, often leading to mission drift when team focus deviates from the original goals. Through a case study of regeneration projects at a large U.K. housing association, we explore decision makers’ attention to sustainability, health, and well-being as core elements of social mission. We combined qualitative analysis with an examination of …
Health inequalities and indoor environments
Highlights This special issue explores how indoor environments affect health inequalities, inequities and injustices. Despite the recognition of the importance of the built environment for health – in particular, the indoor environment – as a crucial health improvement policy domain, major methodological and evidence gaps emerged. The small number of appropriate studies identified for inclusion is partly attributed to limited collaboration betwee…
Interconnected factors influencing family health and wellbeing in overcrowded homes and points for intervention – A qualitative study in London
Household overcrowding impacts family health and wellbeing • Multiple factors associated with living in overcrowding —from individual to societal levels—interact to influence outcomes • Targeting these factors and their interactions may improve outcomes for overcrowded families unable to move Household overcrowding contributes to poor familial health/wellbeing and is driven by a shortage of affordable housing. Despite being defined by spatial con…
Interventions that could mitigate the adverse effects of household overcrowding on wellbeing
Updates a 2013 review on housing interventions, with stronger focus on overcrowding • Includes both peer-reviewed and grey literature with resident and staff involvement • Gives a broader overview to alleviate negative impacts if rehousing is not feasible • While rehousing often reduced overcrowding, it did not always improve wellbeing • Identifies 3 types of interventions: rehousing, home improvements, multisectoral Household overcrowding has in…
Chaos, Distress and Crowding in the Home
Research shows that children living in a crowded home are more at risk of adjustment problems, yet few studies have explored the possible pathways from home crowding to child adjustment. This paper uses data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study to test the role of household chaos and maternal and paternal psychological distress in the relationship between early (age three) crowding in the home and later (age seven) child emotional and conduct pr…
Medicine (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Physical therapy (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Cross-sectional study (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works)