Migrant gardeners, health and wellbeing
Exploring complexity and ambivalence from a UK perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22945122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalia Gerodetti (0000-0002-9807-8986, Leeds Beckett University, corresponding author), Sally Foster (0000-0003-4096-6275, Leeds Beckett University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/daad060 |
| PMID | 37326405 |
| OpenAlex | W4380869260 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 63 |
There has been increasing interest in how green spaces and gardening contribute to people’s physical, mental and social wellbeing, and this interest has increased due to COVID-19. This article explores the particular experiences of migrant gardeners and the implications for their health and wellbeing. It draws on a qualitative research project that involved conducting semi-structured interviews with participants with migration heritage in and around a city in the north of England. The participants were recruited through purposive and snowball sampling; of the 25 participants, some were allotment holders, whilst the rest cultivated crops in their gardens or even on their balcony. Thematic analysis of the interview transcripts generated themes that reflect current definitions of health, encompassing physical, mental and social wellbeing. However, whilst the findings confirm many positive effects of gardening, they also point to some ambivalence in relation to cultivation, outdoor practices and health, with evidence of neutral or even negative effects at times. The article explores the implications of these findings for initiatives to encourage gardening, such as social prescribing, and to address ‘green poverty’. An additional finding is that for gardeners with migration heritage, gardening can be understood in terms of cultural wellbeing. Consequently, there is a need to broaden the concept of wellbeing to include this cultural dimension.
Ambivalence · Mental health · Nonprobability sampling · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Population · Poverty · Qualitative research · Snowball sampling · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |