Should You Take a Seat? (07-15-11)
The August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine presents the negative effects of sedentary behavior on public health.
The August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine presents the negative effects of sedentary behavior on public health.
Seating options provided make it more likely that people will sit with good or bad posture, and recent research indicates that posture is particularly important in healthcare settings.
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What does office personalization imply to a patient? How do different user groups view hospital pediatric settings?
Noise volume matters in the operating room, multi-tasking fails under neuroimaging, and occupant workspace satisfaction mainly depends on three factors.
The environment has an important influence on gene expression in humans.
A recent press release from the University of Illinois discusses important links between green spaces and health, with a focus on research done by Frances Kuo, a professor there.
Hospitals can be seen through different lenses, such as a business case lens, a cultural lens and an ethical lens, and all have implications for design.
Walsh has investigated the relationship between lifestyle and mental health.
Identical (and not mirrored) patient rooms show benefits, and there is an increasing emphasis on patient bathroom design.