Research papers and articles on Design and Health
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Psychosocially Supportive Design - As a Theory and Model to Promote Health
Alan Dilani (Sweden) WCDH2005
A New Paradigm of Design and Health
Alan Dilani (Sweden) WCDH2003
Design and health: A new paradigm
Romano Del Nord(Italy) WCDH2003
Quality of Life and Sense of Coherence
Ann Langius -Eklöf (Sweden) WCDH2003
Effects of Architectural Environment and sense of satisfaction
Reza Emdad (Sweden) WCDH2003
The Mind, Body and Spirit of the Healthcare Organization
Annette Ridenour (USA) WCDH2003
New Dimensions for Future Healthcare Facilities
Romano Del Nord (Italy) WCDH2005
Psychosocial work environment and wellbeing
Töres Theorell (Sweden) WCDH2000
Seven Principles for Life - Enhancing Design: The Architecture of Erik Asmussen
Gary J. Coates (USA) WCDH2000
Integrating Human Centered Design Principals in Progressive Health Facilities
Jeff Stouffer,(USA) WCDH2000
John Wells-Thorpe (UK) WCDH2000
Workplace Design and Health Performance
Elisabeth Schell (Sweden) WCDH2005
Healthy Workplace Design for Healthcare Staff
Jeanette Paul (UK) WCDH2005
Hospital Design and PPP Impact in the UK
Delivering Healthy Environments via PFI
Kenneth Schwarz (UK) WCDH2005
Healthcare Design Development in UK
Susan Francis (UK) WCDH2005
Evaluation of PFI Built James Cook University Hospital
Geoffrey Purves (UK) WCDH2005
Creating an Innovative Healthcare Campus via (PFI) The Private Finance Initiative
New Norfolk & Norwich Hospital
Kenneth Schwarz,(UK) WCDH2000
Hospital and work place Design Performance Evaluation
Designing the work environment for worker health and productivity
Jacqueline C. Vischer (Canada) WCDH2003
Post Occupancy Evaluation POE, Design and Health
Wolfgang F.E. Preiser (USA) WCDH2003
Healthcare Procurements Methods
David Stark (UK) WCDH2005
The Effect of Hospital Building on Patient Recovery
Rotraut Walden (Germany) WCDH2005
Evaluation of the Ward in the Erasmus Medical Center
Liesbeth van Heel (Netherlands) WCDH2005
An Evaluation of the Healing Environment Children’s Convalescent Hospital, San Diego
Paul S. Kurtin (USA) WCDH2000
Marc Pineault (Canada) WCDH2003
Michael Moxam(Canada) WCDH2003
The Hospital Building Flexibility and High Tech Environment
Managing Change: the application of Open Building in the INO Bern Hospital
Stephen Kendall (USA) WCDH2005
Designing the Digital Reading Room
Bill Rostenberg (USA) WCDH2005
Medical Research and its Impact on Healthcare Design
Håkan Eriksson (Sweden) WCDH2000
High Touch, High Tech, High Flexibility Reducing Obsolescence in Patient Care Environments
Mohinder S. Datta, (USA) WCDH2000
Design and Care in hospital planning – Changing paradigm in new millennium
Praneet Kumar,(INDIA) WCDH2000
The Architect as Patient: Hospital Designers’ Perceptions of Healthcare Design
C. Robert Horsburgh (USA) WCDH2000
Improving Healing Performance through Aesthetic, Art and Culture
Aesthetics: a Source of Health
Synnøve Caspari (Norway) WCDH2005
Stress reduction by using Art in an Intensive Care Unit
Åke Forsgren (Sweden) WCDH2005
The Effect of Music on Inpatient Children
Susan B. Wesley (USA) WCDH2005
Future Trends in Hospital Design
Hospital Design for Emotional and Cultural Needs
E.H. Zeidler (Canada) WCDH2005
Step into the Patient Room of the Future
Terri Zborowsky (USA) WCDH2005
Workplace Re-Engineering in Hospital
Sarita Chand (Australia) WCDH2005
Guidelines and Design for Effectiveness of Hospitals
Healthcare Facilities for Planning to Design
Francesca Giofrè (Italy) WCDH2005
Australian E-Guideline for Health Facilities Workshop Design
Jane Carthey (Australia) WCDH2005
Energy Saving Strategies for the New Design in Meyer Children Hospital in Florence
Marco Sala (Italy) WCDH2005
Enshrining Humanistic Design in the Project Plan
Ian M. Sinclair (Canada9 WCDH2003
Wellness Factors for Health Promotion
Daylight, View and Good Circulation in Hospital Design
Ed Jackmauh (USA) WCDH2005
Using Landscapes as Wellness Factor for Patient Therapy
Ian Forbes (Australia) WCDH2005
The Impact of Stair and Elevator Design on Daily Exercise
Philip G. Mead (USA) WCDH2005
The Master Plan of the Shanghai International Medical Zone
Susan Black (Canada) WCDH2005
Health Supportive Design in Elderly Care Homes
Sookyoung Lee, (Korea) Alan Dilani, Agneta Morelli (Sweden) Hearyung Byun (Korea)
Evidence-based Design in Coordinated Health Treatment
John Zeisel (USA) WCDH2003
Nonpharmacological treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: A mind-brain approach
John Zeisel, Paul Raia (USA) WCDH2005
Environmental Correlates to Behavioural Health Outcomes in Alzheimer’s Special Care Units
John Zeisel, Paul Raia (USA)
Health Outcomes Improvements from Alzheimer Care Design
John Zeisel (USA) WCDH2000
Health Promotion by Design in Elderly Care
Alan Dilani, A. Morelli (Sweden) WCDH2005
Nadia Tobia (Canada) WCDH2000
Safety and Security Importance for Elderly Living in Sheltered Housing
Britt Maj Wikström (Sweden) WCDH2000
Colour perception in old age With implications in the caring environment
Helle wijk (Sweden) WCDH2003
E.H. Zeidler (Canada) WCDH2003
Humanizing Healthcare: Fitness/Wellness Centers As the Community Locus for Health Promotion
Thomas Seymour (USA) WCDH2003
A Patient-Focused Hospital RIT2000 Project, Trondheim Hospital
Inge Fottland (Norway) WCDH2000
From Visions to Plans; Designing Hospitals from a Patient Perspective
Ragnhild Aslaksen (Norway) WCDH2003
The New Green Field Hospital in Ontario
Tye S. Farrow (Canada) WCDH2005
Health Facility Flexibility and Humanity: An Agenda for the 21st Century
Jim O. Jonassen (USA) WCDH2000
Psychosocially Supportive Design, Scandinavian Healthcare Design
Alan Dilani (Sweden) WCDH2000
Effects on Healthcare Environmental Design on Medical Outcomes
Roger Ulrich (USA) WCDH2000
Planning of the Pre-Concept Architectural Design
For the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal
Robert Hamilton (Canada) WCDH2003
A new teaching environment for healthcare providers
Martha L. Rothman & Elliot Paul Rothman (USA) WCDH2000
Planning the 21st Century Palliative hospital
Philip Monteleoni,(USA) WCDH2000
A HUMANIZING HEALTH CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN MEXICO
Elliot Paul Rothman(USA) WCDH2003
Healthcare Design as a Strategic Advantage in a Competitive Managed Care Environment
Blair L Sadler, (USA) WCDH2000
Moving towards a new vision for healthcare The McGill University health centre, Montreal
Donna Riley, (Canada) WCDH2000
Eric C.Y. Fang, (USA) WCDH2000
The Urban Village as Healing Environment
Terry Montgomery (Canada) WCDH2003
Researh
on Healthcare Environments for Children & Their Families
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley (USA) WCDH2000
Analysis of Staff Behavior in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Mardelle McCuskey Shepley (USA) WCDH2003
Participatory Planning and Design of a New Children’s Hospital
Aase Eriksen, Ph.D WCDH2000
Changing the care environment for children and families
Maggie Redshaw (UK) WCDH2003
Addressing infant, parent and caregiver stress in a
neonatal intensive-care setting
Faye LeDoux, (USA) WCDH2000
Design for Critical Care: Impact of the ICU 2010 Report
Kirk Hamilton,(USA) WCDH2000
Creating Patient- Centred Environments for Cancer Care
Mary-Jean Eastman (USA) WCDH2003
A CASE STUDY of the WINDSOR REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE
Mary Jo Hind (Canada) WCDH2003
The Effect of Gardens on Health and Wellbeing
Gardens & Health
Clare Cooper Marcus (USA) WCDH2000
Increasing outdoor interactions
Phillip G. Mead (USA) WCDH2003
A Garden at your Workplace May Reduce Stress
Ulrika A. Stigsdotter (Sweden) WCDH2003
Transforming a Hospital with the Health Gardens Planning Concept
Susan Black (Canada) WCDH2003
The Effect of Music on Health and Wellbeing
Music & Health
Paul Robertson (UK) WCDH2000
Music and Health; How to use music in surgical care
Ulrica Nilsson (Sweden) WCDH2003
Consideration of Patients’ Auditory Needs in the Hospital Setting
Susan B. Wesley (USA), WCDH2000
Passive Interventions for Reducing Milieu Disruptions:
Susan Bray Wesley(USA), WCDH2003
The Effect of Art on Health and Wellbeing
The arts in hospital and care as culture. The research programme of Stockholm County Council
Birgitta Rapp, (Sweden) WCDH2000
Art in Health care buildings: Is any art good art?
Marily Cintra,(Australia) WCDH2000
Peter Senior, (UK) WCDH2000
The Exeter evaluation – A basis for hospital design and art in the millennium
Peter Scher, (UK) WCDH2000
Finding the connection between psychosocial factors
and the immune system through art psychotherapy
Christina Virago (Australia) WCDH2003
Gestalt Art Therapy for people with Dementia
Margaret Muir (Australia) WCDH2003