A Systematic Review Protocol Investigating Community Gardening Impact Measures

Jonathan Kingsley, Aisling Bailey, Nooshin Torabi, Pauline Zardo, Suzanne Mavoa, Tonia Gray, Danielle Tracey, Philip Pettitt, Nicholas Zajac and Emily Foenander
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Jonathan Kingsley: School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia
Aisling Bailey: School of Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia
Nooshin Torabi: School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
Pauline Zardo: Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
Suzanne Mavoa: Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
Tonia Gray: Centre for Educational Research, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales 2751, Australia
Danielle Tracey: Centre for Educational Research and Transitional Health Research Institutes, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales 2751, Australia
Philip Pettitt: Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
Nicholas Zajac: Faculty of Science, School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, North Island 1010, New Zealand
Emily Foenander: School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 18, 1-12

Abstract: Existing community gardening research has tended to be exploratory and descriptive, utilising qualitative or mixed methodologies to explore and understand community garden participation. While research on community gardening attracts growing interest, the empirical rigour of measurement scales and embedded indicators has received comparatively less attention. Despite the extensive body of community gardening literature, a coherent narrative on valid, high quality approaches to the measurement of outcomes and impact across different cultural contexts is lacking and yet to be comprehensively examined. This is essential as cities are becoming hubs for cultural diversity. Systematic literature reviews that explore the multiple benefits of community gardening and other urban agriculture activities have been undertaken, however, a systematic review of the impact measures of community gardening is yet to be completed. This search protocol aims to address the following questions: (1) How are the health, wellbeing, social and environmental outcomes and impacts of community gardening measured? (2) What cultural diversity considerations have existing community garden measures taken into account? Demographic data will be collected along with clear domains/constructs of experiences, impacts and outcomes captured from previous literature to explore if evidence considers culturally heterogeneous and diverse populations. This will offer an understanding as to whether community gardening research is appropriately measuring this cross-cultural activity.

Keywords: community garden; systematic review; protocol (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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