Neighbourhood belonging, social cohesion, and mental wellbeing of children and parents in an ethnically diverse community sample in England

Anja Heilmann; Anita Mehay; Annemarie Lodder; Leandra Box; Andrew Brand; Jabeer Butt; Mike J Crawford; Zoe Hoare; Saffron Karlsen; Yvonne Kelly; Karlet Manning; Paul Ramchandani; Grzegorz Suldecki; Tim Weaver; Richard G Watt

doi:10.1186/s12889-025-25433-x

Neighbourhood belonging, social cohesion, and mental wellbeing of children and parents in an ethnically diverse community sample in England

Anja Heilmann
, Anita Mehay
, Annemarie Lodder
, Leandra Box
, Andrew Brand
, Jabeer Butt
, Mike J Crawford
, Zoe Hoare
, Saffron Karlsen
, Yvonne Kelly
, Karlet Manning
, Paul Ramchandani
, Grzegorz Suldecki
, Tim Weaver
, Richard G Watt

North Wales Medical School

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Original language	English
Journal	BMC Public Health
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25433-x
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2025

Keywords

Child socio-emotional difficulties
Parental wellbeing
Child well-being
Social inequalities
Ethnic inequalities
Social cohesion
Neighbourhood belonging
Health inequalities
Parenting programme
Mental health

UN SDGs

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Heilmann, A., Mehay, A., Lodder, A., Box, L., Brand, A., Butt, J., Crawford, M. J., Hoare, Z., Karlsen, S., Kelly, Y., Manning, K., Ramchandani, P., Suldecki, G., Weaver, T., & Watt, R. G. (2025). Neighbourhood belonging, social cohesion, and mental wellbeing of children and parents in an ethnically diverse community sample in England. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25433-x

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