Published in 2024

• Sachs, AL., Maso-Aguado, M., Bach, A, Opacin, N, Hill, N, Cattaneo, L, Coll Planas, L, Litt, JS, Bekessy, S (2024). Research note: Capturing the dose of nature in nature-based interventions to reduce loneliness. MethodsX, Volume 13, 102969. DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102969.

• Pitkälä KH, Rautiainen L, Aalto UL, Kautiainen H, Kolster A, Laakkonen ML, Partonen T, Roitto HM, Strandberg TE, Opacin N, Puntscher S, Siebert U, Coll-Planas L, Sachs AL, Litt JS, Jansson AH. The RECETAS Consortium (2024), Participants’ baseline characteristics and feedback of the nature-based social intervention “Friends in Nature” among lonely older adults in assisted living facilities in Finland: a randomised controlled trial of the RECETAS EU-project, BMC Geriatrics, Vol 24 (1), 812. DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-05408-0.

• Vert, C, Litt, JS, Gascón, M, Roqué, M, Masó, M, Opacin, N, Garcia, G, Jansson, A, Cattaneo, L, Bártová, A, Briones-Buixassa, L, Carbó, A, Rautiainen, L, Hidalgo, L, Sachs, A, Domènech, S, Blancafort-Alias, S, Homerová, I, Pitkälä, K, Coll-Planas, L. (2024) Evaluating the feasibility of “Friends in Nature”, a complex nature-based social intervention to address loneliness and quality of life in six cities worldwide. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 10, 146. DOI: 10.1186/s40814-024-01575-4

• Coll-Planas, L., Carbó-Cardeña, A., Jansson, A., Dostálová, V., Bartova, A., Rautiainen, L., Kolster, A., Masó-Aguado, M., Briones-Buixassa, L., Blancafort-Alias, S., Roqué-Figuls, M., Sachs, A. L., Casajuana, C., Siebert, U., Rochau, U., Puntscher, S., Holmerová, I., Pitkälä, K. H., Litt, J. S. (2024)  Nature-based social interventions to address loneliness among vulnerable populations: a common study protocol for three related randomized controlled trials in Barcelona, Helsinki, and Prague within the RECETAS European project. BMC Public Health 24, 172.

•  Tate, W., Sachs, AL, Litt, JS., Razani, N., Chawla, L. (2024). Nature Prescribing or Nature Programming? Complementary Practices to Increase Time in Nature to Support Mental Health. Ecopsychology (In Press).
• Sachs, A. L., Kolster, A., Wrigley, J., Papon, V., Opacin, N., Hill, N., Howarth, M., Rochau, U., Hidalgo, L., Casajuana, C., Siebert, U., Gerhard, J., Daher, C., Litt, J. C.,  (2024). Connecting through nature: A systematic review of the effectiveness of nature-based social prescribing practices to combat loneliness. Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 248; DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105071

Published in 2023

• Litt, J. S., Coll-Planas, L., Sachs, A. L., Rochau, U., Jansson, A., Dostálová, V., Daher, C., Beacom, A., Bachinski, K., Garcia-Velez, G., Bekessy, S., Blancafort-Alias, S., Hill, N., Gascón, M., Bartova, A., Cattaneo, L., Cucchiaro, A., Casajuana Kögel, C., Opacin, N., Colom, J., Gentile, S., Holmerová, I., Johnson, K., Kimberlee, R., Siebert, U., Varda, D., Pitkälä, K. H. (2024). Nature-based social interventions for people experiencing loneliness: the rationale and overview of the RECETAS project. Cities & Health, 1–14. 
• Litt, JS., Coll-Planas, L., Sachs, A., Masó Aguado, M., Howarth, M., (2023). Current Trends and Future Directions in Urban Social Prescribing, Current Environmental Health Reports.
• Celia Santos-Tapia, Laura Hidalgo, Pol Jimenez-Arenas, Cristina Casajuana, Sara Domènech, Aida Ballester-Lledó, Jill Litt, Ashby Sachs, Gabriela Garcia, Sergi Blancafort-Alias, Co-Creating a Nature-Based Social Prescription Intervention in Urban Socioeconomically Deprived Neighbourhoods: A Case Study from RECETAS Project in Barcelona, Spain, Health & Social Care in the Community, vol. 2023, Article ID 6616991, 16 pages, 2023.