Re-Thinking Spatial Design in Homes to Include Means and Access Restriction with Material Impacts as Passive Suicide Prevention Methods: A Systematic Review of Design for Australian Homes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Methodology
- Investigate the effect of intervention using building design for suicide prevention.
- Investigate the frequency and rate of mental health conditions in the population of Australia including models and statistics of suicide in homes.
- Establish supportive design guidelines for health improvements considering mental health impacts for home designs.
- Examine the impact theory of the physical and contributory causal factors related to the phenomena of suicide in homes.
- Determine suitable design solutions for addressing biochemical impact risks for a future cost/benefit economic analysis.
- Identify adverse design impacts for a future value management cost/benefit analysis as a supportive quantification analysis for suicide prevention guidelines.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Spatial Design: Means and Access Restriction and Wayfinding
“A persistent challenge for built environment design approaches to similar designs for means restriction applies to statistics that 75% of suicide deaths occur at home”[29]
3.2. Biochemical Impacts: Physical and Mental Health
- Virus is active for 4 h on Copper surface.
- Virus is active for 3 days on plastic/stainless steel.
- Disease spread was minimized due to Copper/Brass door knobs.
- Copper is preferred for doorknobs, push plates, handles, stair railings, restroom faucets and other applications of public places as Public surfaces are prone to disease-causing microbes.
- Copper has antimicrobial properties [42].
- Biophilic design
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- Gardens and art;
- Social design
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- Casual observation and connectedness;
- Spatial design aspects
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- Security, access restriction and natural lighting (circadian rhythms and chronobiology).
3.3. Environmental Design Psychology: Mental Health
3.4. Value Management
4. Systematic Review Findings
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Design Method | Cost (AUD) 1 to 5 | Suicide Prevention | Wellbeing Benefit (Mental Health) | Physical Prevention |
---|---|---|---|---|
Biophilia | 2 Low | Yes | Yes | No |
Spatial design | 3 Medium | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Means and access restriction | 2 Low | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Social design | 1 Low | Yes | Yes | No |
Environmental psychology | 2 Low | Yes | Yes | No |
Legislation Suicide prevention evidence-based design guidelines (EBDG) | 4 High | Yes | Yes | No |
Material–Biochemical impacts | 2 Low | Yes | Yes | No |
Suicide prevention evidence-based design guidelines | 1 Low | Yes | Yes | No |
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Booth, M.; Kalutara, P.; Abbasi, N. Re-Thinking Spatial Design in Homes to Include Means and Access Restriction with Material Impacts as Passive Suicide Prevention Methods: A Systematic Review of Design for Australian Homes. Buildings 2023, 13, 1452. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061452
Booth M, Kalutara P, Abbasi N. Re-Thinking Spatial Design in Homes to Include Means and Access Restriction with Material Impacts as Passive Suicide Prevention Methods: A Systematic Review of Design for Australian Homes. Buildings. 2023; 13(6):1452. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061452
Chicago/Turabian StyleBooth, Michael, Pushpitha Kalutara, and Neda Abbasi. 2023. "Re-Thinking Spatial Design in Homes to Include Means and Access Restriction with Material Impacts as Passive Suicide Prevention Methods: A Systematic Review of Design for Australian Homes" Buildings 13, no. 6: 1452. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061452