Background: Young people who enter the justice system experience complex health and social needs, and offending behaviour is increasingly recognised as a public health problem. Arts interventions can be used with the aim of preventing or reducing off... Read More about A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for children and young people at-risk of offending, or who have offended on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes: A systematic review.
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PROTOCOL: A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for at-risk and offending children and young people on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes (2023)
Journal Article
This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The proposed systematic review question is: What is the effectiveness of arts interventions for at-risk and offending children and young people (8-25 years)? There are three objectives: (1) To ev... Read More about PROTOCOL: A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for at-risk and offending children and young people on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes.
Leisure and Wellbeing (2022)
Book
This book provides an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical and methodological contributions critically exploring the connections between leisure and wellbeing. It expands the field of leisure studies to highlight the contribution of internatio... Read More about Leisure and Wellbeing.
Understanding everyday creativity: A framework drawn from a qualitative evidence review of home-based arts (2022)
Journal Article
The COVID-19 pandemic propelled the arts and leisure into crisis. Public and policy responses have shown positive adaptations and the potential of everyday creativity (EC) in response to restrictions. This is the first qualitative evidence review on... Read More about Understanding everyday creativity: A framework drawn from a qualitative evidence review of home-based arts.
Rapid evidence review of community engagement and resources in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: How can community assets redress health inequities? (2022)
Journal Article
Community engagement, such as participating in arts, nature or leisurely activities, is positively associated with psychological and physiological wellbeing. Community-based engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic facilitated informal and local mutua... Read More about Rapid evidence review of community engagement and resources in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: How can community assets redress health inequities?.
Creativity, health and wellbeing: Challenges of research and evidence (2021)
Journal Article
A conceptual review of loneliness in adults: Qualitative evidence synthesis (2021)
Journal Article
The paper reports an evidence synthesis of how loneliness is conceptualised in qualitative studies in adults. Using PRISMA guidelines, our review evaluated exposure to or experiences of loneliness by adults (aged 16+) in any setting as outcomes, proc... Read More about A conceptual review of loneliness in adults: Qualitative evidence synthesis.
The role of social capital in participatory arts for wellbeing: Findings from a qualitative systematic review (2021)
Journal Article
Background: Social capital is often cited as shaping impacts of participatory arts, although the concept has not been systematically mapped in arts, health and wellbeing contexts. In wider health inequalities research, complex, differential, and some... Read More about The role of social capital in participatory arts for wellbeing: Findings from a qualitative systematic review.
Qualitative findings from a systematic review: Visual arts engagement for adults with mental health conditions (2020)
Journal Article
This article reports on an investigation of the effects of ‘visual arts’-based programmes on subjective well-being (SWB) outcomes for adults with mental health conditions. In a systematic review, electronic databases were searched for articles publis... Read More about Qualitative findings from a systematic review: Visual arts engagement for adults with mental health conditions.
Leisure and wellbeing (2020)
Journal Article
Social movements and boundary work in arts, culture and health (2019)
Journal Article
Purpose: Despite a growing evidence base and increasing recognition of the connections between arts, health and well-being, arts and creativity are some distance from being fully integrated into health and care services. Further, there is a lack of c... Read More about Social movements and boundary work in arts, culture and health.
Sport and dance interventions for healthy young people (15-24 years) to promote subjective well-being: A systematic review (2018)
Journal Article
Objective To review and assess effectiveness of sport and dance participation on subjective well-being outcomes among healthy young people aged 15-24 years. Design Systematic review. Methods We searched for studies published in any language between J... Read More about Sport and dance interventions for healthy young people (15-24 years) to promote subjective well-being: A systematic review.
What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults (2017)
Journal Article
Aims: The role of arts and music in supporting subjective wellbeing (SWB) is increasingly recognised. Robust evidence is needed to support policy and practice. This article reports on the first of four reviews of Culture, Sport and Wellbeing (CSW) co... Read More about What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults.
Creative and credible evaluation for arts, health and well-being: opportunities and challenges of co-production (2017)
Journal Article
Background: This paper reports findings from a one-year UK knowledge exchange (KE) project completed in 2015. Stakeholders’ experiences of evaluation were explored in order to develop online resources to strengthen knowledge and capacity within the a... Read More about Creative and credible evaluation for arts, health and well-being: opportunities and challenges of co-production.
Music-making for health and wellbeing in youth justice settings: mediated affordances and the impact of context and social relations (2017)
Journal Article
© 2017 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL. Young people in the criminal justice system experience significant health and wellbeing issues that often stem from poverty and... Read More about Music-making for health and wellbeing in youth justice settings: mediated affordances and the impact of context and social relations.
Music as a resource for health and wellbeing (2015)
Book Chapter
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. This chapter explores the use of music as a resource for health and well-being. Drawing on recent evidence, the contribution of music to a range of health and wellbeing outcomes, including physiol... Read More about Music as a resource for health and wellbeing.
Music therapy in children's hospices: An evaluative survey of provision (2014)
Journal Article
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This paper presents the results of a survey of the range of music therapy practice in children's hospices in the UK. Music therapists are challenged to work with children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions during... Read More about Music therapy in children's hospices: An evaluative survey of provision.
Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme (2013)
Report
There is growing evidence from across the arts and health field that suggests that participatory arts programmes can contribute to health improvement, emotional resilience and social reintegration, among vulnerable and excluded groups including crimi... Read More about Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme.
Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Youth justice is an important public health issue. There is growing recognition of the need to adopt effective, evidence-based strategies for working with young offenders. Music interventions may be particularly well suited to addressing risk factors... Read More about Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review.