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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?.

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.

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.

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.

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.