Outputs (8)

Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study (2024)
Journal Article

Background: Reducing anxiety and depression of adolescents is a global health priority. Personal and social resources (e.g., hobbies, socializing) may reduce distress. Yet, there is insufficient understanding of how adolescents use such resources to... Read More about Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study.

Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: Assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict (2024)
Journal Article

This 'in practice' article describes and reflects on the mixed methodology used in a realist evaluation of the impact of an arts intervention for children (aged 10-15) in a school in Kashmir, an area of conflict. The evaluation focused on art based... Read More about Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: Assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict.

The impact of Arts on Prescription on individual health and wellbeing: A systematic review with meta-analysis (2024)
Journal Article

Introduction: The evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for different aspects of health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription has gained increasing recognition as a method for fostering connections among individuals and c... Read More about The impact of Arts on Prescription on individual health and wellbeing: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

The impact of Arts on Prescription on individual health and wellbeing: A systematic review with meta-analysis (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aims of project: The evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription (AoP) has gained recognition as a method for fostering connections among individuals and communities, however, to... Read More about The impact of Arts on Prescription on individual health and wellbeing: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Art on prescription: Supporting wellbeing in cities (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This talk for the WHO Healthy Cities Network contributed to a webinar on the arts on health in cities. This talk focused on the role of social prescribing, in particular arts on prescription, presenting research based in Bristol on the use of arts on... Read More about Art on prescription: Supporting wellbeing in cities.

Critical perspectives on art on prescription (2023)
Journal Article

The positive outcomes of engaging in the arts are increasingly reported in the research literature, supporting the use of the arts to enhance individual and community health and wellbeing. However, little attention is given to the less positive aspec... Read More about Critical perspectives on art on prescription.

Arts on referral at Fresh Arts: A mixed-methods report on the efficacy of arts on prescription in a hospital setting for people experiencing chronic health conditions (2023)
Report

This report describes the evaluation methods and outcomes of four arts on referral programmes delivered through Fresh Arts on Referral at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Arts on referral, where people are referred to art workshops, led by a skilled arts... Read More about Arts on referral at Fresh Arts: A mixed-methods report on the efficacy of arts on prescription in a hospital setting for people experiencing chronic health conditions.

Art on referral: Remote delivery in primary and secondary care during the coronavirus pandemic (2022)
Report

Between July 2020 and February 2021 Fresh Arts at Southmead Hospital and CreativeShift delivered remote arts on referral programmes to over 100 participants during the coronavirus pandemic. A referral pathway was developed with cultural organisations... Read More about Art on referral: Remote delivery in primary and secondary care during the coronavirus pandemic.