Arts and Health
Volume 6 No 1 / April 30, 200730 April 2007
This month: a focus on the relationship between the arts and health, including a presentation of a hospital-based arts program, the potential impacts of dance on health, a British report summarizing medical research into the impacts of the arts on health, and a Canadian literature review of the arts and health.
Resources
Arts and Culture in Medicine and Health: A Survey Research Paper
Arts Research MonitorThis Canadian literature review highlights creative arts therapies in modern medical treatment, the arts and culture’s impacts on the Public Health Agency of Canada’s “Key Determinants of Health”, as well as the relationship o… View this resource
Arts in Health: A Review of the Medical Literature
Arts Research MonitorThis British report provides a summary of 385 references from the medical literature regarding the effects of the arts and humanities in: achieving clinical outcomes for the benefit of patients; raising staff morale and job satisfaction; widening the… View this resource
Dance in Health: The Benefits for People of All Ages
Arts Research MonitorThis report highlights 19 case studies of dance organizations, events and activities in the U.K. that aim to provide physical, mental, personal, social and educational benefits. The report indicates that dance “has particular appeal to a number… View this resource
The Arts in Health: Artists on the Wards at University of Alberta Hospitals
Arts Research MonitorThis report, based on a presentation by Susan Pointe, art advisor for the Friends of University Hospitals, summarizes the arts program at University of Alberta Hospitals (Edmonton). Through the artists-on-the-wards program, artists help adult acute-c… View this resource
Other Resources
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