Research

Please help us gather the latest research on how arts, humanities and design approaches work in the areas of of intervention, health promotion and education, healthcare delivery, and policy, by sending materials to [email protected]..

General

2019 WHO Scoping Review:  What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? 

NOAH White Paper, 2017: "Arts, Health and Wellbeing in America"

Intervention research

The Connection Between Art, Healing, and Public Health: A Review of Current Literature

Music-based interventions can improve stroke, Parkinson's disease

Health promotion and education (including training of health professionals)

Building more just futures with humanities methodologies 

The humanities interface in nursing and medicine 

Healthcare delivery

Visual art in hospitals: case studies and review of the evidence

Policy

NOAH White Paper, 2018: "Addressing the Future of Arts in Health in America"

Creative Health:  The Arts for Health and Wellbeing (All Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing Inquiry Report (UK, 2017)

National Arts and Health Framework  (UK 2014)