“This Is What You Get When You Lead with the Arts”: Making the Case for Social Wellness

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This Journal of Medical Humanities publication by Andrea Charise, Nicole Dufoe, and Dirk J. Rodricks presents a historical, theoretical, and practice-guided framework for social wellness that highlights aesthetics and arts engagement as meaningful drivers of individual wellness and positive social outcomes. The authors end by providing concrete recommendations for advancing arts-led social wellness initiatives.

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The Impact of Arts on Prescription on Individual Health and Wellbeing: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

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This Front Public Health systematic review and meta-analysis by Anita Jensen, Nicola Holt, Sayaka Honda, and Hilary Bungay aims to explore the relationship between individual health and wellbeing outcomes and participation in Arts on Prescription programmes. The study found that Arts on Prescription provided a statistically significant improvement in wellbeing, serving both social and psychological benefits.

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Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing→

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Potentially the most comprehensive overview of the field to date, this report provides evidence demonstrating the impact of the arts on health and wellbeing throughout all stages of life. The evidence consists of an extensive literature review and stakeholder consultations, including 16 roundtable discussions with a total of 300 participants. The report includes ten recommendations, many of which involve greater collaboration between the National Health Service, government bodies, research councils, public health organizations, and medical schools.

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