Arts in Health Research Roundup

MARCH 2025

(Note: Some journals with arts in health research articles may have paywalls.)

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLE

Phenotyping arts engagement as a health behaviour using 20 years of the

Pre-print

GENERAL

Improving Collaboration Between Staff, Family Members, and Artists in Long-Term Dementia Care: A Participatory Action Research Project Into Health Care Clowning

Qualitative Health Research

In what context and by which mechanisms can creative arts interventions improve wellbeing in older people? A realist review protocol (Pre-review)

NIHR Open Research

Group arts interventions for depression and anxiety among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nature Mental Health

Effects of an art-based intervention in older adults with dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Scientific Reports

From science to story telling: reimagining medicine through the humanities

Exploring Boundless Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Perspective in Research

Music-making in a senior living community: Iris Music Project’s Ensemble-in-Residence model

Journal of Applied Arts & Health

HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS

Benefits of Nature Imagery and Visual Art in Healthcare Contexts: A View from Empirical Aesthetics Buildings

HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Murals as Health Communication: A COVID-19 vaccine promotion feasibility study

International Journal of Innovation Creativity and Change

ARTS/social PRESCRIBING

Developing a Consensus-Based Nature Prescribing Framework for Australian Healthcare: A Delphi Study Wiley, Health & Social Care in the Community

Recognizing the role of occupation in social prescribing

WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation

Adult Mental Health, Major Conditions and Social Prescribing: A Rapid Review Wiley, Health & Social Care in the Community

Effectiveness and Value of Relationships in Link Worker Social Prescribing Over an 18-month Follow Up Period (Pre-print)

BMC Primary Care

Prescribing Nature for Human Health: An Examination of Public Interest, Barriers, and Enablers Related to Nature Prescription Programming in Canada Wellbeing, Space and Society

The role of green space and nature interventions in cancer care: a commentary on a systematic review Insight

A socially prescribed creative play intervention for new parents: investigating post traumatic stress around birth and changes in postnatal depression and reflective function BMC psychology

Conceptualising social prescribing in urgent and emergency care

Future Healthcare Journal

Opinion: the longevity of social prescribing around the world is contingent on student involvement

Journal of Integrated Care

The Role of Social Prescribing Interventions in Addressing Health Inequalities in the UK: A Narrative Review

Health and Social Care in the Community

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