Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health, and Wellbeing International perspectives on practice, policy and research

by Clift, Stephen; Camic, Paul M.

• ISBN13: 9780199688074
• ISBN10: 0199688079
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-01-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

There is growing interest internationally in the contributions which the creative arts can make to wellbeing and health in both healthcare and community settings. A timely addition to the field, the Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health, and Wellbeing is the first work of its kind to discuss the role the creative arts have in addressing some of the most pressing public health challenges faced today.

Providing an evidence-base and recommendations for a wide audience, this is an essential resource for anyone involved with this increasingly important component of public health practice. The textbook offers key insights for developing new creative arts-based approaches to health and wellbeing, and shows how these can augment established practices within a variety of social settings. Theoretically grounded and with a strong evidence base, this book brings together contributions from both practitioners and researches to provide a comprehensive account of the field. Using international examples, the textbook elucidates the various approaches that have successfully led to improvements in public health, whilst case studies in healthcare practices evaluate the impact of arts-based initiatives in a multitude of international settings, life-course stages, and social milieus. The Oxford Textbook of Creative Arts, Health, and Wellbeing is a comprehensive resource that will be essential to anyone with an interest in this increasingly important component of public health practice.

Author Biography

Stephen Clift, Professor of Health Education, Director Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University, Department of Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK,Paul M. Camic, Professor of Psychology and Public Health and Research Director, Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University, Department of Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, UK

Stephen Clift is Professor of Health Education in the Faculty of Health and Social Care, Canterbury Christ Church University, and Director of the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health. He is also Professorial Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and has lead on developments within the Society related to creative arts and health. He has worked in the field of health promotion and public health for over twenty-five years, and has made contributions to research, practice and training on HIV/AIDS prevention, sex education, international travel and health and the health promoting school. His current interests relate to arts and heath and particularly the potential value of group singing for health and wellbeing. He is also founding co-executive editor of Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice.

Paul Camic is Professor of Psychology and Public Health and Research Director, Salomons Centre for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University. He is also a clinical health psychologist and Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. His research has been focused in health and community psychology in the USA and UK including the field of arts and health. He has a particular interest in the involvement of museums and galleries as community-based places for wellbeing and health for people with mental health problems and those with a dementia. He is also founding co-executive editor of Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Creative arts and human health and wellbeing: Setting the scene
1. An introduction to the field of creative arts, wellbeing and health: Achievements and current challenges, Stephen Clift and Paul M. Camic
2. The arts and healing: The power of an idea, Eleonora Belfiore
3. Fifth wave public health and the contributions of culture and the arts, Phil Hanlon and Sandra Carlisle
4. The social determinants of health, empowerment, and participation, Jessica Allen and Matilda Allen
5. Southbank Centre London and the social utility of the arts, Shan Maclennan
6. The means to flourish: Arts in community health and education, Mike White
7. Community cultural development for health and wellbeing, Paul M. Camic
8. Epidemiological studies of the relationship between cultural experiences and public health, Tores Theorell and Fredrik Ullen
9. Psychophysiological links between cultural activities and public health, Tores Theorell
10. The role of qualitative research in arts and health, Norma Daykin and Theo Stickley
11. Ethical issues in arts-based health research, Susan M Cox and Katherine M Boydell
Section 2: National and international developments in practice
12. Seeking a common language: the challenge of embedding participatory arts in a major public health programme, Marsaili Cameron, Richard Ings, and Nikki Crane
13. Arts for health in community settings: Promising practices for using the arts to enhance wellness, access to healthcare and health literacy, Jill Sonke and Jenny Baxley Lee
14. Arts in healthcare settings in the United States, Jill Sonke, Judy Rollins, and John Graham-Pole
15. Arts in healthcare in Uganda: An historical, political and practical case study, Kizito Maria Kasule, Kizito Fred Kakinda, and Jill Sonke
16. Siyazama in South Africa: Zulu beadwork, HIV/AIDS, and the consequences of culture, Kate Wells
17. Arts and health in Australia, Gareth Wreford
18. Addressing the health needs of indigenous Australians through creative engagement: A case study, Jing Sun and Nicholas Buys
19. Arts and health initiatives in India, Varun Ramnarayan Venkit, Anand Sharad Godse, and Amruta Anand Godse
20. A role for the creative arts in addressing public health challenges in China, Jing Sun and Nicholas Buys
21. Culture and public health activities in Sweden and Norway, Tores Theorell, Margunn Skjei Knudtsen, Eva Bojner Horwitz and Britt Maj Wikstrom
22. Talking about a revolution: Arts, health and wellbeing on Avenida Brasil, Paul Heritage
23. Case study: I once was lost but now am found: Music and embodied arts in two american prisons, Andre de Quadros
24. Case study: Lost or found? - in translation: the globalization of Venezuela's El Sistema, Andrea Creech, Patricia A. Gonzalez-Moreno, Lisa Lorenzino, and Grace Waitman
Section 3: Creative arts and public health across the life-course
25. Creativity and promoting wellbeing in children and young people through education, Jonathan Barnes
26. The value of music for public health, Gunter Kreutz and Carl von Ossietzky
27. The work of Kids Company London, Camila Batmanghleidjh
28. The power of dance to transform the lives of disadvantaged youth, Pauline Gladstone
29. Arts and older people: a global perspective, Trish Vella-Burrows
30. Case study: Engaging older people in creative thinking: The Active Energy project, Loraine Leeson
31. Group singing as a public health resource, Stephen Clift, Grenville Hancox, Ian Morrison, Matthew Shipton, Sonia Page, Ann Skingley and Trish Vella-Burrows
32. Intergenerational music-making: A vehicle for active ageing for children and older people, Varvarigou, Maria, Susan Hallam, Andrea Creech, and Hilary McQueen
Section 4: Creative arts and public health in different settings
33. Arts therapies: Approaches, goals and integration in arts and health, Amy Bucciarelli
34. Museums and art galleries as settings for public health interventions, Helen J. Chatterjee
35. Case study: Creativity in criminal justice settings: The work of the Koestler Trust, Tim Robertson
36. Quality of place and wellbeing, Bryan Lawson and Rosie Parnell
37. Creative arts in health professional education and practice: A case-study reflection and evaluation of a complex intervention to deliver the Culture & Care Programme at The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King's College London, Ian Noonan
38. Case study: Singing in hospitals: Bridging therapy and everyday life, Gunter Kreutz, Stephen Clift, and Wolfgang Bossinger
39. Case study: The value of group drumming for women in sex work in Mumbai, India, Varun Ramnarayan Venkit, Anand Sharad Godse, and Amruta Anand Godse
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