Arts & Health最新文献

{"title":"Bandwidth and brushstrokes: a digital dialectic.","authors":"Nadia Rehman","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2616720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2616720","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145959379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The work of staying whole through art.","authors":"Mukhamad Zulianto","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2611771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2611771","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This poem explores the lived experience of a doctoral student who is also a father living far from his family, foregrounding the intersections of art, care, and mental health. Through arts-based reflection, the poem positions creative practice not as ornament, but as a regulatory and methodological tool for sustaining wellbeing. It argues that mental health is foundational to scholarly knowledge production, and that a PhD journey requires an embodied understanding of Art & Health in order to remain whole.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145890479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A review of theatre interventions and mental health: inspiration, elicitation and dissemination.","authors":"Sanjana Kumar, Raghu Raghavan, Brian Brown, Erminia Colucci, Indrani Lahiri, Andy Barrett, Michael Wilson, Amanda Wilson, Asha Banu Soletti, Chandra Dasan, Nadia Svirydzenka, Manoj Kumar, Chitra Venkateswaran, Monica Lakhanpaul, Meena Iyer, M Sivakami, Sam Manickam","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2604818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2604818","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is limited knowledge of how theatre interventions have been deployed to address mental health issues in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Our aim was to examine the role of theatre as a research activity and explore the ways in which its research potential had been actualised in the literature, and examine the extent to which authors have addressed LMICs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We undertook a scoping review informed by PRISMA guidelines, which yielded an initial capture of 1200 items, which was narrowed down to 21 papers, including some relevant interventions from Canada and the UK too.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The literature demonstrates extensive experience of using theatre interventions, which used a variety of performance modalities. Theatre is used as a way of inspiring change, eliciting data from audience members and participants and as a way of disseminating public health messages or research findings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We conclude with observations about areas which deserve further attention, such as critical deconstruction of expert-approved health messages, or the potential of the originating radical theatrical traditions to question patterns of power and legitimacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145795160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring social worker views on transgender and non-binary rights in Aotearoa New Zealand using a poemish method.","authors":"Georgina Guild, Laura Ann Chubb, Meg Rae, Eileen Joy, Liz Beddoe","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2603362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2603362","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The resurgence of queerphobic discourses has created narratives of social and moral crisis that frame LGBTQ+ rights as existential threats to traditional values and national identities. Such discourses perpetuate systemic discrimination, stigma, and inequitable access to, and experiences of, a range of health and social services. As professionals with a social justice mandate, social workers can support transgender and non-binary (TNB) individuals to reduce disparities in mental health, violence, and accessing affirming care amongst other areas. Despite the growing visibility of TNB communities, limited research exists on how social workers engage with these identities in practice. This study explores social workers' views on the rights and acceptance of TNB individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An anonymous online qualitative survey (September - December 2023) captured responses from 120 social workers. Data were analysed inductively and presented using the \"poemish\" method, whereby participant responses were shaped into haiku. Thirty-seven haiku were developed and grouped into ten haiku sequences, reflecting a spectrum of perspectives.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>10 haiku sequences were chosen to represent recurring significant ideas, or motifs, that included beliefs in gender-affirming care as a human right, fears of speaking openly, binary thinking, reliance on neutrality despite holding anti-TNB views, and the need for gender-specific training.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Ethical, inclusive care requires structural commitments across social work education, accreditation, and workplace training. Our findings highlight the urgent need for consistent, systemic education on gender-affirming practice and we offer research poetry as a potential tool to support learning.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145764299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of the arts at the intersection of climate change and public Health: findings from an international survey.","authors":"Elisabeth Bahr, Sammi Munson, Tarah Wright, Marla Minkoff, Ameer Shaheed, Tessa Brinza, Zoe Moula, Ian Garrett, Chantal Bilodeau, Nisha Sajnani","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2584236","DOIUrl":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2584236","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Climate change poses significant and escalating threats to public health globally, affecting physical and mental health through direct impacts such as extreme weather events and indirect pathways including food insecurity and displacement. Despite growing recognition of culture and the arts as potential resources for health promotion and climate action, the specific role of the arts in addressing climate-related health impacts remains under-explored and suboptimally integrated into public health and environmental policy frameworks.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the role of the arts in addressing the health impacts of climate change from the perspective of experts working at the intersections of arts, health, and climate action.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional survey study using snowball sampling recruited participants with self-identified expertise at the intersections of arts, health, and climate change. The survey instrument collected qualitative data on perceived roles of arts-based interventions in this domain and barriers to their implementation. Responses were analyzed using thematic analysis to identify key themes and patterns.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventy-nine participants (N = 79) from diverse geographic regions globally completed the survey. Analysis revealed four meaningful roles that the arts can play in addressing climate-related health impacts: (1) bringing people together to build community and solidarity; (2) raising awareness and communicating complex information; (3) solving problems collectively; and (4) providing space for emotional processing and healing. Four primary barriers to expanding arts-based work were identified: (1) funding limitations; (2) other resource constraints; (3) collaboration challenges; and (4) lack of recognition and legitimacy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The arts offer multiple pathways for addressing the health impacts of climate change, though structural barriers limit their implementation and scale. Findings have implications for policymakers, climate scientists, artists, and healthcare professionals seeking to integrate arts-based approaches into climate-health interventions and adaptation strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145702314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health education empowered through arts interventions.","authors":"Awu Isaac Oben","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2597255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2597255","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Health Education Empowered Through Arts Interventions</i> emerged from personal encounters with illness, stigma, and resilience during the #COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Living in Chongqing, China, near Wuhan (my previous resident), the outbreak's epicenter, I witnessed the fear, isolation, and xenophobia that spread as rapidly as the virus itself. Friends in Wuhan and Chinese nationals abroad faced discrimination and xenophobic attacks that deepened their psychological wounds. Around the same time (2020), a neighbor living with HIV/AIDS in my home community took her own life after enduring years of stigma and social rejection. These intertwined tragedies revealed to me that illness extends beyond the physical; it erodes dignity, identity, and mental well-being when met with prejudice. Yet, amid despair, I observed art's quiet power to heal. During lockdowns, murals, music, and theatre emerged as vital forms of comfort and education, bridging divides in places where words and systems failed. This poem challenges societal stigma surrounding illnesses such as COVID-19, AIDS and mental health, asserting they should not be criminalized or demonized. It portrays art, through music, theatre, and painting, as therapeutic expression, transforming pain into strength, addressing physical and mental health, and fostering community connections that bridge healthcare and emotional healing. It embodies lament and hope, presenting art as a medium for empathy, awareness, and healing. The poem also underscores art's role as an effective form of health education and social medicine, one capable of rebuilding community, restoring self-worth, and fostering resilience vital for health and recovery amid crises and ill-health.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145641178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Landscapes of silence: designing quiet art spaces for inner peace in urban chaos.","authors":"Hang Yu","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2593865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2593865","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Urban environments increasingly cause sensory overload and psychological fatigue. Green spaces offer some relief, but few designs use silence as a therapeutic tool.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study introduces Silent Art Landscapes (SALs), urban spaces that combine art and sound-moderating features. It explores how contemplative, acoustically sensitive landscapes can support inner peace and mental well-being in cities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a mixed-methods approach, we conducted environmental soundscape assessments, on-site behavioral observations, and semi-structured interviews at three quiet urban art installations in dense metropolitan areas.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants reported reduced anxiety, heightened emotional clarity, and a sense of \"mental refuge.\" Reflective surfaces, sound-dampening topography, and interactive light-and-shadow installations contributed to a sense of tranquility.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This research demonstrates the potential of SALs as non-pharmacological multisensory interventions. This approach offers valuable implications for future urban planning, therapeutic design, and public health policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145589452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nine years, eight counts.","authors":"Zhixun Zhang","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2589804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2589804","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This poem is an autoethnographic poem narrating a nine-year trajectory in Korea, from undergraduate study to the doctorate, and from dancer to scholar in dance, theatre, and performance studies. As the only foreign student in the university's dance department, the author experienced prolonged isolation and exclusion that intensified into self-doubt, before a subsequent move to a theatre-focused program and entry into academic work facilitated a gradual emergence from the shadows of the undergraduate years. Framed by recurring motifs of circle, counts, and light, the poem traverses studio, black-box theatre, library, and corridor to show how linguistic barriers and cultural othering, within arts-based intervention, are embodied and transformed into practices of self-repair and self-care: the body is re-centered, \"foreign land\" is renamed from within, and exclusion becomes sustainable practice and posture. The work calls on universities and communities to establish accessible support networks, provide culturally responsive arts-based interventions and peer support, and evaluate inclusion by felt belonging rather than numerical indicators, while using poetic narrative to illuminate individual resilience and pathways of self-care under adverse conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145524640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Creative arts and healing among veterans: impacts of community-based photography workshops on veterans' well-being and quality of life.","authors":"Bonnie M Vest, Samantha D Peterman, Brendan Bannon, Vasiliki P Neofotistos","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2584237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2584237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong><i>The Odyssey Project</i> is a unique non-clinical participatory photography program for veterans. We evaluated the <i>Odyssey Project</i>'s impact on participants' mental health, social connection, well-being, and quality of life and gathered insights into how the arts support veterans.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 25 <i>Odyssey</i> participants. Transcripts underwent rapid qualitative analysis, producing matrixed summaries and identifying themes across these summaries.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Veterans reported improved mental health, social relationships, belonging, perspectives on military service, sense of self, and self-acceptance. Veterans felt art was useful for processing and reconnecting with their emotions. Some participants offered suggestions for program improvement.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Odyssey participants experienced positive impacts that had ripple effects through their lives and valued using the arts to tell their stories. <i>The Odyssey Project</i> sits in a \"sweet spot\" between clinical art therapy and other less immersive veterans' community arts programs, making it appealing to veterans struggling with reintegration.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145483440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Art-based interventions for health and wellbeing in rural, remote and island communities: a literature review of current research.","authors":"Carolina Borda-Nino-Wildman, Zoi Simopoulou","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2025.2581966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2581966","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Approximately half of the global population resides in remote regions, yet healthcare resources remain disproportionately concentrated in urban areas. Social and geographical isolation exacerbate health disparities, resulting in limited access to services for rural, remote and island communities. This paper explores how arts-based health interventions respond to these inequalities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a literature review of research studies published over the past two decades.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Arts-based health interventions have emerged as a promising approach to addressing disparities and enhancing overall health and wellbeing. The arts support healthcare literacy, individual agency, self-expression and a strengthened sense of community presence and identity. Creative practices rooted in local and Indigenous traditions foster sustainable and meaningful relationships between people and place, enabling a sense of connected belonging and intergenerational historicity. Active community participation, trustful relationships between stakeholders and communities, and an appreciation of cultural differences are seen to increase the effectiveness of these interventions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings of this review aim to inform policymakers, practitioners and researchers about the potential and challenges of arts-based health interventions in remote and marginalised communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145472049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}