The Health Benefits of Knitting
Creative Health: The Arts for Health & Culture Report
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPGAHW) was formed in 2014 and aims to improve awareness of the benefits that the arts can bring to health and wellbeing. During 2015–17, the APPGAHW conducted an Inquiry into practice and research in the arts in health and social care, with a view to making recommendations to improve policy and practice.
http://www.artshealthandwellbeing.org.uk/appg-inquiry/
Professor John Ashton essay: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/value-sotacreate/Create_Digital_Singles_V1.pdf
'Let's invest in real health' is an essay in Create, A journal of perspectives on the value of Arts and Culture; Arts Council England Nov 2014 pp89 -96. The essay is written by former President of the Faculty of Public Health, Professor John Ashton. "The arts must be an explicit part of a healthy society".
Summaries of reports:
Each report below has a summary document containing image of the first page of report, internet link, contents and Executive Summary. A full copy of the report is also available:
Summary of 'An Evidence Review of the Impact of Participatory Arts on Older People'
An Evidence Review of the Impact of Participatory Arts on Older People
Summary of 'Be Creative. Be Well' report
Summary of 'Exploring the Longitudinal Relationship between Arts Engagement & Health'
Exploring the Longitudinal Relationship between Arts Engagement and Health