Arts for Health projects
Arts for Health projects
The impacts of taking part in arts activities on health and wellbeing
The impacts of taking part in arts activities on health and wellbeing
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‘Space to Explore’ Evaluation (2023-25), High Peak Community Arts (The National Lottery)
‘It's in Our Nature' Evaluation (2023-24), High Peak Community Arts (The National Lottery Community Fund – The People’s Projects)
Project eARTh 3 Evaluation (2020-23), High Peak Community Arts
Reading is Caring Evaluation (2020-21), Scottish Book Trust
‘Forty Years On’ Evaluation (2019-22), High Peak Community Arts (for National Lottery Heritage Fund)
Research into Words in Mind, Kirklees (2019), Words in Mind/Third Sector Leaders Kirklees
There's No Bus Map for Dementia (2018-19), Arts Council England
The impact of educational comics on feelings and attitudes towards health conditions (2014-15), Wellcome Trust (Medical Humanities)
Freely available publications about arts for health
Freely available publications about arts for health
Project eARTh 2020-23 Evaluation Report
'Bibliotherapy in the UK: historical development and future directions' , Informatio, 2021, with Liz Brewster
'Bibliotherapy in practice: a person-centred approach to using books for mental health and dementia in the community', Medical Humanities, 2020, with Liz Brewster
‘Co-creating a graphic illness narrative with people with dementia’, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 2020, with Cathy Leamy
Words in Mind Evaluation Report, 2019, with Liz Brewster
'Creating a comic about living with dementia', Age of Creativity, 2019
'Bibliotherapy and graphic medicine' in S. McNicol and L. Brewster (eds), Bibliotherapy, London: Facet, 2018
'How dementia is portrayed in comics', The Conversation, 2018
'The potential of educational comics as a health information medium', Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2016
'Reading health-education comics critically: challenging power relationships' in S.McNicol (ed), Critical Literacy for Information Professionals, London: Facet, 2016
'Humanising illness: presenting health information in educational comics', Medical Humanities, 2014
The publications below are behind paywalls. But if you don't have access to these, please get in touch to request a copy or more information.
Bibliotherapy, London: Facet, 2018, with Liz Brewster
'Theories of bibliotherapy' in S. McNicol and L. Brewster (eds), Bibliotherapy, London: Facet, 2018
’"Dude! You mean you've never eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?!?" Nut Allergy as Stigma in Comic Books', Health Communication, 2013, with Simon Weaver
'Supporting patients and family members through health education comics', Way Ahead: The periodical for health professionals with an interest in MS, 2016
'Exploring the potential of health education comics to support patients and family members', ALISS Quarterly, 2016
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