Heart House Hospice (HHH) initiated our health and wellness program in 2015 with a grant from Baxter International.That grant provided us with the preliminary data to apply to the Ontario Trillium for continued funding for this project.
Using digital storytelling to enhance patient care and medical/health professional education.
This report is a literature review and gap-analysis of recent research about the arts’ relationship to social-emotional benefits in early childhood.
This preliminary study sought evidence of the degree to which self-determination and locus of control might be valuable constructs to study in relation to fine arts participation in adults with complex developmental disabilities.
Guided by the biopsychosocial model of health and theories of social epidemiology, the aim of this study was to develop a framework pertaining to the relationship between arts engagement and population health that included outcomes, confounders and effect modifiers.
“Joining the Spectrum”: An Interdisciplinary Research Inquiry into Theatre as Intervention for Youth with the Autism Diagnosis (ASD) explores the transformative potential of theatre as a liminal art for youth with autism, neurotypical youth (NT), and their families and the audiences.
There is an expanding field of research into how making or listening to music can improve wellbeing. As a spontaneous, social, creative nonverbal process unfolding in real time, musical improvisation between individuals is a unique psychological phenomenon distinct from other areas of musical activity.
This evidence review covers he value of arts & culture within four major areas: economy, health & well-being, society & education.
There is implicit consensus that the arts play a positive role in most societies, with good reason. They can have positive social externalities by generating events for social gatherings and creative exchange. They enhance our visual and auditory environments. They are as old as human existence and the most notable works far outlast the lifetimes of their creators. But how can we measure the contribution that the arts make to society and to human well-being?
Information about the effectiveness of music from randomised controlled trials will only ever partially answer questions about whether individual patients should try it. Meanwhile the safety, freedom from side effects, and acceptability of music leads us to conclude that we should be encouraging patients to listen to music to try to alleviate their pain.