Resources
EpiArts Lab Publications on the Impact of Arts and Health
Research and Studies
This page includes a list of reports, research, and studies on the impact of arts and cultural engagement on population health outcomes from the University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine.
Accessibility: Creativity & Aging
Reports
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) have published a report from the May 2015 Summit on Creativity and Aging in America, which offers recommendations on how to foster …
Arts Council England: Social Prescribing
Websites
From the Website: Social prescribing can connect people to a range of activities that are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations such as volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating …
Visionaries: A South Asian Arts and Ageing Counter Narrative (Full Report)
Reports
From the Full Report: This piece of scoping work, commissioned from Arti Prashar OBE and Elizabeth Lynch MBE, is an important step for CADA’s development of an inclusive approach to creative ageing. This report celebrates …
Visionaries: A South Asian Arts and Ageing Counter Narrative (Executive Summary)
Reports
From the Executive Summary: This piece of scoping work, commissioned from Arti Prashar OBE and Elizabeth Lynch MBE, is an important step for CADA’s development of an inclusive approach to creative ageing. This report celebrates …
The Greater Manchester Creative Health Strategy
Reports
From the Executive Summary: In sections arranged from birth to old age, this strategy illustrates how creative health approaches can contribute to reducing inequities across the life course. In the early years, creative health has …
Creative Aging in Wyoming Public Libraries Evaluation Report
Reports
From the evaluation report: Creative Aging in Wyoming Public Libraries is a statewide initiative intended to strengthen Wyoming public libraries as community anchors for positive and creative aging, and to expand arts learning opportunities for …
Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & the Arts
Reports
From the report by Culture Track and E.A. Michelson Philanthropy: In just a few years, and for the first time in history, Americans age 65 and older will outnumber those under 18. Older adults today …
A National Survey of Adults 45 and Older: Loneliness and Social Connections
Reports
In 2018 AARP commissioned “A National Survey of Adults 45 and Older: Loneliness and Social Connections.” Among the findings was a startling statistic: 1/3 of US adults ages 45 and over feel lonely. Other facts, …
A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of an Intergenerational Arts and Heritage-Based Intervention in Singapore: Project ARTISAN
via Frontiers in Psychology | Reports
This report is important as one of the few randomized control trials involving intergenerational arts. It is also exceptionally thorough, describing and discussing all aspects of a participatory art and group-based program titled ARTISAN (Aspiration …