This research was conducted by Lars Olov Bygren and five others at Universities in Sweden, Norway and the USA.
This paper describes a long-term study looking at correlations between taking part in certain cultural activities and cancer mortality. In general, people in urban areas who frequently attended cultural events …
This research was conducted by Claudia Sardu and three other people at the University of Cagliari, Italy.
This paper tells the story of how a community arts project in 1979 galvanised the inhabitants of a village in Sardinia, leaving them empowered to develop together as a coherent unit, rather than …
This research was conducted by Brenda Pavill at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA
This paper outlines the various ways in which student nurses benefit from taking an art module in their training. It describes what happened as part of The Creative Project, a component within a nursing training …
This research was conducted by Gene D. Cohen and five others at George Washington University and other institutions, USA
This paper reports the results of a study into the effects of a cultural programme on the physical and mental health of the elderly. The research is based on a study …
This research was conducted by Lars Olov Bygren and seven others at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden and elsewhere
The paper reports the results of an experiment in which 101 people were randomly assigned to either engage in an arts experience or do nothing artistic at all. The types of …
This research was conducted by Kari Batt-Rawden at the Eastern Norway Research Institute, Norway
The research asked people with long-term illnesses in Norway the role and significance that music played in their lives, and how they used music for specific health and wellbeing purposes. Although cautious of drawing conclusions from …
This research was conducted by Gunter Kreutz, Stephan Bongard, Sonja Rohrmann, Volker Hodapp, and Dorothee Grebe at Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany [Now at the University of Oldenburg, Germany]
The research compared the levels of immunoglobulin A (S-IgA), cortisol and emotional states of people after they had participated in …
This research was conducted by Stephen Clift and Grenville Hancox at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
This paper reports the results of a study of 1124 choral singers from Australia, Germany and England. The choirs varied greatly in character, make-up and repertoire. The study asked about people’s singing experiences and …
This research was conducted by Alex C. Michalos and P. Maurine Kahlke at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
This paper reports the findings of a large-scale survey that was designed specifically to measure the impact of arts engagement on the quality of life of the population of British …
This research was conducted by Markku T. Hyyppä, Juhani Mäki, Olli Impivaara and Arpo Aromaa at the National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland
This paper examined data from a survey from the 1970s in Finland which followed a nationally representative sample of adults (aged 30+) over a 20 year period. …