USA Timeline 2017
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Talking about Arts in Health
A report on addressing the language used to describe the discipline of Arts in Health from a higher education perspective in the USA.
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Staying Engaged: Health patterns of older Americans who participate in the Arts
A report by the National Endowment for the Arts on positive health and well-being outcomes for older adults who participate in both creating Art and attending Art.
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Lullaby: Being Together, Being Well
A report on a project which pairs pregnant women and new mothers with professional artists to write and sing personal lullabies for their babies supporting well-being of both parent and child.
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Arts, Health, and Well-being in America
This white paper from the National Organization for Arts in Health illustrates how arts are being used to enhance the healing environments and patient experience, provide essential clinical-care services, support caregiver wellness, and public health.
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Guide to Community-Engaged Research in the Arts and Health
A guide advising arts practitioners and biomedical or behavioral health researchers how to partner effectively in documenting and studying the contributions of community-based arts programs to positive health outcomes.
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Project HEAL. The Artist as Catalyst for Change: Health Impact Assessment
Developed by a team of artists, curators, community activists, social innovators, health professionals and scientists, Project HEAL (Health. Equity. Art. Learning.) is a cultural blueprint for creative, just, healthy communities, and presents a model that could potentially be replicated across America.
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Impact Thinking: A research approach to enhance human potential in health, wellbeing and learning through the arts
This paper from International Arts+Minds Lab, proposes Impact Thinking, a consensus framework for documenting, disseminating, and scaling evidence-based arts + mind approaches to health, wellbeing, and learning.