Creative arts as a public health resource: Moving from practice-based research to evidence-based practice

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 120-127

  Clift, Stephen ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community health; creative arts; cultural capital; evidence based practice; health care; practice based evidence

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ART; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL VALUE; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERT WITNESS; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SINGING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ART; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861837050     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913912442269     Document Type: Review

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