Arts & Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Arts & Health is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
“We are still doing some magic”: Exploring the effectiveness of online therapeutic clowning20
Applying arts to health interventions and health research in Ghana: a scoping review19
Creating healing spaces and promoting well-being through clay-work in children’s hospitals18
The effectiveness of art therapy in addressing emotional and behavioral issues and enhancing self-esteem of children living in residential childcare institutions: a feasibility study in Kerala, India13
Crafting representations of rare disease: collage as qualitative inquiry9
The use of creative art therapy to address the mental health of refugee adolescents: a systematic review8
Reflections from the Culture Box Live exhibition and training course8
Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences8
What are the research priorities in dance for dementia? A co-created agenda to support equitable research7
Correction7
Dance harnesses humanity in exercise: perceptions of dance following an adapted dance program for people with chronic stroke6
Singing for self-affirmation and healing: how Black young people articulate growth and mental health through music6
Creative writing as a means to recover from early psychosis– Experiences from a group intervention6
Visual representations of coping with body dysmorphic disorder: a multimodal hermeneutic phenomenological approach6
Dying matters – innovating spaces to foster end-of-life discussions with applied theatre5
Connecting the dots: The state of arts and health in Singapore5
Using Ripple Effects Mapping to understand the longer-term impacts of delivering a dance programme for older adults on dance artists5
“When I go back to painting, I am ‘Alice in Wonderland”: older women coping with age-related crises through visual artmaking4
How participatory arts can contribute to Dutch older adults’ wellbeing – revisiting a taxonomy of arts interventions for people with dementia4
Help is on its Way: Exploring the Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes of a Massed Community Choir Program4
Resourcing the arts for youth well-being: challenges in Aotearoa New Zealand4
“Enough reality that you took it seriously, enough humour that you kept watching”: a qualitative analysis of student reception of Larry Saves the Canadian healthcare system4
Reducing tobacco and nicotine use among women in treatment for substance use disorder: evaluation of the knit to quit program4
The use of “art” as a resource in recovery from the impact of sexual abuse in childhood: A qualitative systematic review3
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) exploring the impact of a photography intervention on wellbeing and posttraumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic3
A medicine called art: a narrative analysis of women with multiple sclerosis’ perceptions of art classes in Iran3
Healing through music3
Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning2
“Always be relevant”: a phenomenological study of the actor’s workday2
The potential of narrative-based medicine interventions targeting hospital practitioner burnout: findings from a scoping review2
Care-giving experiences of parents of young people with PMLD and complex healthcare needs in the transition to adulthood years: a qualitative poetic synthesis2
A visit toDavid’s World: exploring the impact of a passive art intervention on hospitalized children’s wellbeing, engagement, and joy2
Physiotherapists use dance in their clinical practice in creative and diverse ways2
Decolonising research and folk media: a methodology for Exploring narratives of HIV and AIDS in rural Malawi2
Exploring the impact of expressive therapies on military veterans with PTSD: A systematic review2
Am I Broken? : A mixed-method analysis of an ethnotheatrical performance about women’s experiences with infertility and friendship2
Experiences of acquired brain injury survivors participating in online and hybrid performance arts programmes: an ethnographic study2
Exploring the role of creative arts in recovery following a suicide attempt amongst healthcare staff1
Impact of dance interventions on the symptoms of dementia: A mixed-methods systematic review1
The theatre as therapy for military veterans? Exploring the mechanisms which impact psychosocial well-being and social connections during theatre-based programmes1
Dance with the senses. A dance class with visual impaired and sighted children in a conservatory: one-year experience1
Effectiveness of creative arts-based interventions for treating children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events: a systematic review of the quantitative evidence and meta-analysis1
Promoting the well-being of infants and caregivers through music: insights from the lullaby project’s international convening1
Enhancing social connections through an acting and improvisation course for older Americans in low-income housing1
Efficacy of a theatre-based intervention in patients with Parkinson’s disease1
The need for robust critique of arts and health research: the treatment of the Gene Cohen et al. (2006) paper on singing, wellbeing and health in subsequent evidence reviews1
Negotiating boundaries: reflections on the ethics of arts-based and artistic research in care contexts1
“ How I Learned About Consent ”: Influences of research-based theatre on sexual consent attitudes1
The impact of arts-inclusive programs on young children’s mental health and wellbeing: a rapid review1
Theatre, disability and wellbeing: addressing best practice and creative outcomes across disabled and non-disabled communities through an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis1
“To do and see what happens, instead of planning for something to happen”, a qualitative study on how professional artists working in a palliative care setting shape their practice1
Videoconference-based Creativity Workshops for mental health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic1
An investigation of the acute effects of dance on heart rate variability in people with Parkinson’s1
Music facilitation styles and behaviours across the health-care continuum: explanatory multiple case studies1
The complex nature of boundary work in arts and health: a reflective journey in a social design project1
Exploring facilitator perspectives on four participatory music-based interventions for perinatal mental health: a qualitative study1
Exploring the experiences of high-risk groups during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown through creative methods1
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