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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Applying arts to health interventions and health research in Ghana: a scoping review22
“We are still doing some magic”: Exploring the effectiveness of online therapeutic clowning21
Comparing Engagement Across Online Arts Forms in Older Adults: A Mixed-Methods Study of Five Disciplines16
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, India10
Crafting representations of rare disease: collage as qualitative inquiry10
The use of creative art therapy to address the mental health of refugee adolescents: a systematic review9
Creating healing spaces and promoting well-being through clay-work in children’s hospitals9
Transformative and therapeutic benefits of digital storytelling: a phenomenological lifeworlds study of Patient Voices participant experiences8
Reflections from the Culture Box Live exhibition and training course7
What are the research priorities in dance for dementia? A co-created agenda to support equitable research7
Dance harnesses humanity in exercise: perceptions of dance following an adapted dance program for people with chronic stroke7
Correction6
Using Ripple Effects Mapping to understand the longer-term impacts of delivering a dance programme for older adults on dance artists6
Visual representations of coping with body dysmorphic disorder: a multimodal hermeneutic phenomenological approach6
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
Resourcing the arts for youth well-being: challenges in Aotearoa New Zealand5
Dying matters – innovating spaces to foster end-of-life discussions with applied theatre5
How participatory arts can contribute to Dutch older adults’ wellbeing – revisiting a taxonomy of arts interventions for people with dementia4
“When I go back to painting, I am ‘Alice in Wonderland”: older women coping with age-related crises through visual artmaking4
Help is on its Way: Exploring the Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes of a Massed Community Choir Program4
Reducing tobacco and nicotine use among women in treatment for substance use disorder: evaluation of the knit to quit program4
“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 system3
The use of “art” as a resource in recovery from the impact of sexual abuse in childhood: A qualitative systematic review3
Connecting the dots: The state of arts and health in Singapore3
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
Rehearsing empathy: exploring the role of poetry in supporting learning2
Decolonising research and folk media: a methodology for Exploring narratives of HIV and AIDS in rural Malawi2
Experiences of acquired brain injury survivors participating in online and hybrid performance arts programmes: an ethnographic study2
Exploring the experiences of high-risk groups during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown through creative methods2
Healing through music2
Am I Broken? : A mixed-method analysis of an ethnotheatrical performance about women’s experiences with infertility and friendship2
Physiotherapists use dance in their clinical practice in creative and diverse ways2
The potential of narrative-based medicine interventions targeting hospital practitioner burnout: findings from a scoping review2
Exploring the role of creative arts in recovery following a suicide attempt amongst healthcare staff2
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 to David’s World : exploring the impact of a passive art intervention on hospitalized children’s wellbeing, engagement, and joy2
Enhancing medical students’ proficiency in coping with chronic health conditions – accounts of a poetic approach to learning in type 2 diabetes clinical simulation2
“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 practice2
“Always be relevant”: a phenomenological study of the actor’s workday2
Exploring the impact of expressive therapies on military veterans with PTSD: A systematic review2
Efficacy of a theatre-based intervention in patients with Parkinson’s disease1
Theatre, disability and wellbeing: addressing best practice and creative outcomes across disabled and non-disabled communities through an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis1
Promoting the well-being of infants and caregivers through music: insights from the lullaby project’s international convening1
“ How I Learned About Consent ”: Influences of research-based theatre on sexual consent attitudes1
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
Visual art- and music-based interventions as adjuvants in the treatment of eating disorders: a systematic review and a theoretical model1
Negotiating boundaries: reflections on the ethics of arts-based and artistic research in care contexts1
An investigation of the acute effects of dance on heart rate variability in people with Parkinson’s1
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
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
Photography and perinatal loss: parents’ experiences of memory-making and meaning1
Dance with the senses. A dance class with visual impaired and sighted children in a conservatory: one-year experience1
Enhancing social connections through an acting and improvisation course for older Americans in low-income housing1
Impact of dance interventions on the symptoms of dementia: A mixed-methods systematic review1
Videoconference-based Creativity Workshops for mental health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic1
Exploring facilitator perspectives on four participatory music-based interventions for perinatal mental health: a qualitative study1
The impact of arts-inclusive programs on young children’s mental health and wellbeing: a rapid review1
You’ve danced1
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