Inequalities, the arts and public health: Towards an international conversation

Inequalities, the arts and public health: Towards an international conversation

This paper considers how participatory arts informed by thinking in public health can play a significant part internationally in addressing inequalities in health. It looks beyond national overviews of arts and health to consider what would make for meaningful international practice, citing recent initiatives of national networks in English-speaking countries and examples of influential develop...

Health psychology and the arts: a conversation.

Critical approaches within health psychology continue to explore new methods of working and new theoretical ideas from other disciplines. One area that remains under-explored is the potential links with the arts. This special issue contains a selection of empirical and theoretical reports on the linkages between health psychology and the arts. It includes arts and health projects in clinical, c...

Arts, public health and the National Arts and Health Framework: a lexicon for health professionals.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2016 vol. 40 no. 4 © 2016 Public Health Association of Australia Following the implementation of the World Health Organization’s Health for All strategy, the ‘Arts and Health’ movement started to gain momentum in Australia as a means of improving public health, promoting social inclusion and reducing health inequalities.1,2 The field of arts a...

share of nations in 37 international public health journals: an equity and diversity perspective towards health research capacity building

background: this paper contributes to further exploration of inequity in access to health research capacity development by examining the representation of different nations in international public health journals.  it also aims to examine the degree of diversity that exists in these journals. methods: this study is a descriptive survey. it was done with objective sampling on 37 isi health journ...

The new International Health Regulations: an historic development for international law and public health.