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Arts and health is a broad field defined by its use of the arts to improve health and wellbeing. But Australia lacks a cohesive arts and health organisation.
Art, music and poetry therapy can help patients feel more optimistic and less isolated as well as to embrace the uncertainty that comes with illness.
2023 will mark the ten year anniversary of Australia’s National Arts and Health Framework. Our new research points the way forward from here.
Active arts activities where you are an active participant will best help you through the long days of lockdown.
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Associate Professor, Cultural Policy and Creative Industries, Adelaide University
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Dean (Research), College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University
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Assistant Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, University of Washington
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Professor of Creative and Performing Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Photography, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct Research Fellow at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative, The University of Melbourne