Public health

Aesop and BOP Consulting have published a new approach to helping practitioners and commissioners in the arts and social sectors to understand more about how arts interventions actually work.

A comparative analysis of six creative interventions designed for people diagnosed  with dementia across England and Wales

The King’s Fund has published a comprehensive report exploring NHS community services and calling for greater input for voluntary services.

The report analyses the current provision of community services and decries the silos which create challenges in health and care provision.

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations has co-produced The Art of the Possible with the Association of Directors of Public Health to support closer partnership work to prevent illness and improve existing conditions.

This new report and video from the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health sets out the findings from the Lambeth and Southwark Singing and COPD Project.

Public Health England has published a list of all 113 Directors of Public Health in England.

Researcher Francois Matarasso has published a paper exploring issues in delivering music projects aimed at tackling health and social outcomes.

A new paper on health and social marketing explores the potential for pop music to be harnessed as a health education tool.

The paper is one of a range of resources at http://www.sexanddrugsandrockandhealth.com/

A group of leading health researchers and academics have joined together to produce a new report exploring potential ways in which healthcare provision could be developed.