This paper presents research findings that help to understand how museum programs created opportunities to enhance wellbeing and health, and changed experiences of social isolation in older adults.
The Ontario government is providing more than $1 million in additional annual funding specifically targeted at improving access to core and specialized mental health and addictions services for children and youth in Northwestern Ontario.
This review explores recent research on arts-based programs and arts therapies.The review focuses on the following three populations: 1) at-risk youths, 2) justice-involved youths, and 3) traumatized youths.
Heart House Hospice (HHH) initiated our health and wellness program in 2015 with a grant from Baxter International.That grant provided us with the preliminary data to apply to the Ontario Trillium for continued funding for this project.
Using digital storytelling to enhance patient care and medical/health professional education.
This report is a literature review and gap-analysis of recent research about the arts’ relationship to social-emotional benefits in early childhood.
This preliminary study sought evidence of the degree to which self-determination and locus of control might be valuable constructs to study in relation to fine arts participation in adults with complex developmental disabilities.
Guided by the biopsychosocial model of health and theories of social epidemiology, the aim of this study was to develop a framework pertaining to the relationship between arts engagement and population health that included outcomes, confounders and effect modifiers.
“Joining the Spectrum”: An Interdisciplinary Research Inquiry into Theatre as Intervention for Youth with the Autism Diagnosis (ASD) explores the transformative potential of theatre as a liminal art for youth with autism, neurotypical youth (NT), and their families and the audiences.
There is an expanding field of research into how making or listening to music can improve wellbeing. As a spontaneous, social, creative nonverbal process unfolding in real time, musical improvisation between individuals is a unique psychological phenomenon distinct from other areas of musical activity.