Arts, Health and Well-Being

Norma Daykin is Professor in New Social Research at Tampere University, Finland, Professor Emerita in Arts in Health at the University of the West of England, UK and a visiting Professor in Arts as Wellbeing at the University of Winchester, UK. She is a social scientist known for her award-winning research on arts, health and well-being. Her research has spanned a wide range of methodologies and topics, from the impact of hospital design on patient well-being through to the impact of participatory arts in mental health, primary care, community and justice settings.

Professor Norma Daykin is one of our most experienced and respected arts and health academics and her work is highly valued by everyone involved in this burgeoning area of practice, research and policy. The book is characterised by great clarity of thought and a deep understanding of the history of the field. It is particularly timely that Norma offers a new lens on our work with her focus on social movement theory as we build on the current momentum in the UK and internationallyAlex Coulter, director of Arts & Health South West (AHSW)Norma Daykin provides an engaging, concise and critical introduction to the growing field of arts and health. It offers the reader insights into the various ways in which the creative arts contribute to health care but also offers a challenge to traditional biomedical perspectives on health and illness.Stephen Clift, Director Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University

• Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The international field of arts, health and well-beingChapter 3. Research and evidence in arts, health and well-beingChapter 4. Arts for health and community well-being: Examples from selected research studiesChapter 5. Arts, health and well-being as a social movementChapter 6. Boundary work and boundary objects in arts, health and well-beingChapter 7. Conclusions and implications for future researchIndex