Critical perspectives on Arts on Prescription

The positive outcomes of engaging in the arts are increasingly reported in the research literature, supporting the use of the arts to enhance individual and community health and wellbeing. However, little attention is given to the less positive aspects of arts engagement. In some countries, healthcare practitioners and link workers can refer service-users experiencing mental health issues to social interventions such as Arts on Prescription (AoP) programmes. This critical review identifies problematic issues across such social prescriptions and AoP, including failures in arts and health projects, participants’ negative experiences, and an absence of ethical guidelines for arts and health practice. Furthermore, it is evident that there is a lack of awareness and knowledge within healthcare systems, leading to inappropriate referrals, failure to take account of individual preferences, and a lack of communication between the third sector and healthcare services. Significantly, it is also unclear who holds the health responsibility for AoP participants. This article raises more questions than it answers, but for AoP to be effectively embedded in healthcare practice, the issues highlighted need to be addressed in order to safeguard participants and support the effective implementation of programmes more widely.

Jensen, A.Lund University,Lunds universitet,Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier,Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,Allmänmedicin och klinisk epidemiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Division of Art History and Visual Studies,Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology,Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology,Lund University Research Groups,Aalborg University,Anglia Ruskin University(Swepub:lu)an6338je (author)
Holt, N.University of the West of England (author)
Anglia Ruskin UniversityAvdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier (creator_code:org_t)

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