Health communication and the arts in the United States: a scoping review

J Sonke, K Sams, J Morgan-Daniel… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
J Sonke, K Sams, J Morgan-Daniel, N Schaefer, V Pesata, T Golden, H Stuckey
American Journal of Health Promotion, 2021journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Guided by the hypothesis that the arts can play a role in changing attitudes,
beliefs, and health behaviors, the objectives of the study were to (1) overview artistic
practices, interventions, and research being conducted at the intersection of the arts and
health communication and (2) identify desired and observed outcomes and variables
measured in these studies. Data Source: The search strategy was developed iteratively with
2 health science librarians and conducted using 8 databases (Applied Social Sciences …
Objectives
Guided by the hypothesis that the arts can play a role in changing attitudes, beliefs, and health behaviors, the objectives of the study were to (1) overview artistic practices, interventions, and research being conducted at the intersection of the arts and health communication and (2) identify desired and observed outcomes and variables measured in these studies.
Data Source
The search strategy was developed iteratively with 2 health science librarians and conducted using 8 databases (Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Art and Architecture Source, CINAHL, Communication and Mass Media Complete, ERIC, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science) and hand searching. Articles included were published between 2014 and 2018.
Study Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria include US nonclinical setting and use of the arts (broadly defined) to change health knowledge, beliefs, behaviors, or awareness. Any articles not meeting inclusion criteria were excluded.
Data Extraction
Covidence’s data extraction tool exported to MS Excel.
Data Synthesis
This final set of results was analyzed and synthesized by research design, population, sample size, health issue, purpose, variables measured, and findings.
Results
In all, 78 articles met inclusion criteria. Number of participants ranged from 4 to 2140 (mean = 179); 61 (78.2%) outcome studies, including 8 experimental studies; 17 (21.79%) formative research or reports. Many different health topics were addressed and different art forms used.
Conclusion
The arts can help build knowledge and awareness of health issues. The authors highlight the need to build an evidence base for arts and public health.
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