Arts engagement supports social connectedness in adulthood: findings from the HEartS Survey

R Perkins, A Mason-Bertrand, U Tymoszuk, N Spiro… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Loneliness is a public health challenge, associated with premature mortality
and poorer health outcomes. Social connections can mitigate against loneliness, and there …

Arts engagement trends in the United Kingdom and their mental and social wellbeing implications: HEartS Survey

U Tymoszuk, N Spiro, R Perkins, A Mason-Bertrand… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Evidence on the role of the arts in promoting health and wellbeing has grown over the last
two decades. In the United Kingdom, studies using secondary data sources have …

[HTML][HTML] How arts engagement supported social connectedness during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: findings from the HEartS …

R Perkins, SL Kaye, BB Zammit, A Mason-Bertrand… - Public Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives This study investigated how adults in the United Kingdom perceived their arts
and cultural engagement to facilitate social connectedness over two phases in the first year …