TY - JOUR

T1 - The Creative turn in evidence for public health

T2 - community and arts-based methodologies

AU - Saltus, Roiyah

AU - Byrne, Ellie

AU - Elliott, Eva

AU - Angharad, Jen

PY - 2018/3/9

Y1 - 2018/3/9

N2 - BackgroundWe propose that arts based methodologies can be of value in the production and exchange of evidence in supporting public health related policy. This paper reports on a collaborative piece of work resulting from two projects which took place in a former coal mining town in South Wales.MethodsWe used a participatory framework whereby researchers, community members and artists co-produced ‘evidence’ through the creative arts to inform public policy. We collected a range of data using a number of different techniques. including interviews, focus groups and observation, but also included an extensive range of creative activities.ResultsThe data provided a diverse range of perspectives on how people of different ages live their lives. The People’s Platform was a performance-based debate which was the culmination of the collaboration. The show involved a series of short performances with time for facilitated discussion in-between. It was felt that the show facilitated knowledge exchange on health and wellbeing issues that are usually difficult to express and understand through traditional forms of evidence.ConclusionWhilst arts-based approaches are not free from risk, they offer an alternative form of knowledge as a necessary complement to the range of data available to policy makers.

AB - BackgroundWe propose that arts based methodologies can be of value in the production and exchange of evidence in supporting public health related policy. This paper reports on a collaborative piece of work resulting from two projects which took place in a former coal mining town in South Wales.MethodsWe used a participatory framework whereby researchers, community members and artists co-produced ‘evidence’ through the creative arts to inform public policy. We collected a range of data using a number of different techniques. including interviews, focus groups and observation, but also included an extensive range of creative activities.ResultsThe data provided a diverse range of perspectives on how people of different ages live their lives. The People’s Platform was a performance-based debate which was the culmination of the collaboration. The show involved a series of short performances with time for facilitated discussion in-between. It was felt that the show facilitated knowledge exchange on health and wellbeing issues that are usually difficult to express and understand through traditional forms of evidence.ConclusionWhilst arts-based approaches are not free from risk, they offer an alternative form of knowledge as a necessary complement to the range of data available to policy makers.

KW - methods

KW - public health

KW - Communities

KW - Wales

U2 - 10.1093/pubmed/fdx151

DO - 10.1093/pubmed/fdx151

M3 - Article

C2 - 29538726

VL - 40

SP - i24-i30

JO - Journal of Public Health

JF - Journal of Public Health

SN - 1741-3842

IS - Supplement 1

M1 - 4925600

ER -