@article{4153fe1e2c95403a974ecff38fe910bb,
title = "The Creative turn in evidence for public health: community and arts-based methodologies",
abstract = "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 {\textquoteleft}evidence{\textquoteright} 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{\textquoteright}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.",
keywords = "methods , public health , Communities, Wales",
author = "Roiyah Saltus and Ellie Byrne and Eva Elliott and Jen Angharad",
year = "2018",
month = mar,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1093/pubmed/fdx151",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "i24--i30",
journal = "Journal of Public Health",
issn = "1741-3850",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "Supplement 1",
}