Research projects
Advancing knowledge of how social factors affect our health
We investigate how social connections and behaviours impact people’s health, including:
- Social assets: e.g. social connections, arts and culture, communities, leisure, nature, social prescribing
- Social deficits: e.g. loneliness, isolation, social restrictions during health emergencies
All our past and current projects are listed below
(Note that completed projects are indicated by a tick)
Music and Motherhood
Initial trial exploring the impact of singing for symptoms of postnatal depression
HeArts
Investigating the Health, Economic, and Social impact of the ARTs
INgredients iN ArTs in hEalth (INNATE) Framework
A framework exploring the active ingredients of arts in health activities
Arts and Health: Designing and researching interventions
How to go about undertaking research and practice in the field of arts in health.
Social Prescribing and electronic patient records
Using data from the Whole Systems Integrated Care (WSIC) dataset to evaluate the impact and outcomes of personalised care across North West London
Get Creative (BBC)
A partnership with the BBC investigating how creative activities affect our emotions and mental health.
Multi-level leisure mechanisms framework
A theoretical framework of mechanisms of action by which leisure activities could affect health
Drumming for Mental Health
Exploring the psychosocial and biological impact of drumming for people with a diagnosed mental health condition.
ORIGIN (Optimising cultural experiences for mental health in marginalised young people online )
Exploring how online cultural experiences support marginalised young people