Supporting healthy communities through arts programs
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Vicki-Ann Ware (2014) Supporting healthy communities through arts programs, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 21 September 2024.
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Vicki-Ann Ware. (2014). Supporting healthy communities through arts programs. Canberra: AIHW.
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Vicki-Ann Ware. Supporting healthy communities through arts programs. AIHW, 2014.
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Vicki-Ann Ware. Supporting healthy communities through arts programs. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Vicki-Ann Ware 2014, Supporting healthy communities through arts programs, AIHW, Canberra.
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Healthy communities are communities in which people have the physical and mental health and wellbeing needed to conduct their daily lives. The purpose of this paper is to review the available evidence of a range of arts programs in relation to their effects on supporting and building healthy Indigenous communities.
- ISSN: 2201-845X
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-534-7
- Cat. no: IHW 115
- Pages: 15
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Arts can provide safe places for people to learn new skills, deal with trauma, and build social networks
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There is some evidence that participation in arts programs can reduce crime
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The effects of arts programs can be powerful and transformative. However, these effects tend to be indirect
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Art coupled with ceremony are integral to cultural continuity and cultural maintenance for Indigenous Australians