Public Art & Health

The WHO arts-and-health review has a broader scope

Research record PAH-009 · Finding, limitations, sources and publication relationships.

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· 2019 · WHO European Region

Findings, methods and sources

Policy & contextReviewContext / synthesis

Finding. The 2019 WHO review covers receptive and participatory activities across prevention, health promotion and treatment.

Limitation. Its overall findings cannot be presented as evidence for murals or sculpture alone. Art-making and arts therapies are outside this site's core scope.

Fancourt D, Finn S. What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2019. Health Evidence Network synthesis report 67.

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Design
Scoping review commissioned by WHO Regional Office for Europe
Sample / scope
Over 900 publications and 200 reviews, covering more than 3,000 studies
Setting
All
Art form
Several or unspecified

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Last full editorial audit: 2026-09-09 · Verification policy

Publications and overlap

No confirmed shared-publication match is recorded for this entry in Edition 4.11. Source-by-source and participant-level reconciliation is incomplete; this does not establish an independent study.

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Public Art & Health. The WHO arts-and-health review has a broader scope. Research record PAH-009. Edition 4.11, 29 September 2026. https://www.publicart.health/research/pah-009

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