Arts Engagement as a Health Behavior: An Opportunity to Address Mental Health Inequities.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: SAGE Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9918299681106676 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2752-5368 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 2752535X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Community Health Equity Res Policy Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: [Thousand Oaks, CA] : SAGE Publications, [2021]-
    • Subject Terms:
      Pandemics* ; Ethnicity*; Humans ; Minority Groups ; Health Behavior ; Health Inequities
    • Abstract:
      The significance of mental health inequities globally is illustrated by higher rates of anxiety and depression amongst racial and ethnic minority populations as well as individuals of lower socioeconomic status. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated these pre-existing mental health inequities. With rising mental health concerns, arts engagement offers an accessible, equitable opportunity to combat mental health inequities and impact upstream determinants of health. As the field of public health continues to shift its focus toward social ecological strategies, the social ecological model of health offers an approach that prioritizes social and structural determinants of health. To capture the impacts of arts engagement, this paper creates an applied social ecological model of health while aiming to advocate that engaging in the arts is a protective and rehabilitative behavior for mental health.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: arts in public health; health behaviors; health promotion; mental health; mental health equity; social ecological model
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230517 Date Completed: 20240308 Latest Revision: 20240920
    • Publication Date:
      20240920
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11409561
    • Accession Number:
      10.1177/2752535X231175072
    • Accession Number:
      37196338