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Exploring the Longitudinal Relationship between Arts

Engagement and Health

Dr. Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt

http://longitudinalhealthbenefits.

wordpress.com/

http://www.artsforhealth.org/research/artsengagementandhealth/

Data Sources

• The Swedish Survey of Living Conditions• Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of

the Oldest Old• The Mini-Finland Survey• Kungsholmen Project • Gothenburg Population Register• FinnTwin12 • HUNT data/biobank

Attending cultural events regularly

Attending cultural events rarely

60% higher risk of death than

Survival Cultural Attendance

Cinemas

Concerts

Art Exhibitions and Museums

Attend cultural events regularly

Attend cultural events rarely







Poor self-rated health

1980s 1990s

Good self-rated health





Poor self-rated health

1980s 1990s

Good self-rated health

Coronary Heart Disease

+ Death

Social Participation

Cinema

Concerts

Art Exhibitions and Museums

Theatre

Attend cultural events

sometimes/often


25 years later

68.5% still alive

84.6% still alive



Lower cancer-related mortality

Higher cancer-related mortality

Participation in cultural activity

Participation in social activity

Less likely to be obese (girls)

More likely to be obese

(girls and boys )

DementiaNo dementia

Late 1980s Early 1990s Mid 1990s

No dementia

Dementia

No dementia Dementia

No dementiaNo dementia No dementia

No dementiaNo dementia No dementia

Social activitiesAttendance at

arts eventsincluding

Mental activitiesPainting and

drawingincluding

HealthArts Engagement ?

Area deprivation

Cultural attendance

Comparable UK Data Sources

• English Longitudinal Study of Ageing• British Cohort Study 1970 (ages 16 and 42)• National Child Development Study (sweeps 2,

4 and 5)• Taking Part (longitudinal since 2013)

The Centre for Cultural Change

cambiarcultura.org

@cambiarcultura

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