[HTML][HTML] The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities

R Dow, K Warran, P Letrondo… - The Lancet Public Health, 2023 - thelancet.com
There is a growing body of evidence indicating the arts have a role to play in promoting
good health and preventing and managing illness. WHO has called for governments to take …

[HTML][HTML] Engagement in leisure activities and depression in older adults in the United States: Longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

JK Bone, F Bu, ME Fluharty, E Paul, JK Sonke… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Receptive cultural engagement (eg, attending theaters and museums) can
reduce depression in older adults. However, whether specific participatory leisure activities …

Hobby engagement and mental wellbeing among people aged 65 years and older in 16 countries

HW Mak, T Noguchi, JK Bone, J Wels, Q Gao… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Growing aging populations pose a threat to global health because of the social and
psychological challenges they experience. To mitigate this, many countries promote hobby …

Associations between participation in community arts groups and aspects of wellbeing in older adults in the United States: a propensity score matching analysis

JK Bone, D Fancourt, ME Fluharty, E Paul… - Aging & Mental …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: There is a social gradient in both arts engagement and wellbeing that may have
led to an overestimation of the impact of arts engagement on wellbeing. We tested whether …

[HTML][HTML] An empirical analysis of cultural differences in overseas tourism: how do they affect self-determination theory (SDT) needs by age?

Y Li, Z Guo, H Hua, W Li - International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2024 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to analyze how cultural difference plays a different role in
overseas tourists of different age groups. It examines how perceived cultural differences …

Do the various leisure forms have equal effects on mental health? A longitudinal analysis of self-selected leisure activities

J Bian, Z **ang - Frontiers in public health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The deteriorating trends of unbalanced income, progressive age-related health problems,
and loss of traditional ties necessitate ever-flexible interventions that are helpful to overcome …

[HTML][HTML] Life course engagement in enriching activities: When and how does it matter for cognitive aging?

CC Frank, LM Mundy, J Smith - Psychology and aging, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Growing evidence suggests that participation in enriching activities (physical, social, and
mental) across the life course is beneficial for cognitive functioning in older age. However …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with the participation of older adults in cultural and sports activities

M Ghența, A Matei, L Mladen-Macovei… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the context of population aging, we have witnessed an increased interest in studying the
participation of older persons in cultural and sport activities. The aim of this paper is to …

Graying arts access: crafting creative online programming to promote older adults' artistic engagement in and beyond pandemic time

J McFarland, C Rice, N Changfoot, T La Rose… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March
2020, the COVID-19 virus and attendant patchwork of local, regional, and national …

Participatory and receptive arts engagement in older adults: associations with cognition over a seven-year period

JK Bone, D Fancourt, JK Sonke, F Bu - Creativity Research Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There is growing evidence for the impact of arts engagement on later life cognition.
However, confounding by socioeconomic factors may have led to an overestimation of this …