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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
Attend cultural events rarely
Attend cultural events rarely
Attend cultural events regularly
Attend cultural events regularly
Attend cultural events regularly
Attend cultural events rarely
Poor self-rated health
1980s 1990s
Good self-rated health
Attend cultural events regularly
Attend cultural events rarely
Attend cultural events regularly
Attend cultural events rarely
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
Attend cultural events rarely
25 years later
68.5% still alive
84.6% still alive
Attend cultural events regularly
Attend cultural events rarely
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