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| Author | Węziak-Białowolska D. | |
| Title | Attendance of cultural events and involvement with the arts—impact evaluation on health and well-being from a Swiss household panel survey | |
| Reference | Węziak-Białowolska D.; Attendance of cultural events and involvement with the arts—impact evaluation on health and well-being from a Swiss household panel survey ;Public Health vol:139 issue: page:161 |
Link to article | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84991112218&doi=10.1016%2fj.puhe.2016.06.028&partnerID=40&md5=312779fc0f0566c9f5805436a93c8902 |
| Abstract | Objectives Although there is strong uptake of active or passive engagement with the cultural and creative activities as determinants of individual health, well-being and social participation, few population studies report any causal influence on self-reported and physical health or life satisfaction from voluntary engagement with the arts (playing an instrument or singing, painting, sculpture) or passive cultural participation (attending the cinema, theatre, opera and exhibitions). This study set out to investigate any potential derived benefits to the Swiss population. Study design The 2010 and 2013 waves of the Swiss Household Panel study were used for analysis. The data are representative for the Swiss population aged 14 years and older with respect to major demographic variables. Methods Using longitudinal data, the strengths of the two approaches to evaluating causal inference were simultaneously applied: propensity score matching and difference-in-differences. Propensity score matching attempted to eliminate selection bias by conditioning on confounding variables. Difference-in-differences estimator was applied to remove unobserved fixed effects via intra-individual comparisons over time by comparing the trends in a matched treatment and control group. Results The study showed that voluntary cultural activity—of any type, passive or active—did not seem to have any causative influence on health and well-being. Results showed that long-term health and well-being did not improve significantly as a result of any specific activity in the cultural arena. Conclusions The investigation provided little evidence to justify health promotion messages for involvement with the arts. Nevertheless, these findings do not contest that active or passive participation in cultural- and arts-related activities may be beneficial to health and well-being when guided by qualified therapists to treat specific health-related problems. © 2016 The Author(s) |
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| Well-being outcome variable Well-being was measured with a simple question referring to general life satisfaction (GLS): In general, how satisfied are you with your life? . | The authors believe, however, that this study may offer some insight for the assessment of the role of cultural events and popularity of creative engagement with the arts in shaping health promotion policy. . | Introduction There is a strong argument for engagement in the creative cultural activities as beneficial for health and well-being.1e4 Active cultural participation has been shown to be, not only strongly associated with healthy behaviour3 and mental well-being3e5 but also to convey health promotion messages6 and reduce social exclusion.6,7 Passive cultural participation, by comparison, proved to be effective in stress and anxietyreduction therapies for coronary disease patients (listening to music),8 associated with lower cancer-related mortality,9 lower cardiovascular risk3 and better mental well-being3 leading to improved social engagement.6,10 Despite strong advocacy for, and widespread acceptance of, creative cultural activities and cultural attendance as determinants for mental and physical health, as well as for well-being11 and social inclusion,7,11 to the best of our knowledge, reported evaluations of a causative influence of creative engagement with the arts or passive cultural participation on population health and well-being with the survey data are scarce. . | DID models were estimated and the treatment and control groups assessed with respect to change in measures of health, mood and life satisfaction, in order to demonstrate that the impact of active engagement with the arts and passive cultural attendance on health and well-being. . | Irrespective of type of involvement and nature, these findings do not either discount the possibility that frequent and various engagements with the arts in general may be of benefit to social participation and social inclusion. . | The intension was to establish to what extent more frequent engagement with the arts of either type exerted causal influence on well-being and health outcomes. . |
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