Addressing the Calls for Evidence in Arts and Health: A Quantitative Approach to Understanding the Role of the Arts in the Wellbeing of the Mid West Region of Western Australia

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Addressing the Calls for Evidence in Arts and Health: A Quantitative Approach to Understanding the Role of the Arts in the Wellbeing of the Mid West Region of Western Australia

Despite ambitious claims about the role of the arts in health and wellbeing, and the wealth of quantitative data on the nature of wellbeing, there has been little attempt to quantify the benefits or impacts of the arts using available social indicators. As understanding the role of the arts in the w...

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Main Author:	Anwar McHenry, Julia
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	The Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne 2013
Subjects:	community wellbeing Australia The arts health rural
Online Access:	http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/UNESCO/pdfs/ejournals/vol3iss3_2013/009_MCHENRY_PAPER.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35894

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