Developing roadmaps for advancing practice, research, and policy in the arts and health.

Roadmaps for research, policy, and practice are proposed to integrate arts into global health and wellbeing systems effectively.

• Why it matters: Understanding the health benefits of arts engagement remains limited despite its historical ubiquity, and advancing this knowledge is crucial for equitable health improvements worldwide.
• What they did: The review outlines five key steps: monitoring universal arts access, implementing population-level strategies to reduce health inequities, developing public-health pathways connecting arts to at-risk populations, innovating clinical arts therapies, and fostering cross-sector stakeholder engagement with strategic investment.
• The result: These roadmaps aim to promote equitable arts engagement, address health disparities, enhance clinical care, and accelerate research and policy efforts, ultimately supporting the integration of arts into health systems globally.