{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,19]],"date-time":"2026-09-19T06:01:41Z","timestamp":1789797701355,"version":"4.0.1"},"reference-count":15,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]],"date-time":"2026-07-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1782864000000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]],"date-time":"2026-07-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1782864000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100012349","name":"School for Public Health Research","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","award":["NIHR204000"],"award-info":[{"award-number":["NIHR204000"]}],"id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100012349","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Perspect Public Health"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This report investigates the role of creative health assets in addressing health inequalities across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. The project aimed to map and align arts-based interventions delivered by voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations with public health priorities and to explore how these assets respond to hyperlocal needs and contribute to community health and wellbeing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A scoping exercise was conducted from January to May 2024 as part of a Transdisciplinary Placement (TDP) within the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) School for Public Health Research (SPHR). The methodology included a literature and strategy review, analysis of public health data and two online engagement sessions with the NIHR SPHR\u2019s Public Health RESearch for Health (PHRESH) Public Advisory Committee (PAC). Through desk-based research and network engagement, over 100 creative health assets were identified, with Stoke Creates being a key partner and stakeholder.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Findings revealed the prevalent but under-recognised and underutilised landscape of creative health assets, including arts organisations, charities and cultural networks. PAC members highlighted the benefits and barriers to engagement, including financial constraints, cultural competency gaps and limited visibility of opportunities. Strategic disconnects between cultural and public health policies were identified, alongside opportunities for future integration. Overall, these assets play a vital role in promoting mental and physical wellbeing, fostering social cohesion and addressing social determinants of health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Creative health assets and arts-based interventions offer significant potential to reduce health inequalities and improve public health outcomes in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. Greater recognition, investment and strategic alignment are needed to embed creative public health approaches within local governance and health systems. Future work will focus on comprehensive asset mapping including associated health outcomes and impact, research on the role of heritage and green-blue infrastructure, and the development of a creative health network for the region.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/17579139261462489","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,1]],"date-time":"2026-08-01T16:33:35Z","timestamp":1785602015000},"page":"195-201","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Creative health assets in Staffordshire: Harnessing community power to tackle health inequalities"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"146","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8153-8261","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"R","family":"Marsden","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Fellow in Creative-Public Health, NIHR SPHR Transdisciplinary Fellowship, Department of Applied Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","unstructured":"All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts Health and Wellbeing; National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH). Creative Health Rreview: How Policy Can Embrace Creative Health 2023. Available online at: https:\/\/ncch.org.uk\/creative-health-review (last accessed 15 February 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","unstructured":"Arts & Health. What is arts and health? 2023. Available online at: https:\/\/www.artsandhealth.ie\/about\/what-is-arts-and-health (last accessed 5 April 2023)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","unstructured":"Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Director of Public Health Annual Report 2019. Available online at: https:\/\/www.stoke.gov.uk\/downloads\/file\/1034\/public_health_annual_report (last accessed 15 February 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","unstructured":"Local Government Association. A glass half-full: how an asset approach can improve community health and well-being. Improvement and Development Agency (I&DeA) 2010. Available online at: https:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/glass-half-full-how-asset-3db.pdf (last accessed 15 February 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_2","unstructured":"NHS. Thanks for the Petunias \u2013 A guide to developing and commissioning non-traditional providers to support the self-management of people with long term conditions. Year of Care Partnerships 2011. Available online at: https:\/\/www.yearofcare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Thanks-for-the-Petunias_0.pdf (last accessed 15 February 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_2","unstructured":"Stoke-on-Trent Health Wellbeing Board. Stoke-on-Trent Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2021\u20132025. City of Stoke-on-Trent 2021. Available online at: https:\/\/www.stoke.gov.uk\/downloads\/file\/1803\/health_and_wellbeing_strategy_2021-25 (last accessed 6 March 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_8_2","unstructured":"Staffordshire County Council. Census 2021 \u2013 Staffordshire\u2019s Population 2022. Available online at: https:\/\/staffordshire.moderngov.co.uk\/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=170090 (last accessed 15 February 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_9_2","volume-title":"What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and wellbeing? A scoping review (Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report 67)","author":"Fancourt D","year":"2019","unstructured":"Fancourt D, Finn S. What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and wellbeing? A scoping review (Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report 67). Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2019."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_10_2","volume-title":"Connected Communities Impact","author":"Staffordshire University","year":"2023","unstructured":"Staffordshire University. Connected Communities Impact, Staffordshire University, 2023."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_11_2","unstructured":"Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Stoke-on-Trent Cultural Strategy 2022-28. Available online at: https:\/\/www.stoke.gov.uk\/directory_record\/335043\/stoke-on-trent_cultural_strategy (last accessed 15 February 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_12_2","unstructured":"Stoke Creates. Briefing paper. Unpublished report July 2023."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_13_2","unstructured":"Staffordshire County Council. Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2027. Available online at: https:\/\/www.staffordshire.gov.uk\/Advice-support-and-care-for-adults\/Information-resources\/Health-and-wellbeing-board\/Health-and-wellbeing-strategy-2022-2027.aspx (last accessed 15 February 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_14_2","unstructured":"Birmingham City Council. What is creative public health? Birmingham: Birmingham City Council; 2024. Available online at: https:\/\/www.birmingham.gov.uk\/info\/50313\/creative_public_health\/2833\/what_is_creative_public_health (last accessed 10 July 2024)"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_15_2","volume-title":"Green Blue Infrastructure Impacts on Health and Wellbeing: A Rapid Evidence Assessment","author":"Kirby M","year":"2023","unstructured":"Kirby M, Scott A. Green Blue Infrastructure Impacts on Health and Wellbeing: A Rapid Evidence Assessment. London: CAPE, University College London; 2023."},{"key":"e_1_3_3_16_2","unstructured":"Office for National Statistics. How health has changed in your area: 2015 to 2021. Available online at: https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/peoplepopulationandcommunity\/healthandsocialcare\/healthandwellbeing\/articles\/howhealthhaschangedinyourarea2015to2021\/2023-06-16#E06000021 (last accessed 15 February 2024)"}],"container-title":["Perspectives in Public Health"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/17579139261462489","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/17579139261462489","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/17579139261462489","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,19]],"date-time":"2026-09-19T05:16:27Z","timestamp":1789794987000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/17579139261462489"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,7]]},"references-count":15,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,7]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/17579139261462489"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/17579139261462489","relation":{},"ISSN":["1757-9139","1757-9147"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1757-9139","type":"print"},{"value":"1757-9147","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,7]]}}}