Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’

Vicky Karkou; Joanna Omylinska-Thurston; Scott Thurston; Rebecca Clark; Emma Perris; Axel Kaehne; Mark Pearson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296178

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Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’

Vicky Karkou ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: karkouv@edgehill.ac.uk

Affiliation Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8986-956X

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Joanna Omylinska-Thurston,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Friedrick Campus, Salford, United Kingdom, Counselling Psychologist at Greater Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Scott Thurston,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Arts and Media and Creative Technology, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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Rebecca Clark,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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Emma Perris,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Edge University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-9567

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Axel Kaehne,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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Mark Pearson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Clinical & Applied Health Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-7421

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Developing a strategy to scale up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing: A realist evaluation of ‘Arts for the Blues’

Vicky Karkou,
Joanna Omylinska-Thurston,
Scott Thurston,
Rebecca Clark,
Emma Perris,
Axel Kaehne,
Mark Pearson

Published: January 2, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296178

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