Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict
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Holt, N., Mytton, J., Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Sinha, V. and Leeson, L. 2024. Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict. Perspectives in Public Health. 144 (5), pp. 273-275. https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139241287020
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Title | Developing an evaluation strategy in Kashmir: assessing the impact of an arts intervention with school children in an area of conflict |
Authors | Holt, N., Mytton, J., Brännlund, E., Buser, M., Sinha, V. and Leeson, L. |
Abstract | About 1 in 6 children live in areas of conflict globally (Save the children, 2022), with significant impact on mental health, behaviour, and life outcomes (Buser et al., 2023). Research on ways to help prevent and reduce suffering is paramount, yet assessing the impact of interventions on children in the context of conflict is challenging, beset with ethical, cultural and psychometric difficulties (Newman et al., 2006). This practice report shares and reflects on the research strategy developed to evaluate the impact of an arts intervention in the Kashmir Valley, funded by an AHRC Urgency bid to help children in crisis. The study took part in a highly militarised area, where children were regularly exposed to violence, protests and resistance, and education and family life were heavily impacted by military lockdowns. When the study began (June 2020) conditions were further intensified by rising cases of coronavirus. The arts-based intervention occurred at one school and ran throughout their academic year (from August 2020). Thirty children (aged 12-15) were referred by the school to participate in a programme that was integrated into the curriculum and included a range of art activities: painting, writing, puppetry, music and performance, designed to enable expression and improve wellbeing, led by an artist and art therapist (Buser et al., 2023). |
Keywords | arts; health; wellbeing; conflict |
Sustainable Development Goals | 3 Good health and well-being |
Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
Creativity, Culture & Enterprise | |
Research Group | Socially Engaged Practices cluster |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Journal | Perspectives in Public Health |
ISSN | 1757-9139 |
Electronic | 1757-9147 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Nov 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 17 Sep 2024 |
Deposited | 04 Nov 2024 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript, published 06/11/2024 in the journal Perspectives in Public Health, published by SAGE Publications. DOI 10.1177/17579139241287020 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139241287020 |
Language | English |
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