Background: Many arts and health studies have focused on evaluating the impact of participatory arts activities, but few have considered the processes and components shaping the wellbeing outcomes of the participants. This paper uses a relational approach to health to explore the elements at play in participatory arts.Methods: The study uses an action-research case study of a 12-week visual art programme in a nursing home with 10 participants. Data collected were analysed and interpreted using grounded theory to obtain general themes and to facilitate focused analysis.Results: The study identifies the participants, wellbeing outcomes, the environment and the quality of activities as key concerns of arts-health practice. It also reflects on the link between caring and arts-health practice to highlight several caring attributes that promote a caring arts-health practice.Conclusions: The study findings provide a practice framework that can guide decision making and action to foster a caring arts-health practice.

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迈向关怀实践：对艺术-健康实践的过程和组成部分的反思。

背景：许多艺术和健康研究都集中于评估参与性艺术活动的影响，但很少有人考虑过影响参与者福祉结果的过程和要素。本文采用一种健康的关系方法来探索参与艺术中的元素。方法：本研究以一项行动研究案例研究为例，该研究在一个拥有10名参与者的疗养院中进行了为期12周的视觉艺术计划。使用扎根的理论对收集到的数据进行分析和解释，以获取一般主题并促进重点分析。结果：本研究将参与者，幸福感，环境和活动质量确定为艺术健康实践的主要关注点。