ABSTRACT The recent report from the United Kingdom (UK) All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing is receiving widespread publicity across the media. Newspaper articles and social media posts espouse the benefits and importance of employing creative arts within the health domain, citing the report as proof of this. The report is inclusive of the entire range of arts practices, while its recommendations relate in the most part to UK policy and systems. The focus of this article is specific to visual arts practices and art therapy (art-for-health), but may have relevance across arts modalities and approaches (arts and health). This article questions the approach to the evidence taken in the report, and highlights the need for rigour, balance and impartiality in conducting research and presenting evidence. A case is made for the use of formal systematic reviews as appropriate ways to develop the evidence base. Another suggestion is a request for more explicit consideration of the ideological commitments underpinning beliefs about purpose and value within art therapy and the wider arts and health arena.

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对全党艺术、健康和福利议会小组报告创意健康：健康和福利的艺术（2017 年 7 月）的建设性批判性回应

摘要 英国 (UK) 各党派议会艺术、健康和福祉小组最近的报告正在媒体上广泛宣传。报纸文章和社交媒体帖子支持在健康领域采用创意艺术的好处和重要性，并引用该报告作为证明。该报告涵盖了整个艺术实践范围，而其建议大部分与英国的政策和制度有关。本文的重点是特定于视觉艺术实践和艺术治疗（艺术为健康），但可能与艺术形式和方法（艺术与健康）相关。本文质疑报告中采用的证据方法，并强调在进行研究和提供证据时需要严谨、平衡和公正。使用正式的系统评价作为建立证据基础的适当方法的案例。另一个建议是要求更明确地考虑支撑艺术治疗以及更广泛的艺术和健康领域的目的和价值信念的意识形态承诺。