Implementing creative dance activities for primary school children to improve health and wellbeing: a qualitative study in the North East England.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Evidence suggests that group arts activities with children build resilience and positive mental wellbeing. However, insufficient attention has been paid to how such activities can be implemented in practice across different contexts, particularly in socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Therefore, we explored the implementation of a dance-based intervention in two primary schools situated in an area of high economic deprivation in North East England.

Methods

Our study explored Year 1 (age 5-6) and Year 5 (age 9-10) children, their parents, teachers and dance artists' views of a creative dance intervention (South Tees Arts project; STAR) in two schools in North East England, using interviews and focus groups, combined with innovative data capture activities (i.e. movem

SUBMITTER: van der Graaf P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542315 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature