[PDF] The link between pupil health and wellbeing and attainment

How can arts engagement enhance subjective well-being?

• There is a large body of research showing how arts engagement can enhance multidimensional subjective well-being, including affective well-being (positive emotions in our daily lives), evaluative well-being (our life satisfaction) and eudemonic well-being (our sense of meaning, control, autonomy and purpose in our lives).

How can literature improve understanding of ill health?

• Novels, poems, films, music, drawings, paintings and plays can enhance understanding of the complexity of ill health among clinicians and researchers (e.g. for epilepsy or respiratory illness), help to reduce misunderstanding and support understanding of the cultural contexts of health (413–415).

How can quality improvement improve health care?

• In addressing health emergencies, quality improvement approaches can support preparedness and response efforts as well. Finally, in promoting healthier populations, improvement approaches can support multiple proposed flagship efforts, for example, care for mothers and newborns.

Should quality improvement approaches be incorporated into technical programmes?

• Finally, in promoting healthier populations, improvement approaches can support multiple proposed flagship efforts, for example, care for mothers and newborns. Quality improvement approaches must be incorporated into all technical programmes as a means of strengthening health systems.