Personal profile
Biography
Dr Christina Davies is Director of the Centre for Arts, Mental Health and Wellbeing WA within the School of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia. Her multi-award winning research focuses on the areas of arts-health, health promotion and mental wellbeing. For the past 20 years, Christina has worked in academic, government and market research settings. She has successfully translated her arts-health research into programs, policy and practice. According to Altmetric, a number of her papers are ranked in the top 1% of articles by attention internationally (i.e. The Art of Being Mentally Healthy; The Art of Being Healthy).
Roles and responsibilities
Director - The Centre for Arts, Mental Health and Wellbeing WA
Industrial relevance
Christina has conducted research and evaluation projects for a number of organisations including:
* Healthway
* St John of God Health Care
* Foodbank WA
* Musica Viva Australia / Rio Tinto
* Musica Viva Australia / Perpetual Foundation
* Department of Health WA
* Department of Sport and Recreation WA
* Cancer Council WA
* North Metro Area Health Service
* Sports Medicine Australia
* Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Foundation
* Child and Adolescent Health Service WA
* Department for Communities WA
Teaching overview
Application of Humanities to Health care BMED3002 (2020)
Humanities in Health and Medicine BMED2001 (2019)
Foundations of Public Health 5749 (2013-14)
Disease Prevention in Population Health PUBH 5751 (2013-14)
Introduction to Research in Health Professional Education (2009)
Fundamentals in Research Methods -Sports Science (2009)
Research
Arts and Health
Mental Health
Health Promotion
Program Evaluation
Research expertise keywords
- Arts and health
- Arts
- Wellbeing
- Mental wellbeing
- Mental health
- Health promotion evaluation
- Health promotion
- Evaluation
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Good Arts, Good Mental Health®: the effectiveness of an Australian health promotion media campaign in promoting community mental wellbeing via the arts
Davies, C. R., Pescud, M. T., Clifford, R., McGrath, R., Thomson, A., Jeffrey, M., Stoneham, M., Pikora, T., Wright, P., Girdler, S., Baldassar, L. & Clift, S., 26 Jun 2025, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 17 p., 1594846.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new perspective to an old problem – Mobilizing research into policy and practice using an arts and health case study
Davies, C., Pescud, M., Maury, S. & Sullivan, D., 17 Apr 2024, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, 5 p., 1392146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is it premature to formulate recommendations for policy and practice, based on culture and health research? A robust critique of the CultureForHealth (2022) report
Kaasgaard, M., Grebosz-Haring, K., Davies, C., Musgrave, G., Shriraam, J., McCrary, J. M. & Clift, S., 11 Jul 2024, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 12, 12 p., 1414070.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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WHO–Lancet Global Series on health and the arts
Clift, S., Bathke, A., Daffern, H., Davies, C., Grebosz-Haring, K., Kaasgaard, M., McCrary, J. M., Musgrave, G. & Thun-Hohenstein, L., 6 Apr 2024, In: The Lancet. 403, 10434, p. 1335 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Australian public health campaign areas, methods, target groups and evaluation results – A rapid review of the literature
Davies, C., Pescud, M., Phillips, B., Stoneham, M., Pikora, T., Clifford, R. & Hooker, C., 14 Dec 2023, Australia: The University of Western Australia. 13 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other output
Projects
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Minderoo Foundation Arts and Culture - Good Arts Good Mental Health
Davies, C. (Investigator 01)
1/06/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Good Arts Good Mental Health: Improving Community Mental Wellbeing via a Campaign, Dose-Response Arts-Mental Health Message, Programs and Professional Development.
Davies, C. (Investigator 01)
Department of Health (Western Australia)
31/05/22 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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Good Art Good Mental Health: An implementation project to increase arts participation and mental wellbeing
Davies, C. (Investigator 01)
10/01/22 → 4/12/25
Project: Research
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Evaluating the Impact of the St John of God cARTwheels Program on Participant Wellbeing
Davies, C. (Investigator 01)
24/02/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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UWA Led WUN RDF - WUN Health Humanities initiative: towards the development of the patient-centred and compassionate Health Professional through education
Carr, S. (Investigator 01), Davies, C. (Investigator 02), Phillips, B. (Investigator 03), Hooker, C. (Investigator 04), Maclean, P. (Investigator 05), Macnaughton, J. (Investigator 06), Reid, S. (Investigator 07), Harris, A. (Investigator 08), Scott, K. (Investigator 09) & Mavaddat, N. (Investigator 10)
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Prizes
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2016 Highly Accessed Paper - BMC Public Health for “The art of being mentally healthy”
Davies, C. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other distinction
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Press/Media
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Busselton Healthy Arts Study
18/03/23 → 19/12/23
4 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Dogs and apps build mental health
Page, A., Saulsman, L., Hood, S., Davies, C. & Martin, K.
15/10/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Impacts
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Ministerial Statement - Healthway helps make arts a wellbeing winner
Davies, C. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy Impacts
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Named as "One of Australia’s leading researchers in the field of arts and health"
Davies, C. (Participant)
Impact: Health and Well being Impact
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