Parental participation in a visual arts programme on a neonatal unit

The creative arts can have a significant positive effect on health. A pilot study of a visual arts programme run by two professional artists for parents of babies on a neonatal unit is described. The methods the artists employed and evaluation of the project by artists, staff and parents are discussed.

Madeleine P. White, Steven Anderson, Kirsty E. Stansfield, Barbara Gulliver