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This ambitious review, authored by leading researchers in the field of arts and health, was supported by the Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation, and the Health Evidence Network team, both at the World Health Organization (WHO), Europe. It also had the benefit of peer reviews from four distinguished academics in this field. With the imprimatur of the WHO, readers should feel confident about finding a robust assessment of the current state of evidence on the contribution of creative arts in promoting health. The authors are careful to state the question they are seeking to answer: ‘What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being?’ Their broader aim is also important: to close what they see as an ‘awareness gap’ between the research evidence and those professionals involved in healthcare policy development and practice. A key concern is promoting ‘knowledge and technology transfer’ of evidence into service provision. Discussion of ‘policy considerations’ (p. 55) makes it clear that the intended audiences for the report include: policy makers in government, commissioners of health and care services, funders of research, managers of arts and cultural organisations, and institutions involved in the training of health and arts professionals. Arts and health policy makers, the authors suggest, should consider ‘supporting the implementation of arts interventions where a substantial evidence base exists’ – a view that will attract wide-spread agreement across the arts and health field. The report has many positives. Section 1 is an excellent introduction to the field, and the logic model given in Figure 1 is a powerful scheme for understanding the value of the arts for health. Similarly, in Section 2, Figure 2 lays out clearly the many contributions the arts can make to prevention and health promotion, and to the management and treatment of health conditions. Certainly too, the report is very wide-ranging and brings together a considerable body of evidence, and the authors describe it as ‘the most comprehensive survey of the literature on arts and health to date’. Nevertheless, there are surprising omissions and readers should also consult ten years of research evidence in Arts & Health: An international journal for research, policy and practice, and Journal of Applied Arts & Health. Much of the consider-

Fancourt, D. and Finn, S. (2019).What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review