Using Art to Engage the Public in Hygiene and Sanitation Research

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" Using Art to Engage the Public in Hygiene and Sanitation Research "
Kiagho Kilonzo

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083659
Doc. No	:	LA127288
Call No	:	‭10.1163/26836408-14010005‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Kiagho Kilonzo
Title & Author	:	Using Art to Engage the Public in Hygiene and Sanitation Research [Article]\ Kiagho Kilonzo
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Utafiti
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/1
Page No	:	92–110
Abstract	:	The twentieth century saw a huge increase worldwide in the presence of the arts in organisations and institutions involved in healthcare activities, including public health care research conducting in various countries. This article shows the impact of using art to engage literate and non-literate people in the pro-active translation of research outcomes into their own cultural practices and their personal decisions affecting their health status. The study demonstrates that art can be of use changing social behaviour and therefore to improve public health records in statistically significant ways. This work also demonstrates that the term ‘art’ refers to more than a means of entertainment and passive appreciation of aesthetics; the effectiveness of art is tangible and its impact is measurable as a mode of education, and as providing a deeply needed instructive incentive for hygienic and sanitation transformation. The twentieth century saw a huge increase worldwide in the presence of the arts in organisations and institutions involved in healthcare activities, including public health care research conducting in various countries. This article shows the impact of using art to engage literate and non-literate people in the pro-active translation of research outcomes into their own cultural practices and their personal decisions affecting their health status. The study demonstrates that art can be of use changing social behaviour and therefore to improve public health records in statistically significant ways. This work also demonstrates that the term ‘art’ refers to more than a means of entertainment and passive appreciation of aesthetics; the effectiveness of art is tangible and its impact is measurable as a mode of education, and as providing a deeply needed instructive incentive for hygienic and sanitation transformation.
Descriptor	:	art-driven social engineering
Descriptor	:	behavioural change
Descriptor	:	hygiene and sanitation research
Descriptor	:	public health
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/26836408-14010005‬