Written evidence examining creative and arts-based approaches to reproductive health education and healthcare professional development
Written evidence examining creative and arts-based approaches to reproductive health education and healthcare professional development
This submission presents evidence from two University of Southampton research projects examining creative and arts-based approaches to reproductive health education and healthcare professional development. The first project, From Puberty to Menopause: Creative Focus-Groups Study, explored how girls and women experience reproductive health across the life course using arts-based methods such as poetry, drawing and collage. The second project, Audience Perspectives on The Feeling, evaluated a verbatim theatre production that wove together testimonies from the focus groups.
The outcomes of the projects revealed key barriers to participation in women and girls, including the normalisation of pain, lack of acknowledgement for patient’s voices, and significant gaps in education on issues pertaining to reproductive health.
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Woods-Townsend, Kath, Green, Lucy, Pincus, Tamar, Ashton, Daniel, Owen, Joseph, Ingram, Charlie, Smith, Michelle, Flack, Stephanie, White, Fran and Withers, Tiffany
(2025)
Written evidence examining creative and arts-based approaches to reproductive health education and healthcare professional development
(doi:10.5258/SOTON/PP0145).
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This submission presents evidence from two University of Southampton research projects examining creative and arts-based approaches to reproductive health education and healthcare professional development. The first project, From Puberty to Menopause: Creative Focus-Groups Study, explored how girls and women experience reproductive health across the life course using arts-based methods such as poetry, drawing and collage. The second project, Audience Perspectives on The Feeling, evaluated a verbatim theatre production that wove together testimonies from the focus groups.
The outcomes of the projects revealed key barriers to participation in women and girls, including the normalisation of pain, lack of acknowledgement for patient’s voices, and significant gaps in education on issues pertaining to reproductive health.
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