Co-Production of Arts Therapies Provision: A Grounded Theory Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Co-Production of Arts Therapies Provision: A Grounded Theory Study
IRAS ID
346685
Contact name
Catherine Purcell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Joint Research Office, Cardiff University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 28 days
Research summary
This research project aims to develop a theory of how organisations that provide arts therapies can be co-produced: how can these be directed, designed, and delivered with and by the people these organisations aim to support?
Co-production is one potential avenue for building more inclusive and equitable provision. Co-production is beginning to attract scholarly attention in arts therapies, including Pickard (2020), Melhuish, Grady & Holland (2019), Nelligan, Hayes & McCaffrey (2020), Springham & Xenophantes (2021), and Myerscough and Williams (2022). Co-production features prominently in Welsh Government (2016, p. 3) literature on Prudent Healthcare. NHS England (2022) in collaboration with the Department for Health and Social Care also refer to co-production.
The arts therapies include art (psycho)therapy, dance movement psychotherapy, dramatherapy, and music therapy.
Adults involved with an arts therapies setting which uses co-production practices are eligible to take part. Participants can be service users, service providers, or work in partnership with the service (for example as advocates).
This research will take place at locations where the arts therapies setting normally operates. The researcher will join in with and observe participants in their day-to-date activity in the setting. They will talk to research participants about what they notice during observations. A group of participants will also spend time playing music with the researcher, providing an example of creative co-production in action. The data collection period is planned to finish in September 2025. (The researcher may contact participants in the following months to clarify details. Write up is planned to finish in June 2026.)
REC name
Wales REC 6
REC reference
25/WA/0007
Date of REC Opinion
14 Feb 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion