Dance for people with chronic breathlessness: a transdisciplinary approach to intervention development (2020)
Journal Article
Harrison, S., Bierski, K., Burn, N., Mclusky, S., McFaull, V., Russell, A., …Macnaughton, J. (2020). Dance for people with chronic breathlessness: a transdisciplinary approach to intervention development. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 7(1), Article e000696. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000696

Objectives: A transdisciplinary research approach was used to develop a holistic understanding of the physical and psychosocial benefits of dance as an intervention for people living with chronic breathlessness. Methods: The dance programme was devel... Read More about Dance for people with chronic breathlessness: a transdisciplinary approach to intervention development.

‘Risking enchantment’: how are we to view the smoking person? (2012)
Journal Article
Macnaughton, J., Carro-Ripalda, S., & Russell, A. (2012). ‘Risking enchantment’: how are we to view the smoking person?. Critical Public Health, 22(4), 455-469. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2012.706260

The idea of the smoking person portrayed in public health has been criticised as being based on too narrow a view of human nature. This article discusses that view: that of a person with a stable core and epiphenomenal ‘behaviours’ that can be remove... Read More about ‘Risking enchantment’: how are we to view the smoking person?.

A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health (2011)
Journal Article
Raw, A., Lewis, S., Russell, A., & Macnaughton, J. (2012). A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 4(2), 97-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2011.619991

The field of arts and health, and associated academic discussion, is beset by a number of interlinked challenges which make it vulnerable to academic dismissal or, at best, poor visibility. One of these is a preoccupation with developing an evidence... Read More about A Hole in the Heart: confronting the drive for evidence-based impact research in arts in health.