Tag: public health

The Hands We Stopped Using

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date May 13, 2026

A new working paper from the Creative Women’s Association argues that the human brain evolved through skilled hand use — and that modern screen-dominant life may be creating a dangerous neurological mismatch. Drawing on neuroscience, literacy research, dementia studies, and lifespan cognitive evidence, The Hand-Brain Continuum explores how clapping, rhythm, craft, and manual activity may directly shape intelligence, executive function, and long-term brain health.

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If Australia Had Protected Its Culture

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date February 10, 2026

If culture is work, where are Australia’s cultural sectors? While Japan and other nations define, protect, and measure cultural labour, Australia reduces culture to lifestyle shorthand — leaving skills, workers, and entire economies unsupported.

Tags Authorship, capacity building, Creative Women’s Association, intergenerational wellbeing, preventative infrastructure, prevention, public health, social infrastructure, sustainable systems, systems design for women

Changing the Physics of the Economy

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date February 9, 2026

Women aren’t exhausted because they lack resilience. They’re exhausted because the systems they live and work inside were never designed to support care, recovery, or real life. If the economy runs on “psychics,” then it’s time to change the physics — starting with infrastructure that carries the load instead of crushing the people holding everything together.

Tags Authorship, capacity building, Creative Women’s Association, intergenerational wellbeing, preventative infrastructure, prevention, public health, social infrastructure, sustainable systems, systems design for women, systems thinking, women’s agency, Workforce Design

Building the World That Actually Works

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date February 6, 2026

What does real prevention look like when systems are designed to support women’s agency, authorship, and economic independence from the start? This piece explores global thinking on care and prevention through a practical systems lens — and how building the right infrastructure creates healthier outcomes for everyone.

Tags Authorship, capacity building, Care Economy, Creative Women’s Association, creative workforce, Cultural Labour, economic independence, intergenerational wellbeing, living heritage, preventative infrastructure, prevention, public health, social infrastructure, sustainable systems, systems thinking, women’s agency, Workforce Design

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Music Isn’t Just Entertainment

Post author By CreativeWomensAssociation
Post date July 10, 2025

Is music just for fun — or a prescription waiting to be taken seriously? New research from the European Journal of Public Health reveals how music boosts mental health, memory, and quality of life, especially for people over 40. Read why the Creative Women’s Association says it’s time to reframe music as medicine.

Tags aging, arts in health, arts-based interventions, Creative Health, Creative Women’s Association, CWA, dopamine, mental health, music and health, music engagement, music not just entertainment, music therapy, Oxford Academic, public health, vagus nerve, wellbeing, Women’s Health