Task Force Culture and Health

Aims

The purpose of the Health and Culture Task Force is to reconsider the caring relationship through the lens of arts and culture and to enhance the stories, resources and potential of people in care to promote health through the arts. The caring relationship becomes a driver of value and change in professional practice, health service planning and management, research and evaluation.

Activities

Research

  • A reference framework for the potential and relevant role of the Arts in health promotion, disease prevention, treatment and management in different care settings.
  • Sharing of assessment tools to better assess the impact of Arts and Culture on the health of different care settings

Training

Implementation of training courses aimed at increasing the awareness and skills of health professionals on the role of art and culture as important resources and strategic levers for engagement on the health and well-being of patients and caregivers in various health care settings and for the development of social equity.

Webinar

Collaborations

  • Reti HPH Italia Le reti HPH italiane che promuovono la salute
  • Rete HPH Piemonte – CIPES Piemonte – Alda Cosola
  • Rete HPH Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Cristina Aguzzoli
  • Rete HPH Trentino-Alto Adige – Ilaria Simonelli
  • Rete HPH Roma 1 – Elisabetta Confaloni
  • Rete HPH Emilia-Romagna – Amelia Ceci

Università degli Studi di Torino, ISS-Istituto Superiore di Sanità, DoRS- Centro di documentazione per la Promozione della Salute della Regione Piemonte, CCW-Cultural Welfare Center, Fondazione, MAMD Medicina a Misura di Donna, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo.

Task Force Leaders

Giuseppina Viola

E-mail: gviola@aslcn2.it 

CIPES Piemonte
E-mail: cipes@cipesalute.org