
Arts on Prescription
Arts on Prescription
A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness - Joan Miró
Arts on prescription is a concept to improve the mental well-being of citizens. The idea is that people with a diagnosed mental condition such as depression, stress or anxiety, or people at risk of developing such a condition (e.g. due to loneliness) get a prescription not for medicine or therapy, but for taking part in regular arts activities in group settings. This has been proven to have positive health effects. The challenge that public authorities face when planning and implementing such a programme lies in the underdeveloped cooperation between the culture and health sector, the lack of knowledge on how to set up, organise and evaluate a programme and the lack of long-term financing. The partners of the project “Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region” will jointly develop a model programme that is based on state-of-the-art evidence and experience, but adaptable to different local conditions and public health systems. The programme will be piloted by local and regional public authorities in cooperation with cultural institutions and evaluated for its health effects, organisational set-up and economic benefits. The arts on prescription model is then transferred to other cities and regions who are supported with an online practitioner’s guide and a rent-an-expert programme. Moreover, the project will initiate a dialogue with national authorities and health insurance funds in order to improve the structural support and financing options for arts on prescription.
Arts on Prescription
Arts on Prescription
Arts on Prescription
Arts on Prescription
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3.51MillionTotal
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2.81MillionErdf
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- TownOdense C
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- CountryDenmark
- RegionFyn
- RepresentativeOdense Municipality
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- TownBremen
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- CountryGermany
- RegionBremen, Kreisfreie Stadt
- RepresentativeMinistry for health, women and consumer Protection of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
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- TownBremen
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- CountryGermany
- RegionBremen, Kreisfreie Stadt
- RepresentativeBremer Volkshochschule - adult education centre/Ministry for Culture
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- TownKøbenhavn
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- CountryDenmark
- RegionByen København
- RepresentativeUniversity of Southern Denmark
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- TownCesis
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- CountryLatvia
- RegionVidzeme
- RepresentativeCesis Municipality
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- TownSaldus
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- CountryLatvia
- RegionKurzeme
- RepresentativeSaldus district municipality
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- TownSzczecin
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- CountryPoland
- RegionSzczeciński
- RepresentativeWestpomeranian Region
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- TownSzczecin
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- CountryPoland
- RegionMiasto Szczecin
- RepresentativeMedia Dizajn
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- TownStockholm
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- CountrySweden
- RegionStockholms län
- RepresentativeSecretariat of the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS)
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- TownS. Sunderbyn
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- CountrySweden
- RegionNorrbottens län
- RepresentativeSunderby folk high school
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- TownLuleå
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- CountrySweden
- RegionNorrbottens län
- RepresentativeNorrbotten Region
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- TownTurku
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- CountryFinland
- RegionVarsinais-Suomi
- RepresentativeTurku University of Applied Sciences
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- TownKaunas
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- CountryLithuania
- RegionKauno apskritis
- RepresentativeLithuanian University of Health Sciences
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Project manager, Financial managerStine KeidingOdense Municipality
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Communication managerAngelo GillesREM Consult
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Financial managerHauke SiemenREM Consult
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Arts on Prescription - A generic programme concept for the Baltic Sea Region


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Arts on Prescription - A generic programme concept for the Baltic Sea RegionThe generic programme concept is part of the solution deliverables that are developed in the Interreg BSR project Arts on Prescription in the Baltic Sea Region (2023-25). The aim of the AoP Programme is to provide key provisions of setting up and piloting the programme by project partners in Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Germany and Sweden. It reflects state-of-the-art in AoP research and practice and is closely aligned with AoP programmes that have already been tested and implemented in other countries such as Denmark, Sweden and the UK.||
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