Artistic Practices in Community Health Contexts: Five experiences of art and health in Madrid Municipal Community Health Centres
Five experiences of art and health in Madrid Municipal Community Health Centres.
Abstract
This article aims to describe and value the use of creative processes and artistic practices as mediation tools in community health promotion. Five concrete experiences are described, each of them within the context of a collaboration between the Autonomous Organisation of Madrid Health, Madrid Town Hall and the Fine Art Faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid. This collaboration on the Art and Health project has the purpose of developing investigative processes based on the Arts in the Municipal Community Health Centres (MCHc). In this way, the art and the artists form active agents in community health, providing tools and methodologies. From these experiences a series of interesting reflections have arisen concerning: the role or art as a mediator in health promotion, the contribution of different methodologies in this field, the common issues across the five experiences despite them occurring in different contexts, and the art professional's role in the achievement of integral health promotion objectives in community health. In conclusion, this text strongly supports the integration and consolidation of art professionals into community health contexts.
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