From Heritage to Health is a multi-year project cosponsored by City Lore in New York and the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation in Seattle highlighting the ways in which storytelling and the arts can inform the diverse practices of medical professionals. It is aimed at bringing healthcare providers closer to patients, using various art forms and stories as a bridge between western medical practices and personal beliefs, traditions and faiths. The Heritage to Health Tool Kit introduces this initiative by highlighting the central themes and ideas of H2H; showing some compelling videos in which folk and community-based artists offer their insightful perspectives on healthcare; and by inviting viewers to access the resources and the two accredited e-learning courses developed by the project.
To date Concepts of Culturally Sensitive Care has been viewed by 5,997 learners, and 3,311 Continuing Education (CE) certificates have been awarded. Welcoming Patients to Your Practice has been viewed by 6,397 learners and 3,221 CE certificates have been awarded. . Outcome data from the two programs speak to the value of these programs for healthcare providers. 98% of students who took the course felt that “hearing the perspectives of artists helped me understand the role of the arts in healthcare." 80% of sudents felt “I learned something new that was important to my practice." And 75% wrote “I will share what I learned with colleagues.” Heritage to Health is now launching a new initiative On Passing On which presented live programs with Reimagine End of Life’s San Francisco Festival in October, 2019, and is presenting online programs for its current virtual festival in 2020. We aim to develop a new e-learning course centering on what artists and the arts can share with medical professionals who work with hospice and end of life care. _____ Project Website: click here State: All (based in Washington and New York) Category: Artist Employment, Economic Development, Education, Health & Wellbeing, Underserved Community Outreach, Social Justice |