Konst och kultur
Möjligheter och hinder att använda konst och kultur som rehabiliterande metod inom primärvården
Health promoting health careArtsArts on PrescriptionReflexivityHälsofrämjande hälso- och sjukvårdKonst och kulturaktiviteterKultur på ReceptReflexivitet
Background:There are future challenges for public health and health care in meeting the needs of a growing and ageing population. Today there are evidence of how arts can contribute to health development and of the connections between arts, health, treating and rehabilitating measures. To be able to meet the future challenges there is a need for new methods, perspectives and views about how to stay healthy, enjoy our existence and for wellbeing. Health care has an important role in rehabilitation through the broad contact with the population. The background of the essay is the pilot project Arts on Prescription that was carried out in order to try a new way of rehabilitation with arts as a factor. The concepts, the results and the discussion from the project connect the pathogenic perspective with the salutogenic perspective. Purpose:The purpose of the study is to examinate possibilities and obstacles to use arts as a part of a complementary method of rehabilitation in primary care. Method:The study is qualitative, and the empirical material is interviews with five individuals responsible for rehabilitation in primary care and a pilot interview. The method is based on a descriptive, ideation approach with a reflexive frame. Results:In the result appear a complex of possibilities and obstacles of using arts in primary care. Possibilities are formed by knowledge, understanding and scientific proof of arts intrinsic possibilities to promote health. Obstacles are formed by historical, economical, organizational and personal connections. Conclusion:The possibilities and obstacles of the study together constitute various dilemmas. The conclusion is that arts advantageously can be used in a number of ways in primary care (and other areas) to promote health, but with account taken to organizational, valuable and normative fields.