Course offers knowledge and inspiration for rethinking health promotion
Registration is now open again for the continuing education course “Arts and Culture for Health and Wellbeing”, offered by the National Institute of Public Health.
Are you looking for knowledge, inspiration and practical tools for working with arts and culture as a means of promoting health? And do you work, for example, in the cultural, health or social sector?
Then the continuing education course “Arts and Culture for Health and Wellbeing” may be relevant to you.
The National Institute of Public Health is now opening registration for the third time for the course, which will start in February 2027.
The course is aimed at anyone looking for knowledge, inspiration and practical tools for working with arts and culture as a means of promoting health, for example within the cultural, health or social sector.
“As the body of evidence on the importance of arts and culture for health and wellbeing continues to grow, we are seeing increasing interest in putting this knowledge into practice. This creates a need for knowledge and skills to develop and strengthen initiatives in this area. Building that bridge between research and practice is precisely what the course aims to do,” explains course coordinator and postdoc Mette Marie Kristensen from the National Institute of Public Health.
Building a strong professional network
During the course, participants will learn about how different forms of art and culture can affect people’s health and wellbeing, and how they can be used in prevention and health promotion. Participants will also gain insight into how to plan, implement and evaluate health-promoting arts and culture initiatives.
An important part of the course is also to create a space where people with different professional backgrounds and experiences can meet.
“Experience from previous courses shows that the course provides the foundation for a strong network across professional fields, where participants can share knowledge, learn from each other’s experiences and develop new collaborations – also after the course has ended,” says Mette Marie Kristensen.
The course is offered in collaboration with the healthcare sector in Region Skåne and Lund University.
It consists of eight teaching days over four months and combines lectures, group work, museum visits and workshops, including shared reading, creative writing, dance and handicrafts.
There will be an online introductory meeting today, 30 September, from 3–4 pm.
To register for the introductory meeting, please contact Mette Marie Kristensen by email at memk@sdu.dk or by phone on +45 65 50 78 05.
Contact: Course coordinator and postdoc Mette Marie Kristensen, email: memk@sdu.dk or phone: +45 65 50 78 05, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark.