Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id WAA08020; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:20:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:20:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <388E67FC.52E8B8AB@minet.gov.mb.ca> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Tom Carson <tcarson@minet.gov.mb.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2142] Re: arts in social services (Forwarded) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; U) Status: OR Of course, if artists and regular community types think about health, you'll find that they will express thoughts that speak to health determinants or things which predispose poeple to better health. That will not be as hospital focused as the world your health department management lives in. They might not like it, but the dialogue will be very useful. Pamela Wild wrote: > Dear Mavis, > > I have recently proposed to my Health Department's management that we participate in our community's "Chalk Art Festival". Each of our divisions (Environmental Health, Community Health and Wellness and Human Services) will be given a 2 meter by 2 meter space on the down town sidewalk, chalk and will draw/advocate some public health message. Most participants are amateur and professional artist individuals. > > There is also "Plays for Living" which utilizes community volunteer actors to do vignettes on various social/health concerns and then does a discussion with the audience. It's a national organization in the States. > > There is also bibliotherapy. Using various books and poetry-I prefer to use the classics- as a starting point to discuss health/social concerns of the group. We used "Romeo and Juliette" to talk about mature relationships, violence and infatuation. "Les Miserables" for Peace and Justice issues. "To Kill a Mockingbird" , "Huckleberry Finn" and "Flowers for Algernon" for prejudice and bigotry issues. etc. > > Regards, > Pamela Wild > Whatcom County Health and Human Services > Bellingham, WA > > >>> Mavis Duncanson <mduncanson@wnmeds.ac.nz> 01/25/00 02:48PM >>> > >>From health-for-all-request@mailbase.ac.uk Tue Jan 18 05:42:21 2000 > >Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:26:59 -0000 > >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.10) > >Subject: arts in social services > >From: "John O'Shea" <j.oshea@hud.ac.uk> > >To: "'health-for-all@mailbase.ac.uk'" <health-for-all@mailbase.ac.uk> > >X-Unsub: To leave, send text 'leave health-for-all' to > mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk > >Reply-To: "John O'Shea" <j.oshea@hud.ac.uk> > >Sender: health-for-all-request@mailbase.ac.uk > > > >Hi > > > >I am looking for information about the use of arts in social services to > >promote self-advocacy and community involvement. Can anyone help? > > > > > >Cheers > >John > >Dept. of Health and Community > >School of Human and Health Sciences > >The University of Huddersfield > >Huddersfield > >HD1 3DH > >UK > >01484 472276/472207 > >j.oshea@hud.ac.uk > > > > > > Mavis Duncanson > Public Health Medicine Registrar > Department of Public Health > Wellington School of Medicine (University of Otago) > PO Box 7343 > Wellington South > New Zealand > > Telephone (04) 3855999 ext 5072 > Facsimile (04) 389 5319 > email mduncanson@wnmeds.ac.nz > > http://www.wnmeds.ac.nz/academic/dph
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