Perspectives in Public Health· 2013Q2· Review
Museums and art galleries as partners for public health interventions
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Short summary
Museums and art galleries offer an underdeveloped yet promising venue for public health interventions and health promotion programs, leveraging their community role to improve well-being.
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Key points
- Museums and art galleries are underutilized settings for public health interventions.
- These institutions play a significant social role in community well-being.
- A framework is proposed for collaboration between cultural heritage, healthcare, and university sectors.
- This approach has international implications for health promotion planning.
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Abstract
The majority of public health programmes are based in schools, places of employment and in community settings. Likewise, nearly all health-care interventions occur in clinics and hospitals. An underdeveloped area for public health-related planning that carries international implications is the cultural heritage sector, and specifically museums and art galleries. This paper presents a rationale for the use of museums and art galleries as sites for public health interventions and health promotion programmes through discussing the social role of these organisations in the health and well-being of the communities they serve. Recent research from several countries is reviewed and integrated into a proposed framework for future collaboration between cultural heritage, health-care and university sectors to further advance research, policy development and evidence-based practice.
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