Health promotion innovation – a co-creation art visit cycle

• Main Author: Chaves, C.
• Publication Date: 2020
• Other Authors: Alves, Rui Alexandre Coelho, Martins, D., Veiga-Branco, Augusta, Costa, Jorge, Guerra, Pedro, Pinto, R., Gonçalves, A.
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/22644
• topic: Health promotion; Innovation

People who live an artistic event each year become 60% healthier than those who don't visit museums, theaters orconcerts. Activities such as seeing pictures decrease the production of stressors and living art promotes in people the feeling of subjective well-being. Objective - To explore the level of co-creation of health promoting activities by gerontology students, targeting institutionalized senior populations, or senior-students from universities. Methodology –Action - research, through Project learning, developed in2 interaction sequences: (Fig.1- Interaction in co-creation of visits cycle): The initial, emerged from successive gerontology students experiences at Museum of Arte (CACGM), in visits guided by its Director, and followed by reflective analysis, about the personal emerging feelings from these experiences. The second,was developed through the interaction of students with residential institutions for seniors: From and with CACGM, students developed a multi institutional co-creation project, using a multi-participatory methodology, putting into practice a sequence of art visits, guided by the students and CAC director, aimed at institutionalized seniors and senior university graduates. Results - The interactions / invitation put 8 senior institutions in the field: 5 with institutionalized seniors:Flor de Sortes, Centro de Dia Rebordãos, Centro Social Paroquial Santo Condestável, Obra Padre Miguel and Fundação Betânia, mobilizing for the project “A Visit Cycle - Between Gerontology and Art” an important number of seniors living a life without enough activity. In addition to these, also the University Sénior de Vinhais, the University Sénior of Bragança , the Macedo de Cavaleiros Sénior University, they assumed themselves as partners of IPB and CACGM, with their trainees – seniors, living their experiences in their contacts with art and experiencing different feelings and emotions from the usual days. Conclusion - Contact with the various art forms promotes health. The interactions between the different seniors, and the involvement with the students, make the successive Visits, felt as experiences of deep sense of gratification. All partners involved feel gratified