Arts in Healthcare for Rural Communities Toolkit

Overview

AIM for the Panhandle is a multi-year project of Shands Arts in Medicine, supported by the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment of the Arts, and the UF Center for the Arts in Healthcare, designed to create a working model for arts in healthcare programs in rural communities. The overarching goals of the project are: 1) to bring the arts and creative opportunities to as many people as possible in a way that enhances individual and community health and health literacy; 2) to provide access to the arts and to build arts participation in the Florida Panhandle by exposing diverse healthcare communities to creative opportunities in the healthcare setting; and 3) to develop, assess, and disseminate a model for the integration of the arts into healthcare in rural hospitals and communities

The Arts in Healthcare for Rural Communities Toolkit is designed to provide resources for the development of arts in healthcare programs and projects that address health disparities and support individual/community health in rural communities. Click the links below to download the resource documents.