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Date: 3 November 2025 / 18:00
Aula Polivalente Campus Est
The fourth lecture of the 2025 Culture and Health course – Doctors and Social Prescribing. Healing through sport, nature, culture and volunteering – will take place on Monday, November 3, from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m., at the Aula Polivalente, East Campus, Lugano.
The effectiveness of Arts on Prescription will be analysed by Anita Jensen, associate professor of family medicine at Lund University in Sweden, who will present the main findings of international literature. In particular, she will illustrate the results of a recent review she carried out on 25 studies on the topic, including 9 quantitative research studies on a sample of almost 3000 patients. Arts on Prescription is one of the forms of social prescription that is producing the most promising results, increasingly acknowledged for its ability to foster connections between individuals and the community through creative activities with the aim of improving health and general wellbeing.
Next, Inga Surgunte (Latvian Academy of Culture), involved in the European CultureForHealth project, will illustrate tangible cases of social inclusion through art in different European contexts.
Full programme: www.culturaesalute.ch – IBSA Foundation