Program Development Resources

Needs Assessment:

2011-12 Florida Rural Communities Needs Assessment

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Arts in Healthcare for Rural Communities is a multi-­-year project of the Arts in Medicine Programs at the University of Florida: the UF Center for Arts in Medicine and Shands Arts in Medicine, supported by the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment of the Arts, and the Kresge Foundation, designed to create a working model for arts in healthcare programs in rural communities. The overarching goals of the project are: 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, 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 to develop, assess, and disseminate a model for the integration of the arts into healthcare in rural hospitals and communities. The following needs assessments were conducted by the Center for Arts in Medicine to inform the development of arts in healthcare programs in six rural Florida counties.