Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Glob Health Promot. 2021 Jun;28(2):78-82. doi: 10.1177/1757975921998638. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
With the current COVID-19 pandemic impacting communities across the globe, diverse health promotion strategies are required to address the wide-ranging challenges we face. Art is a highly engaging tool that promotes positive well-being and increases community engagement and participation. The 'Create Hope Mural' campaign emerged as an arts-based health promotion response to inspire dialogue on why hope is so important for Canadians during these challenging times. This initiative is a partnership between a health promotion network based in Vancouver and an 'open air' art museum based in Toronto. Families were invited to submit artwork online that represents the concept of hope. This paper discusses the reflections of organizers of this arts-based health promotion initiative during the early months of the pandemic in Canada. Our findings reveal the importance of decolonizing practices, centring the voices of those impacted by crisis, while being attentive to the social and political context. These learnings can be adopted by prospective health promoters attempting to use arts-based methods to address social and health inequities.
随着当前 COVID-19 大流行在全球范围内影响着各个社区，我们需要采用多样化的健康促进策略来应对我们所面临的广泛挑战。艺术是一种极具吸引力的工具，可以促进积极的幸福感，增加社区的参与度。“创作希望壁画”运动是一种基于艺术的健康促进应对措施，旨在激发人们就为什么在这个充满挑战的时期希望对加拿大人如此重要进行对话。该倡议是一个位于温哥华的健康促进网络和一个位于多伦多的“露天”艺术博物馆之间的合作。邀请家庭在线提交代表希望概念的艺术品。本文讨论了在加拿大大流行早期，该基于艺术的健康促进倡议的组织者的反思。我们的研究结果表明，去殖民化实践、关注受危机影响的人的声音以及关注社会和政治背景非常重要。这些经验教训可以为那些试图利用基于艺术的方法来解决社会和健康不平等问题的未来健康促进者所采用。
