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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Date: 29 June 2023 ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE Ms Elen Ohov BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Adviser ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО European Union Affairs and International Co- Head office: operation Department UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Ministry of Social Affairs Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Suur-Ameerika 1 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.euro.who.int 10122 Tallinn Estonia Dear Ms Ohov, Music and motherhood: health care innovation through the arts Copenhagen, Denmark, 6 October 2023 I have the honour to inform you that the WHO Regional Office for Europe, in collaboration with the Jameel Arts and Health Lab and with the support of Central Denmark Region, will be hosting the above event. The purpose of this full-day meeting is to examine how culture and the arts can support health systems and improve health and well-being. The meeting will use a multi-country, WHO-led implementation of an arts intervention, called “Music and Motherhood”, as a case study. It will bring together a broad range of stakeholders, including cultural and health policy makers, global experts in the field, “Music and Motherhood” project partners, and arts practitioners. A copy of the Scope and purpose of the meeting is attached. The working language of the expert meeting will be English. I am pleased to invite you to nominate one participant to attend from your country. Estonia has participated in a number of arts and health projects, notably involving mental health. A few examples can be found in this online resource from Cultureforhealth.eu. I believe that this meeting can help encourage the development of further arts and health activities in Estonia. We look forward to receiving your nomination. Kindly provide the name, functional title and contact details (email address and telephone number) of the proposed expert to Ameer Shaheed ([email protected]) from the Behavioural and Cultural Insights Unit at the WHO Regional Office for Europe by 21 July 2023. We look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Robb Butler Executive Director UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: http://www.euro.who.int Denmark Encls: Scope and Purpose Copy for information to: Ms Triin Uusberg, Head, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia H.E. Ms Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A, CH-1209 Genève, Switzerland H.E. Mr William Mart Laanemäe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia Dr Nils Fietje, Technical Officer, (Behavioural and Cultural Insights), WHO Regional Office for Europe, UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark –2– WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L'EUROPE WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО Music and motherhood: health care innovation through the arts WHO Regional Office for Europe Issue Date: 26 June 2023 Copenhagen, Denmark 6 October 2023, 9:00-16:00 CEST Scope and purpose Summary On 6 October 2023, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, in collaboration with the Jameel Arts and Health Lab and with the support of Central Denmark Region, will be hosting a full-day meeting to examine the potential for culture and the arts to support health systems and improve health and well-being. The meeting will use a multi-country, WHO-led implementation of an arts intervention, called “Music and Motherhood”, as a case study. Background In 2019, WHO published a scoping review on the evidence base for how arts can support health. This seminal report cast a spotlight on the growing momentum within the arts and health research field. From dancing for Parkinson’s, to singing groups that improve lung health, the report showed how arts and health interventions can help with the promotion of health and well-being, the prevention of disease, and the treatment and management of a variety of illnesses. Importantly, the report also illustrated how, at a time when health systems are increasingly stretched, a multi-sectoral arts and health approach can provide opportunities for increasing health systems capacity using new as well as untapped resources in the culture sector. This integration can be achieved using social prescribing, which is a means of connecting patients to a range of non-clinical services in the community to improve their health and well-being. To better understand the practical implications of delivering arts and health interventions in different settings, WHO Europe has implemented a study protocol built around a clinically evidenced intervention for mothers who experience postpartum depression (PPD). Originally developed in the United Kingdom, the intervention, called “Music and Motherhood”, supports mothers experiencing PDD through specifically designed singing group session over a 10-week period. The study was conducted in three WHO Europe member states (Romania, Italy, and Denmark) to determine the feasibility of implementing the intervention in other cultural contexts. Lessons learned from this project, and implications for developing similar arts and health initiatives and integrating these into health systems, will be collected in a report due to be launched in October 2023. Stakeholder meeting Following the conclusion of the study, WHO Europe is organising a full-day (9:00-16:00 CEST), multi- stakeholder meeting on 6 October 2023 at UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark. Participants will include cultural and health policy makers, global experts in the field, “Music and Motherhood” project partners, and arts practitioners. 1 The objectives of this meeting are to: • showcase the results of the “Music and Motherhood” implementation study and the resultant arts and health implementation report; • discuss the barriers and drivers to promote arts participation as a health behaviour; and • illustrate how member states are using social prescribing mechanism to integrate arts activities and interventions into their health systems. The meeting will feature a range of activities to support these different objectives. Plenary presentations, testimonies, panel discussions, and audio-visual elements will provide participants with an understanding of the evidence base as well as the practical means of implementing arts and health interventions in their countries. At the same time, artistic elements will provide an experiential understanding of arts participation as an important health behaviour. The expected outcomes of this meeting include: • a shared understanding of the evidence base behind arts and health; • insight into the practical steps required to implement arts and health interventions and to integrate these into health systems; and • an opportunity to network with a variety of arts and health stakeholders across the WHO European Region. 2 Saatja: SHAHEED, Ameer <[email protected]> Saadetud: 01.08.2023 02:32 Adressaat: <"Elen Ohov"> Koopia: <"Triin Uusberg">; <"SM Info">; Ms K. Saarsalu-Layachi <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; Kaisa.Mitt-Alvarez <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; KÖHLER, Kristina <[email protected]>; FIETJE, Nils <[email protected]> Teema: Re: Invitation: WHO/Europe meeting on Arts and Health (Copenhagen, 6 October 2023) Greetings, We would like to draw your attention to the below correspondence from the WHO Regional Office for Europe, which we are taking the liberty of resending. It pertains to an invitation for a meeting on Arts and Health, to be held in Copenhagen on the 6th of October 2023. Please find attached the official invitation as well as the Scope and Purpose for this meeting. We have extended the original RSVP deadline to the 15thof August 2023. In anticipation of your response, and with our best regards, -- Ameer Shaheed, PhD Consultant Behavioural and Cultural Insights to Health World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe From: SHAHEED, Ameer &lt;[email protected]&gt;Date: Friday, 30 June 2023 at 14:40To: Ms E. Ohov ([email protected]) &lt;[email protected]&gt;Cc: [email protected] &lt;[email protected]&gt;, [email protected] &lt;[email protected]&gt;, Ms K. Saarsalu-Layachi ([email protected]) &lt;[email protected]&gt;, [email protected] &lt;[email protected]&gt;, Kaisa.Mitt-Alvarez &lt;Kaisa.Mitt- [email protected]&gt;, [email protected] &lt;[email protected]&gt;, [email protected] &lt;[email protected]&gt;, KÖHLER, Kristina &lt;[email protected]&gt;, FIETJE, Nils &lt;[email protected]&gt;Subject: Invitation: WHO/Europe meeting on Arts and Health (Copenhagen, 6 October 2023) Please see the attached correspondence sent from the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. 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