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Arts – Performing arts activities such as singing, dancing and acting;
– visual arts, design and crafts including clay modelling, photography, sewing;
– digital arts activities including photography, animation and filmmaking;
– literary arts such as reading, creative writing, and storytelling;
– culture such as going to museums, galleries, concerts, community events, cultural festivals, and fairs.
Related terms: culture, arts and culture

Arts on Prescription- AoP is a mental health promoting programme which is a model of social prescribing (next to Books, Education, Exercise on Prescription etc.) that enables health professionals or other referral channels to refer people to a range of creative and participatory activities to support their mental health, and social inclusion. 
Related terms: Culture on referral, Arts on referral

Baltic Sea Region – The Baltic Sea Region is a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe that includes countries and territories bordering the Baltic Sea such as Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden.

Cross-sectoral Collaboration – is  a process where departments, organisations work together across sectors such as municplaities, regions, NGOs to  collectively focus their expertise and resources in planning and implementing programmes in a community. 

Culture and arts facilitator – The culture and arts facilitators are professionals in the field of arts and culture who perform cultural or arts activities with the participants within the Arts on Prescription programme. The culture and arts facilitators will most often be employed at libraries, museums, art schools, music schools or self-employed artists.
Related terms: Culture guide, artist, cultural employee, cultural worker

Cultural institutions – Cultural institutions are organisations, facilities, or structures that preserve and promote cultural heritage, artistic expressions, and intellectual works. They play a vital role in educating the public and preserving cultural values, traditions, and history.
Related terms: museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, performing arts centres, cultural centres, and historic landmarks.

Diagnosis-free space – A diagnosis-free space is characterised by the absence of diagnostic labels and categories used by the professionals. In a diagnosis-free space, individuals can receive help in understanding and managing their mental health challenges without feeling defined or stigmatized by a certain diagnosis. It also allows for the exploration and understanding of their unique experiences and needs, by giving the participants a mental break from their issues and creating a feeling of flow and creative potential.
Related terms: non-clinical space, non-medical space, non-therapy space

Health – Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Related terms: health promotion, health outcomes

Link worker – The link worker is responsible for the daily project management and communication, and coordinates cooperation with the referral channels, culture and arts facilitators, cultural institutions, and functions as contact person for the participants.
Related terms: Local manager, local coordinator, AoP-coordinator

Local working group – Local employees who are responsible for planning and managing the implementation of the programme. The group’s function is to specifically solve practical tasks and challenges related to the project, programs, and participants, as well as ensure collaboration across departments, systems, and cultures.
Related terms: local project group

Mental health – Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. It is an integral component of health and well-being that underpins our individual and collective abilities to make decisions, build relationships and shape the world we live in. Mental health is a basic human right. And it is crucial to personal-, community- and socio-economic development. Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders. It exists on a complex continuum, which is experienced differently from one person to the next, with varying degrees of difficulty and distress and potentially very different social and clinical outcomes.
Related terms: mental well-being

Mental health problems – Mental health problems include mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities as well as other mental states associated with significant distress, impairment in functioning, or risk of self-harm. People with mental health problems are more likely to experience lower levels of mental well-being, but this is not always or necessarily the case. 
Related terms: mental health issues, mental health conditions

Mental health promotion programme – A mental health promotion programme is an organised set of activities designed to support and enhance the mental health and well-being of individuals or communities. The goal of such a programme is to promote mental health and prevent mental health problems by providing resources, creating a safe and supportive environment to facilitate building resilience and empowerment as well as fostering positive relationships and social support.
Related terms: Arts on Prescription, culture interventions

Referral Channels – They are responsible for referring the target audience to AoP via the link worker. They assess if the individual would potentially benefit from taking part in the Arts on Prescription programme.
Related terms: Recruitment officers, recruitment channels, social worker, general practitioners, doctors, NGO’s, associations related to mental health, nurses, mental health nurses, remitters

Referral pathways/systems – Those who refer to AoP are preferably within the health care- or social sector). These are part of various referral pathways / systems which are formal arrangements developed between referral channels and arts and cultural sector. Different types of referral pathways / systems define how the participants are connected to a link worker and social prescriptions such as AoP.
Related terms: link worker, social worker, general practitioners, doctors

Social determinants of health – Social determinants of health are non-medical factors that influence health outcomes; they include factors like socioeconomic status, education, neighbourhood and physical environment, employment, and social support networks, as well as access to health care.

Social Prescribing – is a mechanism for linking target audiences with non-medical sources of support within the community; these include opportunities for arts and creativity, physical activity, new skills, volunteering, mutual aid, befriending and self-help, as well as support with benefits, employment, housing, debt, legal advice or parenting problems.
Related terms: gardening on prescription, books on prescription, education on prescription, exercise on prescription, arts on prescription.

Social Return on Investment (SROI) –  provides a clear framework to account for social that  goes beyond traditional economic evaluation tools, by also accounting for an interventions broader soical value and social impact. SROI  can be used to evaluate cross-sectoral investments which aim to promote health and development.

Steering group – A group of local stakeholders responsible for securing the framework, fostering collaboration, and providing management support for all parties involved, allowing the local working group to focus on implementing the practical aspects of the project. The steering group works primarily on a strategic level.
Related terms: Steering committee

Systems-thinking – an approach to problem-solving that views problems as part of a wider dynamic system. It recognises and prioritises the understanding of linkages, relationships, interactions and interdependencies among the components of a system. It focuses on the way different parts of a system interact and influence one another creating a holistic approach to understanding complex problems. 

Target audience – People with mild to moderate mental health problems such as depression, stress, or anxiety, as well as those at risk of developing such problems for instance due to loneliness.
Related terms: Arts on Prescription participants

Wellbeing – Well-being is a positive state experienced by individuals and societies. Similar to health, it is a resource for daily life and is determined by social, economic, and environmental conditions. Well-being encompasses quality of life and the ability of people and societies to contribute to the world with a sense of meaning and purpose. Focusing on well-being supports the tracking of the equitable distribution of resources, overall thriving and sustainability.
Related terms: psychological well-being, mental well-being, community well-being