Common Objectives and Strategies for Cultural and Health Commitment

in a Norwegian County - Nord-Trøndelag County

Margunn Skjei KnudtsenDr. art., senior adviser/project manager

Norway, Nord -Trøndelag County

• Population: 135.000

• Land area: 22.396 km2

• Number of municipalities: 23

• Rural areas with small towns

Common challenges and objectives in Culture Sector and Public Health Work

• Social and geographic differences in health• Social and geographic differences in participation

in cultural activities• Correlation between participation and health

Ensure participation for everyone and avoid social exclusion

• Cooperation and partnership• Common objectives in culture sector and public

health work• Legislation and decisions as framework• Make statistics and research relevant for decision

makers

FOLK-projects

Partners: • Nord-Trøndelag County Council• The County Governor of Nord-Trøndelag • HUNT Research Center, Faculty of Medicine -

Norwegian University of Science and Technology• The Hospital Trust in Nord-Trøndelag• Nord-Trøndelag University College• 11 municipalities in the County

Objectives FOLK-projects

• Contribute to develop an overarching culture and health politics• Making arts and culture available to all • Arts and culture in public health work, care and

nursing• Increase knowledge

Implementing Culture and Health in Regional and Local Policy and Practice

• Cooperation and partnership• Common objectives in culture sector and public

health work• Legislation and decisions as framework• Make statistics and research relevant for decision

makers

Education

Planning

Increased access to cultural activities

Strategy for Public Health Work Nord-Trøndelag County

Public Health Act Population StrategyHealth Promotion Planning and Building ActUniversal design

Make statistics and research relevant for decision makers

(The HUNT Study)

HUNT 1 HUNT 2HUNT 3

The HUNT Study

Survey Material Invited Part. rateTotal population

HUNT 1 (1984-86) > 20 years 77,212 90 %

HUNT 2 (1995-97) >13 years 104,000 70 %

HUNT 3 (2006-08) >13 years 105,000 60 %

HUNT Research Centre, Norway Steinar Krokstad, MD PhD

HUNT 3

HUNT Research Centre, Norway Steinar Krokstad, MD PhD

Nord- Trøndelag County, HUNT 3Women attending concerts, theatre, cinema during last 6 months, Cuypers et al.