The Health Humanities Consortium promotes health humanities scholarship, education, and practices through interdisciplinary methods and theories that focus on the intersection of the arts and humanities, health, illness, and healthcare. 

IHHN: “Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery” Video

Paul Crawford from the International Health Humanities Network has shared a digital showcase for their extensive, multi-year ARTS and HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL funded programme, “Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery” in association with Mental Health Foundation, London, UK.  The showcase includes wonderful video reports, testimonials and images from the 14 projects in the programme which include investigations in the US, China and Spain.

http://cpmr.mentalhealth.org.uk/

7th International Health Humanities Conference in Southampton UK, 2-4 August 2018

7th International Health Humanities Conference in Southampton UK, 2-4 August 2018
The deadline for abstracts (1st May) is fast approaching for the 7th International Health Humanities Conference to be held in the historic city of Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
This year’s theme is CHANGING SOCIETY: COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND TRANSFORMATION – HOW HEALTH HUMANITIES CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

Further information about the conference and the wonderful keynote speakers can be found here: http://goodmentalhealth.org.uk/hhc2018/

Abstract submission can be entered here: http://goodmentalhealth.org.uk/hhc2018-call-for-abstracts/
Attendance fees can be paid here with a new student rate of £200 being available here: http://goodmentalhealth.org.uk/product/hhc2018/

We look forward to welcoming you to the conference!

CIP CODE UPDATE PROJECT REPORT

From CIP Project Chair Sarah Berry: “Thanks to all who worked with their institutional IPEDS representative to submit a survey request for a Medical Humanities and Health Humanities CIP code.
We have confirmation that 5 surveys were submitted (Centre C., Bellarmine U., Hiram C., Misericordia U., and Baker U.) Several others of you let me know that you had forwarded the request and prepared text to your Keyholder or Coordinator, and we hope that some of them indeed submitted—the more requests from different institutions, the better.
The IPEDS committee will meet in June to review CIP survey results. I’ll send out updates to this group as info becomes available.
Thanks again for your participation over the past year. The CIP update occurs only every four to eight years, so—fingers crossed that we’ll soon have a code boosting our stature as a field and that our programs will have new statistical tools available to everyone, from students and program chairs to researchers and administrators.”
From the HHC to Sarah, thank you for spearheading this initiative.