Culture Health
Culture and Health
Support the Transformative Power of Art and Culture in Care
Exposure to the arts and culture can have measurable effects on health: reducing stress, decreasing perceived pain, promoting faster recovery, and improving quality of life. Music, visual art, and creative activities can activate neurobiological mechanisms that promote physical and psychological well-being.
Based on this scientific evidence, Fondazione Medicina a Misura di Donna supports and develops innovative projects that integrate art and science, promoting holistic care pathways at and in collaboration with Sant’Anna Hospital in Turin.
60 Live music concerts per year
75 Artists involved per year
850 People reached each month
Some Projects
Vitamine Jazz
The most extensive live music program ever implemented in an Italian hospital.
Artists from Turin's jazz community bring music directly to wards and waiting areas: from the emergency room to the oncology Day Hospital to the Maternity Ward, to welcome life with notes of hope and joy and to gently accompany care pathways.
Vitamine Jazz Festival
The Vitamine Jazz Festival is the annual event created to support and showcase Vitamine Jazz, the Fondazione Medicina a Misura di Donna's program that brings live music to the wards of Sant'Anna Hospital.
The Festival takes this experience outside the hospital and shares it with the city, bringing together on stage the musicians who have donated their time and talent to the project over the years. It is an evening of music and participation that highlights the role of art in healthcare settings and supports the continuity of activities in the hospital.
S.O.M.A. Art and Neurosciences
S.O.M.A. – Art and Neurosciences is a project by Fondazione Medicina a Misura di Donna and NOMA World dedicated to women with an oncological history.
After scientific validation on 50 women in oncological follow-up, the S.O.M.A. Method has entered the social prescription phase, as a model integrable into well-being and prevention pathways.
Aleatory painting on water, monitored with EEG by the University of Turin, thus becomes a concrete resource for care, connection, and quality of life.
Born with Culture - Cultural Passport
Born with Culture is a project that brings culture, birth, and health closer together from the first months of life. Through the Cultural Passport, families of newborns and women in the last months of pregnancy can access participating museums for free, recognized as Family and Kids Friendly places.
The project is currently adopted in the Obstetrics and Neonatology departments of Turin and the metropolitan area, with the involvement of museums, municipalities, hospitals, and cultural institutions. Culture thus becomes part of the welcome to birth: an experience that supports well-being, parenthood, and the connection between care, territory, and community.
Your Role in Change
Every donation you make is a new bridge between art and well-being, between culture and care.
Your support is not just a donation: it is an investment in social innovation, scientific research, and the humanization of care.