Objective Narratives play an increasingly important role in (online) communication about health issues. News reporters not only report the cold facts about an upcoming epidemic, but also increasingly employ techniques that are used in novels and movies; serious games use interactive storytelling techniques to improve the health of children; health campaigns use celebrities and role models in order to convince a target audience to adopt healthy habits. In spite of their increasing use, relatively little is known about the effects of narratives in a health communication context, as expertise on narratives is scattered across different disciplines.The objective of the HealthNar program is (1) to strengthen and consolidate the emerging field of narrative health communication and (2) to establish a flourishing and solid multidisciplinary research exchange network on narratives and health. The program does so by bringing together renowned international scholars from health psychology, media psychology, health communication, arts, and interactive communication.Activities planned in the HealthNar program encompass: an electronic communication platform, secondments to partner institutes, the organization of workshops and seminars, joint grant applications, research projects, scientific papers, an edited volume, and a conference.The work in the HealthNar project is organised in five Work Packages. The first work package concerns coordination and management. The second to fourth Work Packages focus on different aspects of narrative communication, intersecting different disciplinary perspectives and theoretical approaches. Knowledge and skills will be exchanged through seminars, workshops, scientific papers, and weekly meetings between visiting and hosting researchers during the secondments. The fifth Work Package is concerned with synthesizing the acquired knowledge into a new research framework that will be integrated into a research proposal and published in an edited book. Fields of science social sciencespsychologyhumanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematography Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Coordinator STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT EU contribution € 42 000,00 Address HOUTLAAN 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Laura Pander (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN Belgium EU contribution € 23 100,00 Address PRINSSTRAAT 13 2000 Antwerpen See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Antwerpen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anne Adams (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT KOBLENZ Germany EU contribution € 12 600,00 Address UNIVERSITATSSTRASSE 1 56070 Koblenz See on map Region Rheinland-Pfalz Koblenz Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Simone Mertel-Scherer (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET AUGSBURG Germany EU contribution € 21 000,00 Address UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE 2 86159 Augsburg See on map Region Bayern Schwaben Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anna -Maria Luger (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data