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Journal of Applied Arts & Health - Volume 2, Issue 1, 2011
Volume 2, Issue 1, 2011
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Spirals dancing and the Spiral Integrated Learning Process: Promoting an embodied knowing
More LessThis programme evaluation study of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) programme utilizes both quantitative and qualitative data. The findings suggest both student mentors as well as students participating in MVP activities enhance their ability to become active bystanders in the prevention of bullying, sexual harassment and teen dating abuse. Through the Spiral Integrated Learning Process (SILP) inherent in the author's wellness/prevention work in a public high school, the reader will be introduced to the theoretical models and expressive arts activities that promote an embodied knowing or integrated learning in addition to building community that acknowledges differences and supports understanding. Goleman's social and emotional learning theories, the Relational Cultural Theory, along with mindful exercises and recent neuroscience findings reinforce and help to make the SILP more explicit. In addition Laban's idea of 'movement thinking,' informs this work along with the creative use of expressive arts; each builds on the other and spirals forward and backwards helping the students create an embodied knowing, a theoretical and experiential framework for addressing bullying and its prevention.
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Engagement in the arts and well-being and health in later adulthood: An empirical study
Authors: Mike J. Lowis, Albert Jewell and Michael I. JacksonA participant sample of 102 retired men and women completed a self-report questionnaire to assess their active and passive involvement with each of six forms of artistic pursuits, plus measures of well-being and self-rated health (SRH). Although the study was partly exploratory, it was hypothesized that there would be significant and positive links between artistic involvement and ratings for both well-being and physical health. Results showed that 99% of participants recorded at least some engagement with the arts at the passive level, and 78% at the active level. Literature was the overall highest ranked art form, with instrumental music coming second. Contrary to hypotheses, there were no significant correlations between involvement in the arts and either well-being or SRH. It was speculated that, despite this, the reason for the relatively high involvement with the arts was because participants simply based their responses on the extent to which they regarded their involvement in these pursuits as meaningful and pleasurable leisure occupations. It was suggested that all who are concerned with the mental and physical health of older people, should encourage not only participation in the arts as such, but in active rather than just passive pursuits.
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Evaluating the therapeutic effects of museum object handling with hospital patients: A review and initial trial of well-being measures
Authors: Linda J. Thomson, Erica E. Ander, Usha Menon, Anne Lanceley and Helen J. ChatterjeeArts therapy interventions within health care produce positive outcomes for patients, staff and carers, though little rigorous evaluation of these activities is conducted using clinically accepted measures. Similarly, heritage-specific therapeutic interventions offer comparable potential to increase well-being. Although museums and galleries have significant capacity to contribute to health and social care, widespread implementation is impeded by lack of robust clinical data quantifying the impact of such interventions. Measurement scales for psychological well-being, quality of life and health status were reviewed for their suitability to evaluate well-being in hospital patients before and after 30-minute museum object handling sessions. Measures were short-listed using selection criteria of internal and external validity, practicality and sensitivity. Focus on usage in health care, breadth of application, ease of administration and degree of responsiveness informed the choice of optimum measures for preliminary research with female oncology patients (n=40). Findings indicated effectiveness of selected measures (Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale; PANAS and Visual Analogue Scale; VAS) for heritage-specific interventions.
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Forgetting the machine: Patients' experiences of engaging in artwork while on renal dialysis
Authors: Nick Rowe, Colin H. Jones, Lesley Seeger, Gill Greaves, Cathy Holman and Helen TurnerPatients on hospital haemodialysis spend many hours a week away from their home, undergoing a treatment that is time consuming and physically and mentally draining. Given the often unpleasant experience of dialysis, it is not surprising that art has been one of the possible interventions employed. This study investigates an art project led by a professional artist at the renal dialysis unit at York Hospital. Twelve patients involved in the project participated in semi-structured interviews. Our findings suggest that while 'absorbed' in art making, patients are for a time able to 'forget the dialysis machine' and the reality of their illness. The study finds that engagement in artwork is more than just a distraction from the uncomfortable experience of dialysis. Art making engages patients intellectually, creatively and socially. It gives purpose to the time on dialysis, a sense of contributing to a joint task and promotes social interaction.
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A philosophy for community-based, participatory arts practice: A narrative inquiry
More LessThis article presents a single narrative of 'Veronica Blue' who is a professional actor and participatory arts practitioner. Veronica specializes in working with people from disadvantaged backgrounds and amongst people with mental health problems. Veronica has developed a theoretical underpinning for her work together with a strong philosophy for practice as a facilitator in community arts settings. Narrative methodology is encouraged for future applied arts and health research, as its focus upon storytelling is philosophically consistent with participatory arts approaches.
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On patient-centred care: An actor reflects on his experience as a simulated patient in medical communication skills training
By Ray SuttonThe author, a contributor to a wide range of medical education programmes over many years, discusses issues arising from his work as a simulated patient, with particular emphasis on the concept of patient-centred care. While medical educators have published widely on patient-centred medicine, the author approaches the subject from the radical perspective of a medical outsider - a proxy patient. The article considers the various ways in which simulated patients contribute to communication skills training and the promotion of good practice among both prospective and established doctors. The author discusses how and how far specific consultation models may or may not be conducive to patient-centred medicine. Finally, the article assesses the present state of the patient-centred culture, as the author sees it, and suggests possible ways forward. The article is principally addressed, not to communication skills specialists, of whom there are pitifully few, but to those GPs, senior House Officers, consultants and lecturers in diverse specialisms (mainly but not invariably related to medicine) who regularly contribute to communication skills courses as managers, facilitators and assessors. It is also intended that actors in the simulated patient field will find the following paragraphs helpful in stimulating a professional debate.
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REVIEWS
Authors: Nick Rowe, Wendy Woolfson, Paul G. Dempster, Iain Kelly, Jane Coad and Sue HackingTHEATRE IN HEALTH AND CARE, EMMA BRODZINSKI (2010) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 200pp., ISBN: 978-1403997081, Hardback, RRP: £50.00
SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR STORYTELLING AS A HEALING ART - GLASGOW 2010, 'STORIES FOR HEALTH - WORDS FOR WELLBEING!'
ENSURING SUSTAINABILITY - ARTS AND HEALTH ACADEMICS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: A REPORT OF A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP HELD ON 17 MARCH 2011
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