TY - JOUR
T1 - Health Education Literacy and Accessibility for Musicians
T2 - A Global Approach Report from the Worldwide Universities Network Project
AU - Baadjou, Vera A.
AU - Wijsman, Suzanne I.
AU - Ginsborg, Jane
AU - Guptill, Christine
AU - de Lisle, Rae
AU - Rennie-Salonen, Bridget
AU - Visentin, Peter
AU - Ackermann, Bronwen J.
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To address the need for accessible health education and improved health literacy for musicians throughout their lifespan. METHODS: Formation of a multicultural, international, and interdisciplinary collaborative research team, funded by the Worldwide Universities Network. The goal is to design a multi-strand research program to develop flexible and accessible approaches to health education for musicians, thus improving their health literacy. RESULTS: Two team meetings took place in 2018. The first was held 11 to 15 April 2018 in Perth, Australia, and involved a review of existing literature and interventions on health education in music schools, intensive development of research topics, aims, and methodologies, and identification of potential funding sources to support future large-scale research programs. This resulted in the draft design of three research projects, finalized during a second meeting in Maastricht, the Netherlands, 27 to 31 August 2018. DISCUSSION: These intensive meetings identified the need for both cultural change in music education settings as well as improved health literacy in musicians across global geographical regions. A global project to address health literacy and health education accessibility for musicians has commenced.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To address the need for accessible health education and improved health literacy for musicians throughout their lifespan. METHODS: Formation of a multicultural, international, and interdisciplinary collaborative research team, funded by the Worldwide Universities Network. The goal is to design a multi-strand research program to develop flexible and accessible approaches to health education for musicians, thus improving their health literacy. RESULTS: Two team meetings took place in 2018. The first was held 11 to 15 April 2018 in Perth, Australia, and involved a review of existing literature and interventions on health education in music schools, intensive development of research topics, aims, and methodologies, and identification of potential funding sources to support future large-scale research programs. This resulted in the draft design of three research projects, finalized during a second meeting in Maastricht, the Netherlands, 27 to 31 August 2018. DISCUSSION: These intensive meetings identified the need for both cultural change in music education settings as well as improved health literacy in musicians across global geographical regions. A global project to address health literacy and health education accessibility for musicians has commenced.
U2 - 10.21091/mppa.2019.2011
DO - 10.21091/mppa.2019.2011
M3 - Article
C2 - 31152654
SN - 0885-1158
VL - 34
SP - 105
EP - 107
JO - Medical Problems of Performing Artists
JF - Medical Problems of Performing Artists
IS - 2
ER -