Music and Public Health : A Nordic Perspective

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Lars Ole Bonde, Töres Theorell)....Pages 1-12 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Music and Health in Everyday Life in Denmark: Associations Between the Use of Music and Health-Related Outcomes in Adult Danes (Ola Ekholm, Lars Ole Bonde)....Pages 15-31 Are Playing Instruments, Singing or Participating in Theatre Good for Population Health? Associations with Self-Rated Health and All-Cause Mortality in the HUNT3 Study (2006–2008), Norway (Bente Irene Løkken, Vegar Rangul, Dafna Merom, Ola Ekholm, Steinar Krokstad, Erik R. Sund)....Pages 33-54 Music Practice and Emotion Handling (Töres Theorell, Fredrik Ullén)....Pages 55-67 Front Matter ....Pages 69-69 How Does Music Translate Itself Biologically in a Public Health Context? (Töres Theorell)....Pages 71-84 How Music and Social Engagement Provides Healthy Aging and Prevents Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (Hanne Mette Ridder)....Pages 85-99 Music as a Forum for Social-Emotional Health (Suvi Saarikallio, Margarida Baltazar)....Pages 101-113 Partnerships for Health Musicking: A Case for Connecting Music Therapy and Public Health Practices (Brynjulf Stige)....Pages 115-128 Music as Participation! Exploring Music’s Potential to Avoid Isolation and Promote Health (Karette Stensæth)....Pages 129-147 Front Matter ....Pages 149-149 Bonding Through Music: Music Therapy as Health Promotion for Mothers and Children at a Public Health Clinic (Tora Söderström Gaden, Gro Trondalen)....Pages 151-166 Singing for a Better Life: Choral Singing and Public Health (Anne Haugland Balsnes)....Pages 167-186 Humanizing the Working Environment in Health Care Through Music and Movement (Eva Bojner Horwitz)....Pages 187-199 Music as an Integral Part of “Culture on Prescription” (Stine Lindahl Jacobsen, Helle Nystrup Lund, Lars Rye Bertelsen)....Pages 201-214 The Fellowship of Health Musicking: A Model to Promote Health and Well-Being (Kari Bjerke Batt-Rawden)....Pages 215-235 Back Matter ....Pages 237-241 From the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) comes an exciting source of theoretical approaches, epidemiological findings, and real-life examples regarding the therapeutic and health-enhancing effects of music. Experts across fields including psychology, neurology, music therapy, medicine, and public health review research on the benefits of music in relieving physiological, psychological, and socioemotional dysfunction. Chapters link musical experiences (listening and performing, as well as involvement in movement, dance, and theatre) to a wide range of clinical and non-clinical objectives such as preventing isolation, regulating mood, reducing stress and its symptoms, and treating dementia. And the book’s section on innovative music-based interventions illustrates opportunities for incorporating musical activities into public health programs. Among the topics covered are: · Associations between the use of music, cultural participation and health-related outcomes in adult Scandinavian populations · Music practice and emotion handling · How music translates itself biologically in the body · Music as a forum for social-emotional health · Participation and partnership as core concepts in music and public health · Music therapy as health promotion for mothers and children at a public health clinic Music and Public Health will gain interested readers among researchers, teachers, students, and clinicians in the fields of music education and therapy, as well as researchers and students of public health who are interested in the influence of culture and the arts. The book also will be relevant to administrators in public health services. From the Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) comes an exciting source of theoretical approaches, epidemiological findings, and real-life examples regarding the therapeutic and health-enhancing effects of music. Experts across fields including psychology, neurology, music therapy, medicine, and public health review research on the benefits of music in relieving physiological, psychological, and socioemotional dysfunction. Chapters link musical experiences (listening and performing, as well as involvement in movement, dance, and theatre) to a wide range of clinical and non-clinical objectives such as preventing isolation, regulating mood, reducing stress and its symptoms, and treating dementia. And the book’s section on innovative music-based interventions illustrates opportunities for incorporating musical activities into public health programs. Among the topics covered are: · Associations between the use of music, cultural participation and health-related outcomes in adult Scandinavian populations · Music practice and emotion handling · How music translates itself biologically in the body · Music as a forum for social-emotional health · Participation and partnership as core concepts in music and public health · Music therapy as health promotion for mothers and children at a public health clinic __Music and Public Health__ will gain interested readers among researchers, teachers, students, and clinicians in the fields of music education and therapy, as well as researchers and students of public health who are interested in the influence of culture and the arts. The book also will be relevant to administrators in public health services.