Music, health and wellbeing : exploring music for health equity and social justice

This book explores the power music has to address health inequalities and the social determinants of health and wellbeing. It examines music participation as a determinant of wellbeing and as a transformative tool to impact on wider social, cultural and environmental conditions. Uniquely, in this volume health and wellbeing outcomes are conceptualised on a continuum, with potential effects identified in relation to individual participants, their communities but also society at large. While arts therapy approaches have a clear place in the text, the emphasis is on music making outside of clinical contexts and the broader roles musicians, music facilitators and educators can play in enhancing wellbeing in a range of settings beyond the therapy room. This innovative edited collection will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of music, social services, medical humanities, education and the broader health field in the social and medical sciences. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Introduction: Exploring Music for Social Justice and Health Equity (Naomi Sunderland, Natalie Lewandowski, Dan Bendrups, Brydie-Leigh Bartleet)....Pages 1-15 Music, Public Health, and Health Promotion: Can Music Be a Social Determinant of Health? (Donald E. Stewart, J. Yoon Irons)....Pages 17-31 Social and Applied Psychological Explorations of Music, Health and Well-Being (Jane W. Davidson, Amanda E. Krause)....Pages 33-63 Promoting Social Inclusion, Equity and Well-Being for Young People with Autism Spectrum Condition: A Community Music Facilitator (and Parent) Perspective (Michael Whelan)....Pages 65-80 Depression and Music: Approaching Health Equity Through Therapeutic Choir Singing (Kirstin Robertson-Gillam)....Pages 81-96 Health and Well-Being Benefits of Singing for Older People (Stephen Clift, Rebekah Gilbert, Trish Vella-Burrows)....Pages 97-120 Community Music Research and Evaluation Through a Social Determinants Lens (Naomi Sunderland, Lauren Istvandity, Ali Lakhani, Caroline Lenette)....Pages 121-137 ‘Being Here’: Equity Through Musical Engagement with People with Dementia (Rineke Smilde)....Pages 139-154 Rama and the Worm: A Performance-Based Approach to Health Promotion in Rural Indonesia (Dan Bendrups, Donald Stewart, Joko Susilo)....Pages 155-175 Community Arts, Employment and Poverty: Exploring the Roles of Musical Participation and Professionalisation in Health Equity (Klisala Harrison)....Pages 177-199 How Can Arts Participation Promote Indigenous Social Determinants of Health? (Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Naomi Sunderland, Ali Lakhani)....Pages 201-226 Achieving Health Equity and Social Justice Through Music: Music as a Global Resource (Barbara Hesser, Harry N. Heinemann)....Pages 227-246 Medical Ethnomusicology and the Promise of Music, Health and Healing (Benjamin D. Koen)....Pages 247-267 Weapons of Mass Happiness: Social Justice and Health Equity in the Context of the Arts (Clive Parkinson)....Pages 269-288 Back Matter ....Pages 289-303 Exploring the power music has to address health inequalities and the social determinants of health and wellbeing, this text examines music participation as a determinant of wellbeing and as a transformative tool to impact on wider social, cultural and environmental conditions