Overview
Is the first book to document the full potential of music as a public health resource
Provides the foundation of a new understanding of the potential of music to improve physical and mental health
Presents a combination of epidemiological and clinical evidence for musicking as a health resource – in a Nordic perspective related to the welfare systems of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland
Offers a unique collection of scholarly writings from leading researchers in the Nordic countries
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Epidemiological Research in Music and Public Health in the Nordic Countries
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Theoretical Perspectives on Music and Public Health
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Music as a Prophylactic Resource: Examples of Projects and Initiatives
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Keywords
- music therapy
- arts and health
- health musicking
- non-invasive interventions
- community music
- health promotion
- prophylaxis
- health and well-being
- public health
- physical and mental health
- epidemiology
- music education
- culture by prescription
- community health
- quality of life
- social-emotional health
- participatory action research strategy
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Töres Theorell, MD, PhD, is a physician with specialty in internal medicine, cardiology, and social medicine. Dr. Theorell was professor of Psychosocial Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden from 1995 to 2006. After retirement, he has been working as scientific consultant at the Stress Research Institute at the University of Stockholm in Sweden. He also is an amateur musician.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Music and Public Health
Book Subtitle: A Nordic Perspective
Editors: Lars Ole Bonde, Töres Theorell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76240-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76239-5Published: 01 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09439-3Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76240-1Published: 23 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Epidemiology, Music