Social singing, culture and health: interdisciplinary insights from the CHIME project for perinatal mental health in The Gambia
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Abstract
Arts in Health initiatives and interventions to support health have emerged from and been applied to mainly WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) contexts. This overlooks the rich cultural traditions that exist across the globe, where community groups often make prolific use of participatory song and dance as a part of ceremonies, ritual and gatherings in everyday life. Here, we argue that these practices can provide a valuable starting point for the co-development of health interventions, illustrated by the CHIME project for perinatal mental health in The Gambia, which worked with local Kanyeleng groups (female fertility societies) to design and evaluate a brief intervention to support maternal mental health through social singing. Here, we use the project as a lens through which to highlight the value of co-creation, cultural embeddedness and partnership building in global health research.
Date Issued
2022-02-16
Date Acceptance
2022-02-01
Citation
Health Promotion International, 2022, 37 (SUPPL 1), pp.i18-i25
ISSN
0957-4824
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
i18
End Page
i25
Journal / Book Title
Health Promotion International
Volume
37
Issue
SUPPL 1
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© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Medical Research Council (MRC)
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MC/R024618/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Health Policy & Services
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Health Care Sciences & Services
interdisciplinary
health intervention
community
participatory music
singing
Kanyeleng
MOTHER-INFANT INTERACTIONS
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
POSTNATAL DEPRESSION
COMMUNICATION
STRESS
PEOPLE
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-02-16