Family members’ perceptions of a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

Blackburn, Carolyn

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“…Young children can be quite demonstrative in expressing their views, even if they do not verbally reject a researcher's presence or questions. They can, for example, move away from a person they do not wish to be near (Aubrey et al, 2000), refuse to answer questions, change the topic of conversation or in extreme cases be physically aggressive if they feel particularly unhappy about situations. The decision to adopt an ongoing process of assent whereby the child's acceptance of the researcher within the hospital spaces was taken as assent to participate in the research was considered appropriate.…”

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“…Contemporary Froebelian principles are the following (Froebel Trust, 2019): It should be noted that the views and perceptions of parents and wider family members were also sought. However, this article will focus on professional views as family views are reported elsewhere (see Blackburn, 2019).…”

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“…One such project, Singing Medicine ® (SM) is an award-winning project (NHS Health and Social Care; Royal Society for Public Health) that is delivered weekly to all wards and in-patient areas at Birmingham Children's Hospital (BCH) by Ex Cathedra vocal tutors. The vocal tutors are considered by parents to be part of the child's 'Hospital Family' (Blackburn, 2019). The project aims to bring all the benefits of play through singing to children staying in hospital using a repertoire of songs written by the vocal tutors themselves with additional well-known singing games.…”

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‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

Blackburn

2020

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (1782–1852) yearned to promote and foster the harmonious and holistic development of young children through a combination of outdoor activities, songs and games. His Mother Songs, with games and exercises for mothers and their infants, aimed to encourage the use of senses, limbs and body to increase body awareness and promote mental activity. This article reports on a qualitative interpretive study into the role of a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital where children on all wards are invited to participate in singing games and activities. An aim was to understand how the application of Froebelian principles can help us to understand and conceptualise children’s rights and well-being in restricted environments such as a Children’s Hospital. Methods included semi-structured interviews with a range of health and education professionals who support children in a children’s hospital in England. In contrast to previous largely quantitative studies relating to the transferable benefits of arts in health projects, the findings from this study suggest that participants value the human connectedness imbued by a Singing Medicine project to children, families and health professionals. Wider benefits for children’s holistic development and empowerment to make choices through participation in singing games were also raised.

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‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

Blackburn

2020

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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“…For example, adolescent patients with mental disorders who took part in a 5-day group singing intervention experienced a significant decrease in salivary cortisol levels compared to those in a 5day music listening intervention (Grebosz-Haring and Thun-Hohenstein, 2018). Moreover, participation in a Singing Medicine Project helped children to express themselves and was associated with a reduction in negative emotions (Blackburn, 2020).…”

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A critical appraisal of research in arts, health and wellbeing

2023

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Frontiers is more than just an open access publisher of scholarly articles: it is a pioneering approach to the world of academia, radically improving the way scholarly research is managed. The grand vision of Frontiers is a world where all people have an equal opportunity to seek, share and generate knowledge. Frontiers provides immediate and permanent online open access to all its publications, but this alone is not enough to realize our grand goals. Frontiers journal seriesThe Frontiers journal series is a multi-tier and interdisciplinary set of openaccess, online journals, promising a paradigm shift from the current review, selection and dissemination processes in academic publishing. All Frontiers journals are driven by researchers for researchers; therefore, they constitute a service to the scholarly community. At the same time, the Frontiers journal series operates on a revolutionary invention, the tiered publishing system, initially addressing specific communities of scholars, and gradually climbing up to broader public understanding, thus serving the interests of the lay society, too. Dedication to qualityEach Frontiers article is a landmark of the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors and review editors, who include some of the world's best academicians. Research must be certified by peers before entering a stream of knowledge that may eventually reach the public -and shape society; therefore, Frontiers only applies the most rigorous and unbiased reviews. Frontiers revolutionizes research publishing by freely delivering the most outstanding research, evaluated with no bias from both the academic and social point of view. By applying the most advanced information technologies, Frontiers is catapulting scholarly publishing into a new generation. What are Frontiers Research Topics?Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers journals series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area.

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“…For example, adolescent patients with mental disorders who took part in a 5-day group singing intervention experienced a significant decrease in salivary cortisol levels compared to those in a 5-day music listening intervention ( Grebosz-Haring and Thun-Hohenstein, 2018 ). Moreover, participation in a Singing Medicine Project helped children to express themselves and was associated with a reduction in negative emotions ( Blackburn, 2020 ).…”

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The Psychological and Biological Impact of “In-Person” vs. “Virtual” Choir Singing in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study Before and After the Acute Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Austria

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Psychobiological responses to music have been examined previously in various naturalistic settings in adults. Choir singing seems to be associated with positive psychobiological outcomes in adults. However, evidence on the effectiveness of singing in children and adolescents is sparse. The COVID-19 outbreak is significantly affecting society now and in the future, including how individuals engage with music. The COVID-19 pandemic is occurring at a time when virtual participation in musical experiences such as singing in a virtual choir has become more prevalent. However, it remains unclear whether virtual singing leads to different responses in comparison with in-person singing. We evaluated the psychobiological effects of in-person choral singing (7 weeks, from January to March 2020, before the COVID-19 outbreak) in comparison with the effects of virtual choral singing (7 weeks, from May to July 2020, after schools partly re-opened in Austria) in a naturalistic pilot within-subject study. A group of children and young adolescents (N = 5, age range 10–13, female = 2) from a school in Salzburg, Austria were recruited to take part in the study. Subjective measures (momentary mood, stress) were taken pre- and post-singing sessions once a week. Additionally, salivary biomarkers (cortisol and alpha-amylase) and quantity of social contacts were assessed pre- and post-singing sessions every second week. Psychological stability, self-esteem, emotional competences, and chronic stress levels were measured at the beginning of in-person singing as well as at the beginning and the end of the virtual singing. We observed a positive impact on mood after both in-person and virtual singing. Over time, in-person singing showed a pre-post decrease in salivary cortisol, while virtual singing showed a moderate increase. Moreover, a greater reduction in stress, positive change in calmness, and higher values of social contacts could be observed for the in-person setting compared to the virtual one. In addition, we observed positive changes in psychological stability, maladaptive emotional competences, chronic stress levels, hair cortisol, self-contingency and quality of life. Our preliminary findings suggest that group singing may provide benefits for children and adolescents. In-person singing in particular seems to have a stronger psychobiological effect.

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Family members’ perceptions of a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

A critical appraisal of research in arts, health and wellbeing

The Psychological and Biological Impact of “In-Person” vs. “Virtual” Choir Singing in Children and Adolescents: A Pilot Study Before and After the Acute Phase of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Austria

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