Reducing social isolation in a rural community through participation in creative arts projects

Pearce, Ruth; Lillyman, Sue

doi:10.7748/nop.27.10.33.s22

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“…Arts-based interventions can mitigate these barriers by crossing boundaries of place, culture, and stigma. With their appeal both within and across cultural and social groups, arts interventions are effective in reducing social isolation (Pearce & Lillyman, 2015; Poscia et al, 2018) and thereby may be most useful as an intervention for the motivation phase of suicidal behavior, wherein ideation and intention around suicide can be mediated or moderated (O’Connor, 2011).…”

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Systematic Review of Arts-Based Interventions to Address Suicide Prevention and Survivorship in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America

Sonke

Sams

Morgan-Daniel

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Health Promotion Practice

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Study Objective. Suicide is a serious health problem that is shaped by a variety of social and mental health factors. A growing body of research connects the arts to positive health outcomes; however, no previous systematic reviews have examined the use of the arts in suicide prevention and survivorship. This review examined how the arts have been used to address suicide prevention and survivorship in nonclinical settings in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Design and Setting. Ten bibliographic databases, five research repositories, and reference sections of articles were searched to identify published studies. Articles presenting outcomes of interventions conducted between 2014 and 2019 and written in English, were included. Primary Results. Nine studies met inclusion criteria, including qualitative, quantitative randomized controlled trials, quantitative nonrandomized, quantitative descriptive, and mixed-methods studies. The programs studied used film and television (n = 3), mixed-arts (n = 3), theatre (n = 2), and quilting (n = 1). All nine interventions used the arts to elicit emotional involvement, while seven also used the arts to encourage engagement with themes of health. Study outcomes included increased self-efficacy, awareness of mental health issues, and likelihood for taking action to prevent suicide, as well as decreases in suicidal risk and self-harming behaviors. Conclusions. Factors that influence suicide risk and survivorship may be effectively addressed through arts-based interventions. While the current evidence is promising with regard to the potential for arts programs to positively affect suicide prevention and survivorship, this evidence needs to be supplemented to inform recommendations for evidence-based arts interventions.

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Systematic Review of Arts-Based Interventions to Address Suicide Prevention and Survivorship in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America

Sonke

Sams

Morgan-Daniel

et al. 2021

Health Promotion Practice

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“…Such experiences are also found to contribute to social wellbeing among older adults (Camic et. al., 2014;In-Sil et al, 2015;Lee, et al, 2010;Pearce & Lillyman, 2015;Phinney et al, 2014). That dance and music activities offer health and social benefits, and at the same time contribute to lifelong learning, is shown by the results of Söderman and Westvall's (2017) study of cultural activities in a Finnish society in Sweden.…”

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“…al., 2015;Lee, et. al., 2010;Pearce & Lillyman, 2015;Phinney et. al., 2014), but could come as an important bonus.…”

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Contemporary dance as being and becoming in the age of aging

Almqvist

2021

RELA

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Taking experiences from a contemporary multi-arts dance project as a starting point, this article explores how such a project can offer opportunities for being and becoming among older amateur dancers. The article takes a phenomenological approach, in which holistic experience and sharing of experiences are central. The phenomenon of the investigation is self-conceptualisation. The artistic process and context constitute an adult educational situation. To come close to the lived experiences of the dancers, the rehearsals and performance were observed and documented. Six of the participants were also interviewed. The material was analysed in a hermeneutical phenomenological manner, and Simone de Beauvoir's thinking regarding ageing was used as a theoretical lens. The results show how the self-images of the participants change during the course of the project. The dance activities seem to give the older participants opportunities to remain themselves, even as they allow themselves to change. They learn to know themselves, each other, and the world.

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“…Social interactions including both participants and facilitators offer opportunities for everyone to express themselves, to connect to life experiences, and to find identity in relationship (Green 2000;Barr 2013;Hartogh 2016). Such experiences are found to contribute to social wellbeing among older adults (Camic, Tischler, and Pearman 2014;Phinney, Moody, and Small 2014;In-Sil et al 2015;Pearce and Lillyman 2015;MacMillan 2016). That dance and music activities offer health and social benefits, and at the same time contribute to life-long learning, is shown by the results of Söderman and Westvall's (2017) study of cultural activities in a Finnish society in Sweden.…”

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“We are Not that Old You Know:” Dance as a Dwelling Place for Women over 65 in the Northern Part of Sweden

Almqvist

Andersson

2021

Journal of Dance Education

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This article communicates a study on dance for people over 65 in Sweden. Earlier studies on dance for elderly people have primarily focused on treatment and wellbeing. The current study centers on the right to make oneself heard in and through contemporary dance as an artistic form of expression, regardless of age, gender, or geographical context. The specific aim of the study is to describe and analyze the experiences of women aged over 65 in a rural area, who participated in contemporary dance workshops as a form of arts learning. The workshops, which were observed and documented, constituted part of an EU-financed project, Age on stage. Participants also shared experiences through informal chats and e-mails. The material was analyzed in a narrative manner. The results show that the workshops created a safe space for dance as a dwelling place, where dance was discovered, and at the same time developed, collaboratively. The results also highlighted the importance of this type of artistic participation for elderly women in terms of developing an understanding of themselves and coping with life.

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Reducing social isolation in a rural community through participation in creative arts projects

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Systematic Review of Arts-Based Interventions to Address Suicide Prevention and Survivorship in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America

Systematic Review of Arts-Based Interventions to Address Suicide Prevention and Survivorship in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America

Contemporary dance as being and becoming in the age of aging

“We are Not that Old You Know:” Dance as a Dwelling Place for Women over 65 in the Northern Part of Sweden

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