Editorial: Dance, embodied agency and neuroplasticity in aging DOI Creative Commons

Glenna Batson,

Bettina Bläsing,

Joseph F. X. DeSouza

et al.

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Oct. 31, 2024

Dance is a multi-modal artistic engagement whose group-delivered protocols have resulted in positive impacts on elderly health (Roberts et al 2017; Liu, Shen, and Tsai, 2021). Since the 2022 special topic issue dance was published (Markula, Clark Goodwin 2022), reports from arts-science research collaborations shown numerous ways person- community-centered arts-based approaches extended across quality-of-life domains among aging adults (Fancourt Steptoe, 2019; Golden, al., 2023). For dance, such improvements been reported training many different styles – structured (modern dance), improvisational, culturally stylized technologically-assisted. The promising, particularly as barriers to dancing removed ease of access has improved for diverse populations. Nonetheless, important gaps remain, specifically articulating social benefits their impact agency (Karczmarska 2023; Jensen, 2024; Kontos Grigorovich, 2018). As an aesthetic art form, participation couples brain-body with range communicative abilities bearing relationality meaning (Warburton 2011). Data psychosocial skills attention, listening, cooperation, self-regulation empathy are not commonly collected or quantitative research. Valuing nontangible factors relevant first promoting independence decreasing perceived actual burden general wellbeing. Further, critical advancement need distinguish differentiate functional neuroplastic outcomes comparing comparable dosages repetitive fitness exercise (Rehfeld, 2018; Müller, 2017). Last, remains understudied (Chappell al, 2021; Fontanesi this older adults, our interest focused around interaction qualitative factors. Specifically, we solicited studies that address how could foster embodied agency, well induce changes brains Manuscripts submitted reflected global scope collaborative between educators neurological behavioral scientists, including Brazil, Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, States). Included collection original clinical research, case series, conceptual analysis, perspectives papers, which researchers critically analyze interrelated connections interactions physical psychological, aesthetic, cultural meanings persons. Although offers small sampling through (9 articles, plus Editorial), they represent evocative variety mixed methodologies both science phenomenological, sociological opens perspective by Sheets-Johnstone, philosopher, who emphasizes explicate kinesthetic coordination dynamics within engendering whole body.In analysis Italian study Parkinson's disease, Houston extrapolates 'soft skills' 'anoetic knowledge,' data which, when expressed preface sensate, emotional affective state mind - one self- other-care, vulnerability, patience, other indicators meaningful engagement.Other samples include research: randomized controlled determinants Worthen-Chadhuri reporting autonomy, competence relatedness persons chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. In three studies, designed digitally assisted technology dance/movement protocols: First, Delabary al. sustained Brazilian living despite switching on-site online learning during COVID 19 epidemic. Second, emplying protocol virtual ballet wellness classes, Harrison combined quantitaqtive measures efficacy gait balance group women. Third, use group-delivery visual feedback hand gestures Hansen, proved aesthetically 'irresistible,' stimulating movement learning.The article Barnstaple speaks transdisciplinary rise challenge capturing nuance 'full bodied reporting.' They pose methodological questions offer guidelines point way towards improving sensitivity, reliability replicability designs. We invite readers explore all articles thank Frontiers affording us opportunity pursue project. trust reading issue, will broaden understanding lived experience embodiment, relationality, meaning, integral building paradigm body holism unity. scientists consider value wellbeing aging, collective contributions artists, participants, clinicians assist authentic mutually beneficial relationships medical public communities served.

Language: Английский

Benefits of Nature Imagery and Visual Art in Healthcare Contexts: A View from Empirical Aesthetics DOI Creative Commons
Eileen R. Cardillo, Anjan Chatterjee

Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(7), P. 1027 - 1027

Published: March 24, 2025

Public enthusiasm for the arts is high, a trend reflected in increasingly commonplace incorporation of art healthcare settings to enhance patient health and wellbeing. The primary aim this critical narrative review evaluate evidence benefits most common intervention healthcare—visual built environment. This synthesizes 25 experimental studies adult patients passively exposed nature imagery (n = 17) or other visual 8). Additional aims are identify methodological limits conceptual gaps, integrate evaluation with insights from empirical aesthetics, propose research agenda advance understanding ways relevant clinicians, hospital designers, policymakers. efficacy surprisingly robust given limited evidence, consistently indicating reduced stress, pain, anxiety enhanced satisfaction. impacts forms on psychological clinical outcomes promising but inconsistent, requiring additional testing. Key opportunities future include tailoring interventions needs different contexts populations, deepening engagement, leveraging emerging technologies, capitalizing underlying mechanisms, demonstrating economic benefits. With rigorous, scientific study, young field can inform design, improve outcomes, culture healthcare.

Language: Английский

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Healthier together. How arts on prescription can promote psychosocial wellbeing: a qualitative study DOI Creative Commons
Anita Jensen, Annika Brorsson

BMC Primary Care, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 26(1)

Published: April 8, 2025

Abstract Background Mental health problems are an increasing challenge for primary healthcare. It puts strain on the healthcare professionals with limited time and resources. In several countries, can refer patients mental issues to structured arts programmes, namely Arts Prescription (AoP). This study explores qualitative findings from a 3-year Prescription. Methods Primary were recruited participated in 10-week group-based programme, twice week 2 h (22 sessions over 10 weeks, comprising mixture of cultural activities facilitated by professionals) referred 18 different centres. Twenty-eight participants volunteered be interviewed using semi-structured one-to-one approach. The transcribed interviews analysed thematic analysis. Results Three themes identified as Social community & Connectedness, Self-efficacy Routine Structure. Through positive effects psychosocial wellbeing is described reported connecting their experiences participating programme including finding common grounds, feeling healthier more human, inner resources, establishing new routines. Conclusions highlight potential programmes promote holistic wellbeing, facilitate personal growth through engagement salutogenic approaches.

Language: Английский

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Social prescribing in the USA: emerging learning and opportunities DOI Creative Commons
Rachel Marshall,

Alexandra Bradbury,

Nicole Y. Morgan

et al.

The Lancet Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 1, 2025

The global prevalence of chronic diseases and high costs health care are complex challenges that driving countries to focus on addressing the social determinants downstream needs. These require innovative health-care practices integrate disease prevention, treatment, management with salutogenic initiatives promote population health. Many have turned prescribing as a promising approach. Social connects people non-clinical support services within their communities. While has more commonly been adopted in government-funded national services, this Viewpoint, we share learning from examples USA. We argue USA is unique given heterogeneity country its systems, aspect influences programme activities, target-populations, models. offer valuable lessons about barriers enablers implementing different contexts, including privatised systems. Ultimately, call upon US stakeholders recognise benefits could bring public take action development. also invite other consider learnings how can be successfully implemented contexts.

Language: Английский

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From Music Performance to Prescription: A Guide for Musicians and Health Professionals DOI Creative Commons
Melissa Forbes, Genevieve A. Dingle,

Nick Aitcheson

et al.

Music & Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8

Published: April 1, 2025

Through social prescribing, healthcare systems can systematically support musical care by connecting individuals with community music programs and skilled practitioners. Social prescribing is a non-medical approach to health in which unmet needs are referred like choir singing music-making. This article addresses the challenges of integrating into healthcare—music on prescription—despite growing interest benefits. For instance, musicians may be enthusiastic but lack preparation for working settings. On other hand, professionals either unfamiliar benefits prescription or uncertain about implementing referral pathways. The historical divide between arts sectors further complicates implementation programs. Drawing our expertise health, performance education, music, clinical psychology, medicine, highlights how musicians’ skills professional identities evolve across performance, domains. We also offer advice developing pathways emphasizes importance education preparing concludes encouraging collaboration providers develop sustainable By establishing structured pathways, offers systematic framework delivering within settings, while ensuring that interventions remain focused addressing participants’ needs.

Language: Английский

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Arts-based interventions for maternal well-being: a systematic review DOI Creative Commons
Emily-Rose Cluderay, Christopher Barnes, Gemma Collard-Stokes

et al.

Current Psychology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Language: Английский

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Social prescribing of cultural opportunities to support health and wellbeing: the importance of language, community engagement, and inclusion in developing local approaches DOI Creative Commons
Anna Dadswell, Hilary Bungay

BMC Primary Care, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 26(1)

Published: May 8, 2025

Abstract Background There is growing evidence for the role of culture in supporting health and wellbeing, including as part social prescribing provision. This study set out to explore existing cultural provision mechanisms connecting people opportunities a local offer UK how it could be strengthened better support wellbeing. A broad view was adopted encompassing creative digital industries, heritage, food, hospitality, nature, greenspaces, sport. It covers activity associated with artforms organisations such collections, combined arts, dance, libraries, literature, museums, music, theatre visual arts. Methods qualitative exploratory descriptive approach using focus groups employed perspectives experiences an area East England. Six were conducted prescribers, community connectors, healthcare professionals, providers, adults lived experience adverse health, young people. Data analysed reflexive thematic approach. Results Findings from research highlight need clear shared understanding link prescribing. Barriers identified gaps processes, challenges due language terminology, accessibility issues marginalised groups, around funding transport sustainable equitable opportunities. Conclusions indicated that engage communities development prescribing, proactive outreach strategies are required. achieved by involving leaders, organisers, representatives. In addition promote concept wider suggested members should involved contribute locally through volunteering, roles students, training opportunities, befriending or buddy schemes.

Language: Английский

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Framing Wellbeing and Societal Challenge Mechanisms via Distinct Outcomes of Art Experience? A Brief Revisit to the VIMAP DOI Creative Commons
Matthew Pelowski, Katherine N. Cotter, Stephanie Miller

et al.

Physics of Life Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 52, P. 132 - 143

Published: Dec. 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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Arts on Prescription’s influence on Sense of Coherence: A one-year follow up controlled study with people having mental health problems DOI Creative Commons
Paula Bergman, Inger Jansson, Pia H. Bülow

et al.

Nordic Journal of Arts Culture and Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(2), P. 1 - 19

Published: Oct. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Editorial: Dance, embodied agency and neuroplasticity in aging DOI Creative Commons

Glenna Batson,

Bettina Bläsing,

Joseph F. X. DeSouza

et al.

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: Oct. 31, 2024

Dance is a multi-modal artistic engagement whose group-delivered protocols have resulted in positive impacts on elderly health (Roberts et al 2017; Liu, Shen, and Tsai, 2021). Since the 2022 special topic issue dance was published (Markula, Clark Goodwin 2022), reports from arts-science research collaborations shown numerous ways person- community-centered arts-based approaches extended across quality-of-life domains among aging adults (Fancourt Steptoe, 2019; Golden, al., 2023). For dance, such improvements been reported training many different styles – structured (modern dance), improvisational, culturally stylized technologically-assisted. The promising, particularly as barriers to dancing removed ease of access has improved for diverse populations. Nonetheless, important gaps remain, specifically articulating social benefits their impact agency (Karczmarska 2023; Jensen, 2024; Kontos Grigorovich, 2018). As an aesthetic art form, participation couples brain-body with range communicative abilities bearing relationality meaning (Warburton 2011). Data psychosocial skills attention, listening, cooperation, self-regulation empathy are not commonly collected or quantitative research. Valuing nontangible factors relevant first promoting independence decreasing perceived actual burden general wellbeing. Further, critical advancement need distinguish differentiate functional neuroplastic outcomes comparing comparable dosages repetitive fitness exercise (Rehfeld, 2018; Müller, 2017). Last, remains understudied (Chappell al, 2021; Fontanesi this older adults, our interest focused around interaction qualitative factors. Specifically, we solicited studies that address how could foster embodied agency, well induce changes brains Manuscripts submitted reflected global scope collaborative between educators neurological behavioral scientists, including Brazil, Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, States). Included collection original clinical research, case series, conceptual analysis, perspectives papers, which researchers critically analyze interrelated connections interactions physical psychological, aesthetic, cultural meanings persons. Although offers small sampling through (9 articles, plus Editorial), they represent evocative variety mixed methodologies both science phenomenological, sociological opens perspective by Sheets-Johnstone, philosopher, who emphasizes explicate kinesthetic coordination dynamics within engendering whole body.In analysis Italian study Parkinson's disease, Houston extrapolates 'soft skills' 'anoetic knowledge,' data which, when expressed preface sensate, emotional affective state mind - one self- other-care, vulnerability, patience, other indicators meaningful engagement.Other samples include research: randomized controlled determinants Worthen-Chadhuri reporting autonomy, competence relatedness persons chemotherapy-induced neuropathy. In three studies, designed digitally assisted technology dance/movement protocols: First, Delabary al. sustained Brazilian living despite switching on-site online learning during COVID 19 epidemic. Second, emplying protocol virtual ballet wellness classes, Harrison combined quantitaqtive measures efficacy gait balance group women. Third, use group-delivery visual feedback hand gestures Hansen, proved aesthetically 'irresistible,' stimulating movement learning.The article Barnstaple speaks transdisciplinary rise challenge capturing nuance 'full bodied reporting.' They pose methodological questions offer guidelines point way towards improving sensitivity, reliability replicability designs. We invite readers explore all articles thank Frontiers affording us opportunity pursue project. trust reading issue, will broaden understanding lived experience embodiment, relationality, meaning, integral building paradigm body holism unity. scientists consider value wellbeing aging, collective contributions artists, participants, clinicians assist authentic mutually beneficial relationships medical public communities served.

Language: Английский

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