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Journal article
Music as a determinant of health among First Nations people in Australia: A scoping narrative review
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Vol.35(4), pp.924-935
2024
PMID: 38649338
Abstract
Issue Addressed
While social determinants frameworks are still popular in research about First Nations health in Australia, a growing body of research prefers cultural determinants of health models. Cultural determinants models provide a holistic, strength-based framework to explain connections between health and contextual factors, including the potential role of music and its impact on social and emotional well-being. Given the growing international recognition of links between music, health, and wellbeing through bodies such as the World Health Organisation, this article examines whether and how music practices are acknowledged in First Nations determinants of health literature.
Methods
We conducted a scoping narrative review of literature from five databases: Scopus, PsycInfo, CINAHL, PubMed and ProQuest Central. The search returned 60 articles published since 2017, which we analysed in NVivo for common themes.
Results
Music was only explicitly identified as a determinant of health in two studies. Yet, participants in five studies identified music and song as directly impacting their social and emotional well-being. When we broadened our frame of analysis to include other forms of expressive cultural practice, one quarter of included studies empirically acknowledged the role of expressive cultural practice for social and emotional well-being.
Conclusion
While many recent studies identify the impact of First Nations' expressive practices broadly, they miss important features of First Nations music as a potentially unique cultural, social, political and ecological determinant of health.
So What?
There is an opportunity for future research and health determinant modelling to explicitly examine the role of First Nations music and other creative practices for social and emotional well-being.
Details
- Title
- Music as a determinant of health among First Nations people in Australia: A scoping narrative review
- Authors
- Brigitta Scarfe - Edith Cowan UniversityKristy Apps - Griffith UniversityNaomi Sunderland (Corresponding Author) - Griffith UniversityPhil Graham - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)Brydie-Leigh Bartleet - Griffith UniversityGlenn Barry - Griffith UniversityDarren Garvey - The University of QueenslandRae Cooper - Griffith UniversityClint Bracknell - The University of Western Australia
- Publication details
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Vol.35(4), pp.924-935
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1002/hpja.865
- ISSN
- 2201-1617; 1036-1073
- PMID
- 38649338
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Authors. Health Promotion Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Health Promotion Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
- Organisation Unit
- Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991020698702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
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