Stewart, Lauren; McConnell, Bonnie; Darboe, Buba; Glover, Vivette; Huma, Hajara B; Sanfilippo, K R M; Cross, Ian; Ceesay, Hassoum; Ramchandani, Paul; Cornelius, Victoria and stewart, Lauren. 2022. Social singing, culture and health: interdisciplinary insights from the CHIME project for perinatal mental health in The Gambia. Health Promotion International, 37(S1), i18-i25. ISSN 0957-4824 [Article]

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab210
Additional Information:	The work discussed in this article was funded by the Medical Research Council - Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) Global Public Health: Partnership Awards scheme (MR/ R024618/1) awarded to Professor Lauren Stewart.
Keywords:	interdisciplinary, health intervention, community, participatory music, singing, Kanyeleng
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 29 November 2021 Accepted 16 February 2022 Published Online May 2022 Published
Item ID:	35122
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2024 13:34
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 13:34
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35122

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