Andrew Fletcher
The bagatelle of human flourishing: Using realist evaluation to disentangle the multiple wellbeing benefits of participatory music activity
Fletcher, Andrew; Hackett, Simon
Authors
Simon Hackett
Abstract
The benefits of music participation are seen across health, education and social care contexts, and can help different people with different needs in different ways. As the boundaries between these contexts increasingly overlap, the need for flexible and effective evaluation has never been greater. Integrated health and social care, combined with an increasing requirement to demonstrate value for money, points to a need for more refined measurement tools that can be adapted to multiple contexts. This article explores realist evaluation as a means for generating better evidence to support participatory music interventions. It is illustrated using an evaluation of music-based programmes designed to increase wellbeing for adults and children with mental health issues and/or a learning disability. We draw on this ‘proof of concept’ to propose that realist evaluation offers a suitably flexible approach for disentangling the range of causal mechanisms at work in wellbeing interventions and can strengthen and consolidate the evidence for arts-based interventions.
Citation
Fletcher, A., & Hackett, S. (2021). The bagatelle of human flourishing: Using realist evaluation to disentangle the multiple wellbeing benefits of participatory music activity. Musicology research, 7(Winter 2021),
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Jan 28, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 14, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-03 |
Deposit Date | Apr 9, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 9, 2021 |
Journal | Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing |
Electronic ISSN | 2515-981X |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | Winter 2021 |
Publisher URL | https://www.musichealthandwellbeing.co.uk/ |
Files
Published Journal Article
(390 Kb)
PDF
Copyright Statement
© Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing (Winter 2021)
You might also like
Impacts of Professionalization and Wellbeing Policies on Scottish Prison Workers
(2021)
Journal Article
What is evidence as evidence is used? A case of dualism?
(2021)
Journal Article
Integrated Care Systems as an Arena for the Emergence of New Forms of Epistemic Injustice
(2020)
Journal Article
Downloadable Citations
About Durham Research Online (DRO)
Administrator e-mail: dro.admin@durham.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search