Given the increased attention paid to the development of arts in healthcare settings, the need for a formalised training framework to enable artists to work comfortably and safely in healthcare settings has become pressing. This paper sets out a review of literature and best practice regarding the training of professional artists wishing to work in healthcare settings. The authors' research con...

Background: Pregnancy is a normal and pleasant event in women's life, but it often involved with psychological and behavioral changes and can result in stress in some women, such as women that their pregnancies is occurred after infertility treatment. This study aimed to determine the demographic characteristic, fertility, obstetrics, social support factors and relationship with severity o...

According to Brandman (2007), the arts in healthcare movement came into being in the 1970s in the U.S., a few years after dance/movement therapy (DMT) was defined and professionalized by the formation of the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA) in 1966. Brandman (2007) names two organizations as forerunners to the arts in healthcare movement: Hospital Audiences, Inc., and Very Special Arts...

introduction: mucous retention cysts are a subtype of intracordal vocal cysts that may occur spontaneously or may be associated with poor vocal hygiene, and which require optimal treatment. the objective of this study was to present a new laser-assisted microsurgery technique for treating intracordal mucous retention cysts and to describe the final outcomes.   materials and methods: in this pro...

In this issue of Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation Norbert Nemeth publishes a well-written analysis of the often strong attraction to arts, and especially to musical arts, of people of medical vocation and possible reasons therefore [1]. The quest to comprehend the human body and soul, to detect our own vital signs and signs of psychosomatic processes materializes especially in the mus...

During 2008, SIAP collaborated with the Americans for the Arts’ Animating Democracy project on a review of the literature on civic engagement and the arts. Based on that review, SIAP considered the theoretical and methodological issues and developed a comprehensive strategy by which policymakers, researchers, and practitioners could improve evidence and advance understanding of the civic impact...

The field of arts in health is currently undergoing a burgeoning in activity. However, there remains a problem surrounding research into this field. Arts in health research can be confusing and is frequently misunderstood by those working in the arts and in health, artists, reviewers, researchers and funders. Aesop 1 is a framework specially devised to tackle these problems. It synthesises exis...

The influence of the thyroarytenoid (TA) and cricothyroid (CT) muscle activation on vocal fold stiffness and eigenfrequencies was investigated in a muscularly controlled continuum model of the vocal folds. Unlike the general understanding that vocal fold fundamental frequency was determined by vocal fold tension, this study showed that vocal fold eigenfrequencies were primarily determined by vo...

KAPTUR (2011-2013), funded by JISC and led by the Visual Arts Data Service (VADS), is a highly collaborative project involving four institutional partners: the Glasgow School of Arts; Goldsmiths, University of London; University for the Creative Arts; and the University of the Arts London. The preservation and publication of research data is seen as positive and all UK Research Councils now req...