The use of music as an arts-based method in migrant health research: a scoping review protocol.

Fran Garry,Anne Macfarlane,Helen Phelan,Sylvia Murphy Tighe

doi:10.12688/hrbopenres.13121.1

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Journal: HRB Open Research	Publication Date: Oct 12, 2020
Citations: 9	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Limerick

Abstract

There is increasing recognition that people's lived experience needs to be incorporated into health decision-making. This has led to rising imperatives for involving the public in health processes, including research. While there have been significant advances in the field, patterns of exclusion still exist in some areas, including migrant participation in health research. Migration and mobility create challenges around social inclusion and this extends to social and cultural practices used in research. There is an emerging body of literature about improving meaningful, participatory spaces for migrants' involvement in health research using creative tools and techniques that are attuned to cultural diversity. These include the use of arts-based research methods. There is strong evidence for the use of music, particularly singing, as an effective arts-based participatory tool . The goal of this scoping review is to investigate the evidence for the use of music as an arts-based method in migrant health research. Developed by an interdisciplinary team specialising in public and patient involvement; nursing and midwifery; primary health care; and the performing arts, it aims to analyse existing evidence across disciplines that are not usually studied together, identify gaps in current knowledge and use these as a foundation to build effective strategies towards increasing access to and knowledge of participatory, arts-based methods using music in migrant health research. Methods:The protocol for this scoping review follows the guidelines and stages set out in the JBI Reviewer's Manual ( Peters et al., 2017), and by Levac et al, (2010), which build on the methodological framework of Arksey and O'Malley (2005). This incorporates six stages: 1) Identifying the research question; 2) Identifying relevant studies; 3) Study selection; 4) Charting the data; 5) Collating, summarising, and reporting results; and 6) Consultation.

Highlights

There are rising imperatives for involving the public in health decision-making
This patient and public knowledge has a key role to play in the promotion of good health; (Ascenso et al, 2018; Brown et al, 2018; Jones et al, 2013; Roberts et al, 2017; Tarr et al, 2014) prevention of ill health; (Chabot et al, 2019; Conceição et al, 2016; Fancourt & Perkins, 2018a) managing and treating illness; (Cao et al, 2016; Gopalkrishnan 2016; Wan et al, 2010) the development of health services and strategy (WHO Europe, 2002; WHO, 2018) as well as health research (HRB Strategy 2016-2020; Horizon 2020; Ramsden et al, 2010; Wallerstein et al, 2018), which is the focus of this article
Given the ethical imperatives for migrants’ involvement and the anticipated benefits for a more comprehensive knowledge base, which incorporates their expertise, a key question is how best to involve migrants in health research and, further, what is the evidence of best practice in terms of ethics, ontology and methodology? Migration and mobility create inevitable challenges around social inclusion and this extends to social and cultural practices used in research (Rubina et al, 2010)

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Introduction

There are rising imperatives for involving the public in health decision-making. The rationale comes from several sources (Gibson et al, 2012) but includes an increasing recognition that people have lived experience of health and, are experts whose experiential knowledge needs to be incorporated into analysis to ensure a comprehensive epistemic baseline (Popay & Williams, 2006). For these reasons, a scoping review conducted by an interdisciplinary team which focuses on the use of music as an arts-based method is both necessary and challenging. Identify gaps in current knowledge and use these as a foundation to build effective strategies towards increasing access to and knowledge of participatory, arts-based methods using music in migrant health research.

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