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Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review (2013)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., De Viggiani, N., Pilkington, P., & Moriarty, Y. (2013). Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review. Health Promotion International, 28(2), 197-210. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/das005

Youth justice is an important public health issue. There is growing recognition of the need to adopt effective, evidence-based strategies for working with young offenders. Music interventions may be particularly well suited to addressing risk factors... Read More about Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: A systematic review.

The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre (2012)
Journal Article
McClean, S., Bunt, L., & Daykin, N. (2012). The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(4), 402-407

Background: This article explores the theme of spirituality, health, and wellbeing, in relation to an emerging body of research on the impact of music therapy in cancer care. The focus of the article is a music therapy service established as part of... Read More about The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre.

Evaluation of ArtLift: A partnership arts in health project (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Daykin, N., McClean, S., Pilkington, P., Owen, H., Opher, S., & Haldar, T. (2008, April). Evaluation of ArtLift: A partnership arts in health project. Poster presented at UKPHA Conference, Liverpool, UK

The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature (2008)
Journal Article
Brain, S., Daykin, N., Orme, J., Evans, D., Salmon, D., & Mceachran, M. (2008). The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Health Psychology, 13(2), 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105307086699

This article reports a systematic review of literature published between 1994 and 2004 on the effects of performing arts for health in young people aged 11-18. The review includes research on music, performance, drama and dance in community settings... Read More about The impact of participation in performing arts on adolescent health and behaviour: A systematic review of the literature.

Sociology and health (2008)
Book Chapter
Jones, M., & Daykin, N. (2008). Sociology and health. In J. Naidoo, & J. Wills (Eds.), Heath Studies. Palgrave Macmillan

Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care (2007)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., McClean, S., & Bunt, L. (2007). Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care. Health, 11(3), 349-370. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307077548

This article reports on findings from a study of the accounts of people participating in music therapy as part of a programme of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in supportive cancer care. The article outlines the perceived effects of mus... Read More about Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care.

Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement initiatives on UK health services: A systematic review (2007)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., Evans, D., Petsoulas, C., & Sayers, A. (2007). Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement initiatives on UK health services: A systematic review. Evidence and Policy, 3(1), 47-65. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426407779702201

This article reports on a systematic review of the patient and public involvement (PPI) literature in the UK that was undertaken in 2005 to support an evaluation of the Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) in England.The general PPI literature... Read More about Evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement initiatives on UK health services: A systematic review.

Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers (2006)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., Bunt, L., & McClean, S. (2006). Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers. Arts in Psychotherapy, 33(5), 402-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2006.07.001

This paper explores the role of music activity and music therapy in health care drawing on a survey of UK cancer care providers offering music interventions and music therapy. The survey examined the extent and type of music provision and explored pr... Read More about Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers.

"There is a quality about what PALS does that is not measurable ...": Dilemmas of policy and evidence in the national evaluation of PALS (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Petsoulas, C., Evans, D., Powell, J., Daykin, N., Taylor, P., Booker, S., & Weil, S. (2006, September). "There is a quality about what PALS does that is not measurable ...": Dilemmas of policy and evidence in the national evaluation of PALS. Paper presented at BSA Medical Sociology Group Annual Converence, Herriot-Watt Univeristy, Edinburgh, UK

PALS: bridging the false dichotomy between choice and voice? (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Evans, D., Daykin, N., Taylor, P., & Booker, S. (2006, August). PALS: bridging the false dichotomy between choice and voice?. Paper presented at Politics of Health Group Annual Conference, Univeristy of Oxford, UK