{"id":14491,"date":"2024-07-17T15:48:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T22:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/center-health-equity-research\/?page_id=14491"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:21:38","slug":"music-based-intervention","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/center-community-health-engaged-research\/music-based-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Music-based intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-9104\"><img src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-9104<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:CHER@nau.edu\"><img src=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> CHER&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Music-based intervention<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n        <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2 id=\"overview\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Could making music be a resource to advance health and wellness outcomes? NAU behavioral health researchers are evaluating the benefits of music-based interventions (MBIs) on mental and physical health in rural and culturally diverse populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"impact\">Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted mental health, with one in six youth and one in five adults in Arizona experiencing a mental health disorder each year.<\/p>\n\n\n<section id=\"impact-of-the-pandemic\"        class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-twilight-xxx-light \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n        <h3>Pilot study<\/h3>                <p>This pilot study focuses on Indigenous and Hispanic individuals in northern Arizona, participating in behavioral health programs at The Guidance Center (TGC) and Haven Health (HH). The project is funded by The NARBHA Institute and the Center for Community Health and Engaged Research.<\/p>\n<h3>Goals<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Designing the MBI:<\/strong> Creating a culturally appropriate music-based intervention through focus groups and interviews with staff and participants<\/li>\n<li><strong>Testing the MBI<\/strong>: Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of the MBI with pre- and post-test measures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels   \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\">\n\n    <div 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<div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Engaging participants in active music-making, facilitated by local Indigenous musicians, to ensure cultural relevance and effectiveness.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-twilight  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--1\"\n                            id=\"panel--1\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div 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alt-link-caret\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Surveys will assess changes in mental and physical health symptoms, working memory, empathy, sense of belonging, social cohesion, self-esteem, connection to community, and culture and coping skills.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                            <\/div>\n                                            \n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"launching-the-pilot-study\">Launching the pilot study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The project team is developing the MBI curriculum by integrating musical science, cultural knowledge, and behavioral health interventions and piloting them with the selected participants in fall 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"research-team\">Research team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Principal Investigator:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=kam2232\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=kam2232\">Katherine Mommaerts<\/a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work<\/li><li><strong>Co-Principal Investigator:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=alr735\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=alr735\">Ariel Roddy<\/a>, Indigenous feminist scholar and Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice<\/li><li><strong>Co-Investigators:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=rm347\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=rm347\">Rebecca Maniglia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.nau.edu\/?person=jab\" data-type=\"URL\" 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