One of the main aims of the Network is to build a resource bank for all those interested in the field of music and parental wellbeing. Our resources are available 24/7 to members and include:
- Examples of practice.
- Past and current research projects.
- Calls for partners and collaborators.
- News from our global membership.
- Video presentations.
- Music.
- Publications.
- Blogs.
- Community groups.
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For a selection of publications by the Network team and colleagues, please see below.
Publications
Fancourt D & Perkins R (2018), The effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: A three-arm randomised controlled trial, British Journal of Psychiatry, 212, 119-121 [DOI].
Perkins R, Spiro N, & Waddell G (2023), Online songwriting reduces loneliness and postnatal depression and enhances social connectedness in perinatal mothers: Randomised controlled trial, Public Health, 72-79 [DOI].
Perkins R, Yorke S, & Fancourt D (2018), How group singing facilitates recovery from the symptoms of postnatal depression: A comparative qualitative study, BMC Psychology, 6, 1-12 [DOI].
Perkins R, Yorke S, & Fancourt D (2018), Learning to facilitate arts-in-health programmes: A case study of musicians facilitating creative interventions for mothers with symptoms of postnatal depression, International Journal of Music Education, 36, 644-658 [DOI].
Sanfilippo, KRM, Stewart L, & Glover V (2021), How music may support perinatal mental health: An overview, Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 24, 831–839 [DOI].
Sanfilippo KRM, McConnell B, Cornelius V, Darboe B, Huma HB, Gaye M, Ceesay H, Ramchandani P, Cross I, Glover V, & Stewart L (2020), Community psychosocial music intervention (CHIME) to reduce antenatal common mental disorder symptoms in The Gambia: A feasibility trial. BMJ Open, 10 [DOI].
Sanfilippo KRM, McConnell B, Cornelius V, Darboe B, Huma HB, Gaye M, Ramchandani P, Ceesay H, Glover V, Cross I, & Stewart L (2019). A study protocol for testing the feasibility of a randomised stepped wedge cluster design to investigate a Community Health Intervention through Musical Engagement (CHIME) for perinatal mental health in The Gambia, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5 [DOI].
Sanfilippo KRM, de l’Etoile S, & Trehub SE (2022). Musical care in infancy. In Spiro N & Sanfilippo KRM (Eds.), Collaborative Insights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Musical Care Throughout the Life Course (pp. 12-43), Oxford University Press.
Shaughnessy C, Hall A, & Perkins R (online first), Becoming the right musician for the job: versatility, connectedness, and professional identities during personalised, online music-making in hospital maternity wards, Musicae Scientiae [DOI].
Stewart L, McConnell BB, Darboe B, Glover V, Huma HB, & Sanfilippo, KRM, Cross I, Ceesay H, Ramchandani P, & Cornelius V (2022). Social singing, culture and health: Interdisciplinary insights from the CHIME project for perinatal mental health in The Gambia, Health Promotion International, 37 (Supplement_1) [DOI].