Creative Expression as Preventive Medicine
How might we integrate creative expression into public health initiatives to improve health outcomes and cultivate community resilience?
Course Information
- Audience: All public health professionals working in nonprofits, healthcare, educational institutions, government and private sector
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: June, 5, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET.
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: Event ID: .If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: Public Health Sciences Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites: PowerPoint and follow up email with any links mentioned during the presentaiton
About this Webinar
Join music therapist Kate Beever to learn about ways health professionals can incorporate expressive arts into their lives and work. Learn specific ways the arts impact brain functioning, reduce burnout, and improve health outcomes. You’ll come away with at least one creative intervention to integrate into your own work.
What you'll learn
- To examine the relationship between music and the brain for a clear understanding of why music is able to help with speech, movement, and expression.
- Specific initiatives in healthcare settings that use the arts to address multiple health goals at once, leaving with at least one prototype for your own setting.
- How to justify the addition of arts interventions by understanding the way arts experiences generalize to other areas of health, improve overall well-being, and reduce the need for care.
- To evaluate the ethical implications involved in therapeutic music/adaptive music work
Subject Matter Expert
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Kate Beever
Kate Beever is an experienced and professional advocate for access to arts and healthcare. Her business, Maine Music & Health, was founded in 2011 and has won awards from the SBA and INC Magazine. She works as a music therapist in pediatric palliative care and adult neuro rehab. Beever created the Creative Health Conference and co-founded Expressive Wellness Trainings; both endeavors build relationships between arts and health professionals. She is a fellow in the National Arts Strategies' Creative Communities. Beever is also a performing percussionist, having toured and recorded internationally.
Enrollment and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for the course. If you have any trouble accessing the course, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
This training was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $400,000 with 100% funded by HRSA/HHS and
0% funded by nongovernment source(s). The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH
Registration
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Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.