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- Title
HARMONICAS FOR HEALTH (AND HAPPINESS).
- Authors
Turvey, Jacqueline; Gallant, Tracee
- Abstract
Harmonicas for Health is an innovative virtual program created by the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Foundation in the US. It is a way to provide COPD education and breathing exercises to COPD clients through the process of teaching them to play the harmonica. Interior Health Kamloops Community Respiratory is the first in Canada to run the COPD Foundation's Harmonicas for Health Program. We feel that it is very meaningful to use "and Happiness" (our own tagline) due to the reported benefits to the improvement of mood. We will go through the process of how we found the program, started it, and how it has grown. We will discuss the promotion of the program, how it gained international attention and our future plans for expansion and research. The online program is designed to be delivered 1 h a week, for 5 weeks. It allows clients to participate from the comfort of their home anywhere in our geographically large health authority. HHH enhances, and is an extension of, some of the work performed in Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs. The benefits of the program are clients learn how to have better control of their breathing, strengthen abdominal muscles for a more effective cough, boost self-confidence, relieve stress, socialize with others and have fun. This program could be attended by any clients with COPD, as clients do not have to have any musical experience to participate. Best of all, the harmonica can be taken anywhere so that clients can continue playing even on their own.
- Subjects
CANADA; HAPPINESS; BREATHING exercises; CONFERENCES &; conventions; HUMAN services programs; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; MUSIC; HEALTH promotion
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy, 2023, Vol 59, p132
- ISSN
1205-9838
- Publication type
Article