Hip-hop for health promotion : an exploratory descriptive study of hip-hop-based HIV/AIDs education

• Main Author: Landy, Rachel
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Ethnomusicology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Health education > North America; Music in education > North America; AIDS (Disease) and the arts > North America; AIDS (Disease) > Study and teaching > North America; Hip-hop > Study and teaching > North America; Newfoundland studies; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses5/id/33364

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2011. Ethnomusicology Bibliography: leaves 106-117. -- Discography: leaf 118. This thesis is a critical examination of how music is used in health education interventions dealing with HIV/AIDS. More specifically, this research focuses on the use of hip-hop in educative programs within a North American context. To illuminate in detail how music may be used in a health education program, an exploratory/descriptive analysis of one HIV education program, Taking Action, an arts-based HIV prevention workshop for Aboriginal youth, was conducted. Interviews with the musicians and facilitators involved in this workshop confirmed that hip-hop was thought to be, for multiple reasons, an appropriate strategy for engaging Aboriginal youth in HIV/AIDS prevention. The study raises further questions about the needs of musicians who partner with organizations in this context. -- Keywords: Hip-hop; health education; Aboriginal; HIV/AIDS.