Browsing by Author "Brinker, Sarai"
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Item Creating an arts-integrated prenatal education course: An applied ethnographic approach to addressing the problem of pre and post-natal wellness in high-risk populations through the arts(2019-05) Brinker, Sarai; Mariani, Angela; Boye, Allison; Smith, Christopher; Garner, Lisa; Fremaux, GhislaineThis dissertation is an applied ethnographic study centered around an 8-week, arts-integrated prenatal education class offered to pregnant women in order to determine the perceptions of participants regarding the a) usefulness of such a course and b) their feelings of preparedness for labor and delivery and motherhood before and after the course is complete. A secondary objective of this study uses applied ethnography to explore ways in which artists might collaborate with healthcare providers in a collaborative way that integrates the arts with medical care and education in order to improve psychosocial variables which may impact the overall quality of prenatal care and education.Item Songs of Many Nations: An Examination of Selected Print Materials and Companion Recordings Published by Cooperative Recreation Service, Inc., 1958-1964(2023-08) Cereske, Kurt N.; Brumfield, Susan; Brinker, Sarai; Donahue, Linda; Gelber, Bill; Killian, JaniceAs stated, the purpose of this study was to investigate recorded materials published through Cooperative Recreation Service and World Around Songs from 1958- 1964 and to examine them in the context of related print material. Only a small percentage of the pocketbook anthologies with accompanying teaching records remain in circulation. Of the 28 unique songbooks identified by Larry N. Holcomb in his 1972 dissertation "A History of the Cooperative Recreation Service" as having a sample or complete recordings, this researcher found and procured 23 songbooks and 13 complete companion albums.