Jan 18, 2016
Emory Center for Pastoral Services
Spiritual Health Research Initiative
Emory University HospitalMidtown
Spiritual Health Research
• Explores preventative, predictive and relational elements associated with:Spiritual WellnessCopingResilience
In application with…
…relational, ethical and culturally responsive qualities of delivery in the healthcare continuum…
…at Emory and through the Emory Center for Pastoral Services, spiritual health research is a direct response to the system-wide mission of transforming care to patient-family centeredness…
EUH Midtown Research Team
…Chaplain Residents and Permanent Staff formed a team to discover how spiritual health is engaged in care transformation at the Midtown campus…
…from within the team there was great interest in the quality of the work environment…
…the “healthy distraction” of music and other art forms were already taking root…
…it grew to seem naturally fitting to explore the influence and impact of the arts in the healing process and environment…
…this led to an extensive literature review and the development of a methodology to engage the topic in a descriptive and exploratory way…
…today’s presentation is a first step in our project…
Methods
• Quantitative and Qualitative data• Evaluate current arts offerings• Imagine other possibilities for arts
and spiritual care at EUHM
Quantitative Methods
• Surveys to evaluate current offerings• Live Therapeutic Music in 21 ICU,
41 ICU, 5E ICU, and 8E• Art Experiences in Peri-operative
Services• Likert Scale with space for additional
comments• Sample Questions
Qualitative Methods
• 3 Focus Groups with the same questions
• UPC meetings in Peri-operative Services, 21 ICU, and 31 ICU
• Focus Groups Script• 30-40 minutes each• Participants
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Live Therapeutic Music done at EUH and EUHM
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May Jewelry
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Spiritual Health &
the Creative Arts(Themes of Focus Groups)
Exploring the relationship between
spiritual centering and the effective work
environment
Where Am I?
How Am I?
Who Am I?
Where Are We?
How Are We?
Who Are We?
Where Am I?
How Am I?
Who Am I?WHO
Quiet Space to Center
Healthy Distractions
Live Music
Participating in hands-on art projects
for self-care
Addressing relief from chaos
Supporting opportunities for situational
intimacy
Addressing Cumulative Grief
WHOHOW
Interdisciplinary Discussion
GroupsInteractions with
Chaplains
Environment of Gratitude for
work provided
Avenues to Express
Individuality
Enhancing System Wide
Communication
Regular meetings to discuss stressors
Utilizing current resources more
creatively
Use of ritual with Chaplains
HOWWHERE
Art Work
Support for Families
Managing of Noise
Supportive Lighting
Facilitating more consistent use of
live music and engaged art
Facilitating more consistent use of Art and Color in
the work environment
Implementing Care Channel
WHEREI Am
Transforming Health & Healing
Awareness of helpful lasting effects of live
music on unit