Source note · R081
Health in the Winds: Wind Band Participation as a Health Promoting Activity for Older Men
Five older men describe purpose, challenge and connection through wind-band participation.
- Setting
- Community bands
- Kind of evidence
- Qualitative & case studies
- Review extent
- Appraisal and selected source sections checked
What was studied
Five men aged 58–76 reflected on wind-band participation in semi-structured interviews, analyzed thematically.
What it contributes
Interviews with five men aged 58–76 linked wind-band participation with purpose, physical/emotional wellbeing, challenge, accomplishment and social connection.
Where the evidence stops
Qualitative study of five men aged 58–76; small purposive sample and not Oklahoma-specific.
About this review
The accepted research appraisal was compared with the supplied text, including bibliographic and study-design details. This production check is not a fresh audit of every table, appendix or cited study.
Bibliographic details checked against the supplied work. A linked source provides the public retrieval route. The former University of Saskatchewan download returned HTTP 410 during this release; a replacement public record remains to be located.
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