Mrs Sonia Price - Canterbury Christ Church University

Sonia is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing, and Arts and Health, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Sidney De Haan Research Centre.

I have been teaching at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) since 2012, and I am currently Module Lead for the Arts in Health (MSc Mental Health & Wellbeing) module, and the Music for Wellbeing (BA Music) module. I also supervise students studying the MSc in Health Care Practice.

My clinical background includes acute medical, emergency, and palliative care nursing, and sixteen years as a Practice Nurse with a respiratory specialism.

I am a Senior Research Fellow with the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, with a special interest in researching the value of the arts in health and embedding arts and health into curricular.

I teach across the following courses:

BSc Adult Nursing
MSc Adult Nursing
MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing
BA Music/Commercial Music

In addition, I supervise students undertaking their MSc research projects and preparatory module.

My research interests are largely focused on exploring the value of the arts (singing, music, drama, etc...) for people living with long-term health conditions, and implementing community-based arts interventions within social prescribing.

I am Musical Director for Folkestone Singing for Health and the Shorncliffe Military Wives Choir.

Arts and creative activities for mental wellbeing during Covid-19 lockdown: report of a survey of university staff Dr Ann Skingley, Miss Sharon Manship, Mrs Nicole Pollock, Miss Nikki Price, Mrs Sonia Price, Dr Toni Wright. [Research report]
Singing group leaders’ experiences of online singing sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid survey Mrs Sonia Price, Ms Jes Phillips, Mrs Jacqueline Tallent, Professor Stephen Clift, (Oct 2021): Journal of Music, Health and Wellbeing. [Journal article]
Singing for health: do members of a generic singing for health group express similar effects on health and wellbeing as those in condition-specific groups? Mrs Sonia Price, (01 Nov 2018): Journal of Applied Arts and Health. [Journal article]
Research examples from the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health Professor Stephen Clift, Dr Trish Vella-Burrows, Dr Ann Skingley, Mrs Sonia Price, Celebrating our Successes & Looking Forward. [Conference poster]
Singing for better breathing: findings from the Lambeth & Southwark singing and COPD project. Professor Stephen Clift, Dr Ann Skingley, Mrs Sonia Price, Dr Andrew Jackson. Canterbury. [Research report]
The perceived effects of singing on the health and wellbeing of wives and partners of members of the British Armed Forces: a cross-sectional survey Professor Stephen Clift, Mrs Sonia Price, (29 Apr 2016): Public Health. [Journal article]
Bespoke CPD for practice nurses C. Jackson, Mrs Sonia Price, Dr Toni Wright, (31 Jan 2015): Practice Nursing. [Journal article]
“Singing for breathing”: participants' perceptions of a group singing programme for people with COPD Dr Ann Skingley, Mrs Sonia Price, Professor Stephen Clift, Dr Trish Vella-Burrows, (26 Sep 2013): Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice. [Journal article]
Drawing breath: promoting meaning and self-management in COPD Mrs Sonia Price, Dr Ann Skingley, (2011): British Journal of Community Nursing. [Journal article]

Contact me

sonia.price@canterbury.ac.uk

Newton (Nt15), Canterbury and Newton (Nt15), Canterbury

Based in

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Social Care

School of Nursing

Courses taught on

Nursing: Adult or Mental Health

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Healthcare Practice