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Perception meets practice: organisational views on creative arts therapy and arts in health in healthcare. 感知满足实践：组织对创造性艺术治疗和艺术在医疗保健中的健康的看法。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-05-09 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2671831

Theresa Van Lith, Saoni Banerjee, Heather Spooner

{"title":"Perception meets practice: organisational views on creative arts therapy and arts in health in healthcare.","authors":"Theresa Van Lith, Saoni Banerjee, Heather Spooner","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2671831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2671831","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Creative Arts Therapy (CAT) and Arts in Health (AH) are increasingly recognised for their contributions to patient wellbeing, staff engagement, and the overall quality of care in healthcare settings. However, the integration of these practices depended heavily on how healthcare administrators understood their distinct purposes, professional boundaries, and potential impact.Methods: This study investigated organisational perceptions of CAT and AH through a mixed-methods survey of 74 healthcare administrators working across clinical, community, and educational settings. A framework analysis was conducted to examine how varying levels of familiarity influenced hiring decisions, role definition, service provision, and opportunities for professional development.Results: The findings revealed generally positive attitudes toward both CAT and AH, with many administrators acknowledging their value in delivering holistic and person-centred care. However, there remained widespread confusion regarding the differences between therapeutic and non-therapeutic arts roles. This lack of clarity led to inconsistencies in position descriptions, under-utilisation of qualified practitioners, and uncertainty around professional standards and credentialing. Administrators expressed a need for clearer policy guidance, standardised classifications, and improved organisational education about the scope, ethics, and training of arts practitioners.Conclusion: These results highlighted a pressing need to build organisational literacy and establish consistent frameworks for integrating arts-based professionals into healthcare systems. By clarifying professional roles and improving alignment with ethical and legal requirements, healthcare organisations could better support effective service delivery, workforce development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147864639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Verbatim theatre in pediatric oncology: integration into residency and continuing inter-professional education. 儿科肿瘤学的逐字剧场：融入住院医师和继续跨专业教育。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-05-06 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2663518

Marina Y Liu, Shauna C Flavelle, Paul R D'Alessandro

{"title":"Verbatim theatre in pediatric oncology: integration into residency and continuing inter-professional education.","authors":"Marina Y Liu, Shauna C Flavelle, Paul R D'Alessandro","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2663518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2663518","url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid (in-person and virtual) sessions, including those involving medical humanities, are increasingly ubiquitous in health professional education since the COVID-19 pandemic. Ed's Story, a verbatim play written from the journal of an adolescent/young adult (AYA) osteosarcoma patient, has been utilized in medical education at Canadian institutions for over a decade. However, we have never integrated Ed's Story into sessions for pediatric resident physicians (PRPs) or pediatric oncology healthcare professionals (HCPs). We explored how hybrid sessions using Ed's Story, combining both passive viewing of a recording of the play followed by reader's theatre (RT) of the script, impacted PRPs and HCPs working in the provincial pediatric oncology program at our tertiary children's hospital. Hybrid sessions were feasible and enjoyable; participant empathy increased post-session; and the majority of participants preferred watching the recording over RT. Inductive thematic analysis of narrative feedback identified five themes: new or broadened understanding of interdisciplinary pediatric oncology care and patient/family illness experiences; recognition of AYA care needs; appreciation for nuances of advanced communication; acknowledgement of new skills gained; and session/logistic feedback. These results will inform future iterations of Ed's Story to optimize content delivery and session structure.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Youth as experts of their own lives: collage creation to engage adolescent researchers in topic identification. 青年作为自己生活的专家：拼贴创作吸引青少年研究者参与主题识别。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-05-05 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2666589

Barbara K Giambra, Olivia J Terry, Cedrick Coburn, Auriell Wiggins, Samantha A Chuisano, Melissa DeJonckheere, Lisa M Vaughn

{"title":"Youth as experts of their own lives: collage creation to engage adolescent researchers in topic identification.","authors":"Barbara K Giambra, Olivia J Terry, Cedrick Coburn, Auriell Wiggins, Samantha A Chuisano, Melissa DeJonckheere, Lisa M Vaughn","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2666589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2666589","url":null,"abstract":"This report describes the process of collage creation designed for Michigan Youth Health (MYHealth) students to generate and prioritize research topics related to adolescent health and wellness challenges. MYHealth is a youth-partnered research training program grounded in youth participatory action research methods and designed to encourage high school students to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and health research fields. Within the MYHealth program, students partner with academic health researchers to conduct their own research projects on an adolescent health topic. During the initial training, MYHealth students identify possible research topics that form the basis for research they conduct throughout the academic year. Integrating elements of arts-based, participatory, and narrative research methods, a collage creation process was used to stimulate, generate and prioritize research topics for future planned research with students. We detail the collage creation process and provide three illustrative examples of students' collages and how the collages helped students generate and prioritize research topics. We conclude with student reflections on the collage creation process and lessons learned regarding the successful use of this method to engage high school students in STEM and health research and to identify relevant research topics in a youth research education program.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"Sometimes all you can do is say thank you for sharing" - exploring the complexities facilitating creative writing groups for well-being. “有时候你所能做的就是说谢谢你的分享”——探索促进创意写作团队幸福的复杂性。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-05-03 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2667982

Mark Pearson, Anne Holloway, Dan Doran, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone

{"title":"\"Sometimes all you can do is say thank you for sharing\" - exploring the complexities facilitating creative writing groups for well-being.","authors":"Mark Pearson, Anne Holloway, Dan Doran, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2667982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2667982","url":null,"abstract":"Aims: Facilitated poetry and creative writing groups are regularly commissioned in the UK and funded by a range of organisations, including national arts funders. Some groups are explicitly organised with the purpose of supporting well-being. This research explores the experiences of people who facilitate creative writing groups intended to support well-being.Methods: A focus group was conducted with six expert facilitators who between them had experience in facilitating creative writing groups across a variety of settings, focusing on well-being. Thematic analysis of the transcripts was conducted.Findings: Three themes were identified: personal connection to facilitation work, dynamic changes in emotional state and expression, and influence of funder demands on facilitation practices. Facilitators were often drawn to the work because of a personal connection to using the process of writing as a tool to support well-being. However, poetry and creative writing groups can foster dynamic changes in mental and emotional state in response to writing prompts and exercises, and facilitators report a lack of training and support to enable them to manage the demands of their work.Conclusions: Facilitators of poetry and creative writing groups work within highly emotive environments. Organisations commissioning writing groups focusing on well-being, including national funders, should consider facilitator training needs and to ensure that projects have adequate time, resources, and training. Training offers should not compromise facilitation practice, including by imposing clinical understandings of mental health and risk management.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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We the artists. 我们是艺术家。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-05-03 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2664133

Zhaohui Su

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Music therapy programme for children diagnosed with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a mixed-methods study. 音乐疗法对患有注意力缺陷/多动障碍（ADHD）儿童的治疗：一项混合方法研究。

IF 1.5 4区医学

Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-04-29 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2651774

Alberto Acebes-de-Pablo, David Carabias-Galindo

{"title":"Music therapy programme for children diagnosed with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Alberto Acebes-de-Pablo, David Carabias-Galindo","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2651774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2651774","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders worldwide. The main aim of this research was to study the use of music therapy as an intervention to improve ADHD symptoms within a group of children diagnosed with the disorder.Methods: The research method was based on Concurrent Triangulation Design (DITRIAC, in Spanish \"Diseño de Triangulación Concurrente\") as a mixed-methods approach. Five children, six parents and five form teachers (homeroom teachers) took part in the study. The quantitative instrument used was a Likert-type Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scale (EDAH, in Spanish \"Evaluación del Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad\"). This scale was filled by both the research team and the form teachers. The main qualitative techniques used to collect information were: semi-structured interviews with the children's parents, both before and after the intervention; participant observation along with an investigation log; and the drawings the children produced in the sessions, as visual evidence.Results: Results, following the intervention, reflect a significant decrease in characteristic ADHD behaviours: hyperactivity and impulsivity, attention deficit and behavioural disorder.Conclusions: Music therapy can be a helpful tool to develop social and emotional learning (SEL) as a core element of our education systems. Music therapy helped the children to regulate not only ADHD symptoms, but also emotions and feelings related to daily life.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Biopsychosocial benefits of group singing in older adults with and without a neurodegenerative condition: a SingWell proof-of-concept study. 在有或没有神经退行性疾病的老年人中，集体歌唱的生物心理社会效益：SingWell的概念验证研究。

IF 1.5 4区医学

Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2661932

Arla Good, Sean Gilmore, Frank A Russo

{"title":"Biopsychosocial benefits of group singing in older adults with and without a neurodegenerative condition: a SingWell proof-of-concept study.","authors":"Arla Good, Sean Gilmore, Frank A Russo","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2661932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2661932","url":null,"abstract":"Background: While group singing is a long-standing human practice, a growing body of research highlights its potential to address psychosocial challenges that are prevalent in older adulthood and individuals diagnosed with neurodegenerative and age-associated conditions, such as Parkinson's. This study assessed the impact of group singing on biological, psychological, and social dimensions of wellbeing.Methods: Two community choirs were launched, one for healthy aging older adults and one for Parkinson's. Participants (N = 24) completed assessments on mood (positive/negative affect), social bonding, pain thresholds, cortisol, and oxytocin, before and after 45 min of singing at week 2 and week 7 of a 12-week choir to explore both immediate (within sessions) and cumulative (across session) effects.Results: Results indicated that both groups experienced within session improvements in positive/negative mood (p < 0.001, p = 0.03), social bonding (p = 0.01), pain thresholds (p = 0.02), and reductions in cortisol levels (p = 0.05) following group singing, with benefits accumulating across sessions for all outcomes (all ps. <0.05), except cortisol (p = 0.08). No differences were found between the healthy aging and the Parkinson's groups (all ps. <0.05), suggesting the generalizability of group singing's benefits. Self-reported singing abilities did not impact the benefits gained from the choir program.Conclusion: Findings demonstrate the potential of group singing to enhance psychosocial wellbeing in older adults regardless of the presence of neurodegenerative condition or self-reported singing ability. In addition, the findings provide new insights regarding the potential biological mechanisms that may be underpinning these effects.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The emotional life of chemotherapy. 化疗的情感生活。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2666586

Pramana, Prahastiwi Utari, Monika Sri Yuliarti, Adi Inggit Handoko, Tri Susanto

{"title":"The emotional life of chemotherapy.","authors":"Pramana, Prahastiwi Utari, Monika Sri Yuliarti, Adi Inggit Handoko, Tri Susanto","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2666586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2666586","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Cancer treatment is often described in biomedical language, while its emotional textures remain less visible. Experiences such as waiting, bodily changes, fatigue, uncertainty, and the quiet grief of chemotherapy shape how illness is lived beyond clinical procedures.Purpose: This manuscript offers a poetic reflection on the emotional life of chemotherapy, focusing on how art may help name, hold, and witness what treatment cannot fully explain.Approach: Through poetic imagery centered on infusion rooms, changing bodies, and the altered temporality of treatment, the manuscript explores chemotherapy not only as medical intervention but also as an emotional condition marked by fear, endurance, vulnerability, and dignity. Art is positioned as a companion to illness, offering line, color, and language as forms of presence rather than a cure.Contribution: This manuscript contributes to art and health discussions by foregrounding the lived and affective dimensions of cancer care. It highlights the value of artistic expression as a humane space where patients may remain more than just diagnosis, regimen, or symptoms. In doing so, it emphasizes that the role of art in healthcare lies not only in therapeutic support but also in sustaining dignity, recognition, and emotional visibility during treatment.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Silent images, growing minds. 无声的影像，成长的心灵。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2664714

Puspita Sari Sukardani, Pramana, Vinda Maya Setianingrum

{"title":"Silent images, growing minds.","authors":"Puspita Sari Sukardani, Pramana, Vinda Maya Setianingrum","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2664714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2664714","url":null,"abstract":"Background: This manuscript reflects on the role of visual art as a gentle and meaningful pathway for supporting the cognitive development of children on the autism spectrum. Rather than approaching autism through deficit based assumptions, it foregrounds the potential of visual engagement as a supportive mode of learning.Purpose: The manuscript aims to explore how images, patterns, shapes, and repeated visual interaction may create conditions for focus, memory, recognition, and understanding among autistic children.Approach: Through poetic reflection, the manuscript presents visual therapy not as a form of pressure or correction, but as a patient and responsive space in which learning may unfold at a different rhythm. It considers how art can serve children whose experiences of language, attention, and sensory processing may not align with dominant educational expectations.Findings: The reflection suggests that visual art can function as a bridge between confusion and comprehension. Visual engagement is framed as part of a broader practice of care, inclusion, and wellbeing, enabling cognitive growth while respecting difference and dignity.Conclusion: The manuscript contributes to conversations in arts and health by portraying art as more than an aesthetic activity. It positions visual art as a humane and supportive medium through which alternative forms of learning, cognitive development, and inclusion may be nurtured.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The role of listening to nurse-focused songs to cope with work-related emotions in oncology nurses: an exploratory study. 肿瘤科护士听以护士为中心的歌曲对处理工作相关情绪的作用：一项探索性研究。

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Arts & Health Pub Date : 2026-04-27 DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2026.2666593

Carolyn S Phillips, Heather Woods, Megan C Thomas Hebdon, Alfonzo Robinson

{"title":"The role of listening to nurse-focused songs to cope with work-related emotions in oncology nurses: an exploratory study.","authors":"Carolyn S Phillips, Heather Woods, Megan C Thomas Hebdon, Alfonzo Robinson","doi":"10.1080/17533015.2026.2666593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2026.2666593","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Oncology nurses experience work-related stress and difficult emotions related to sustained exposure to patient suffering, death, and moral distress. While creative and music-based approaches have been explored to support nurses' emotional well-being, little is known about the acceptability and perceived helpfulness of listening to nurse-focused songs previously written for their nursing peers.Methods: An exploratory, proof-of-concept, qualitative design. Participants were recruited throughout the United States. They listened to a playlist of songs, previously written for oncology nurses, for two weeks. Focus groups explored participants' experiences listening to the songs. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis.Results: Five oncology nurses participated. Analysis revealed one overarching theme, Connection, with three interrelated subthemes describing participants' connections to their work-related emotions, professional identity, and colleagues. Participants' responses indicated variability in acceptability and perceived helpfulness.Conclusions: Listening to nurse-focused songs was acceptable and meaningful for some oncology nurses and may offer a reflective and relational resource for coping with work-related stress and emotions. Findings highlight individual differences in preferences and readiness for emotional engagement and support further investigation to refine and evaluate curated music-listening approaches for nurses.","PeriodicalId":45944,"journal":{"name":"Arts & Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147785192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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