Literature Review
American Journal of Public Health January 1996, Vol.86, No.1
A Survey of injuries among Broadway Performers http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1380366/?tool=pubmed
Although written in 1996 this article was very interesting
as it interpreted quantitative data rather than qualitative data.
The researchers surveyed different actors and dancers on Broadway
and put the results into many different categories in order to decipher and
understand when and why most injuries occur.
The categories are good examples of what I might use to help
sort my data for my inquiry. One idea that hadn’t crossed my mind was a Raked
stage as I haven’t had to work on one but it provoked a thought that I could
possibly consider an extra category for those who work on ships as surely a
rough sea is another risk factor for injury.
The article helped me to realise that actually quantitative
data could be useful to my findings. I was starting to steer away from using it
in my inquiry as I wasn’t sure that I would be able to get as much information
out of the patterns and trends as I would through interviewing and observing
candidates.
As a staggering number of Broadway performers had sustained injury, and "62% believed their injuries were preventable" it shows the importance of my inquiry. How do performers work through injury? What can be done to prevent these injuries?
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