What Is Health Hop®

• Health Hop® is a fusion of medical information and rap music.
• The songs are written based on current medical research, guidelines, and recommendations.
• Conventional lecture information is transformed into the song format and accuracy is preserved.
• Music evokes emotions among listeners and Health Hop instrumental compositions are created with this in mind.
• Illnesses such as asthma and sickle cell, that may lead to upsetting feelings, are presented through songs produced with an upbeat and lively feel.
• Serious, biopsychosocial issues such as drug and alcohol use, and HIV prevention are produced to evoke serious emotions and thought.

Medical Songs

• Health Hop songs on medical topics cover allergies, asthma, diabetes, and sickle cell and have the following objectives:
  • Teach prevention strategies and promote compliance
  • Present basic information on issues such as medication & treatment in a fun, cool, and entertaining manner.
  • Present much of the same information that would be presented in a conventional lecture

Biopsychosocial Songs

• Biopsychosocial factors relate to or concern the interplay of biological, psychological, and social aspects of disease in contrast to the strictly biomedical aspects of disease.
• The prevention and teaching strategy of several of the Health Hop® songs incorporates the biopsychosocial approach.
• The biopsychosocial songs cover HIV, teen pregnancy, smoking, drug & alcohol use, eating disorders, and violence.
• The following is a list of the objectives of this group of songs:
• Provoke and shape thought
• Raise Issues Which May Not Have Been Considered
• Present Realistic Scenarios & Outcomes
• Make Healthful Choices Appealing
• Educate Without Preaching
• Provide positive entertainment