LGBTQ+ health within undergraduate nursing and midwifery pre-registration programmes in the UK and Ireland.
| Project Title | LGBTQ+ health within undergraduate nursing and midwifery pre-registration programmes in the UK and Ireland |
| Research Focus | There is increasing awareness of the significant health needs and health inequalities experienced by people who identify as LGBTQ+. Despite this, there appears to be a limited structured focus on their health needs and concerns within pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes. The aim of this study is to identify the scope and extent of LGBTQ+ programme in the UK and Ireland and the curriculum content and the assessment strategies utilised |
| Funder & Dates | Burdett Trust for Nursing June 2020-June 2021 |
| Principle Investigator or Primary Supervisor (if PhD Student) | Professor Michael Brown |
| Co-Investigator or additional supervisors | Dr Edward McCann |
| Research Fellow(s) or PhD Students | Dr Freda McCormick |
| Name & Institution of Collaborators | Trinity College Dublin |
| Name of External Partner Organisations | Burdett Trust for Nursing |
| Description of Project: Aim; Methods; Expected Outcome | This project aims to identify LGBTQ+ content within pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes. Adopting a 2 phase design, phase 1 involves an on-line questionnaire of all Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in. the UK and Ireland of the scope and extend of LGBTQ+ concerns within pre-registration programmes. Phase 2 involves qualitative interviews with academics responsible for the delivery of pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes to identify Best Practice regarding LGBTQ+ issues and concerns. The expected outcomes are the identification of Best Practice examples and guide on the inclusion of LGBTQ+ health in nursing and midwifery pre-registration programmes |
| Add links/URLs to external pages e.g. study webpage, reports, publications etc. | McCann, E., & Brown, M. (2018). The inclusion of LGBT+ health issues within undergraduate healthcare education and professional training programmes: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 64, 204-214 |