Public Attitudes towards LGBT people in Ireland

Carmel Downes

Trinity College Dublin

Carmel Downes is a research assistant at the School of Nursing & Midwifery. She holds a Master’s in Applied Social Research Methods. Her research expertise and activities include the areas of mental health and later life well-being. She has been involved in a number of research projects within these areas, contributing to a programme of research into elder abuse in Ireland while at the National Centre for the Protection of Older People (NCPOP) and more recently being involved with colleagues from TCD in a national study of the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Ireland.

Abstract

Background Research has shown that attitudes within society can have a direct impact on the lives and experiences of LGBT people. However, little is known about the current perspectives of the public on LGBT people in... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Carmel Downes (Trinity College Dublin)
  2. Agnes Higgins (Trinity College Dublin)
  3. Louise Doyle (Trinity College Dublin)
  4. Rebecca Murphy (Trinity College Dublin)
  5. Danika Sharek (Trinity College Dublin)
  6. Jan De Vries (Trinity College Dublin)
  7. Thelma Begley (Trinity College Dublin)
  8. Edward McCann (Trinity College Dublin)
  9. Fintan Sheerin (Trinity College Dublin)
  10. Siobhan Smyth (National University of Ireland Galway)

Topic Area

Topics: Mental Health

Session

MH1 » Mental Health 1 (10:30 - Wednesday, 9th November, Seminar Room 0.54)

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