"Learning with": Promoting LGBT wellbeing through innovations in research dissemination

Nerilee Ceatha

Trinity College Dublin

Nerilee Ceatha is a Social Work Team Leader with the Child and Family Agency and the social work representative on its Research Advisory Group. She completed a M.Sc. in Applied Social Research in 2014. Her journal article "Mastering wellness”: LGBT people’s understanding of wellbeing through interest sharing published in the Journal of Research in Nursing makes a valuable contribution to addressing the limited research focus on LGBT wellbeing and is regarded as “breaking new ground”. She is highly motivated to disseminate her research with participants, within LGBT communities and with health and social care professionals. Nerilee was joint winner of the IASW Social Work Researcher of the Year 2016 award due to her promotion of social work practitioner research, advocacy of research-minded practice and emphasis on the important contribution of practice to research. Nerilee plans to complete a PhD and is interested in participatory mixed-methods research approaches with young people.

Abstract

Giving voice to LGBT people’s perspectives and priorities is of paramount importance given the broad consensus of mental health risk. Little research attention has focused on LGBT wellbeing, despite research with general... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Nerilee Ceatha (Trinity College Dublin)

Topic Area

Topics: Innovations in research methodology, education or clinical practice

Session

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

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