Coordinator: Dr Maria Lohan

This Special Interest Group brings together researchers across the disciplines of Nursing and Midwifery, Medicine, Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Law and Performing Arts in QUB in order our extend our work on sexual and reproductive health relating to children and young people. Currently the research interests of the members encompasses three main topics.: The first  topic relates to research in relation to children and young people’s sexual and reproductive health and includes projects such as Sex education amongst children and young people; Adolescent pregnancy and parenting; Teenage men and pregnancy, and fatherhood experiences of young offenders (see selected research projects).

The second topic relates to research on caring for the parents of children and young people, especially in relation to their sexual and reproductive healthcare needs. This includes research on infertility health care, pregnancy experiences of HIV Positive men and women, and pregnancy and parenting amongst ‘high-risk’ groups (see selected research projects).

Finally, the, Special Interest Group seeks to have a broad interpretation of health and wellbeing and includes researchers interested in expanding knowledge of contemporary gender identities and change and continuity in sexual and reproductive identities of young people (see selected research projects).

The Special Interest Group is keen to develop partnerships between research and policy and practice by actively fostering links with key stakeholders working in sexual and reproductive health. To this end, our membership is open to individuals external to QUB. We aim to develop further our links with key organisations such as the Family Planning Association, Brook, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Youth Conference, Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety for Northern Ireland and Public Health Agency. If you work in such a key stakeholder organisation and would like to get involved in the research meetings of the Special Interest group, please contact the convenor: Maria Lohan (m.lohan@qub.ac.uk).

To view the selected research projects please click here.   

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Sexual and Reproductive Health Special Interest Group
Research Briefing No.1

Citizens' Attitudes to Relationship and Sexuality Education in Post-Primary Schools in Northern Ireland.

Please click here to view paper.

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Press Releases

Press release: Relationship and Sexuality Education and Young People (PDF)
Press release: Public Lecture (PDF)
Press release: Supporting LGBT Lives (PDF) 
New research report on parent-child communication about relationships and sex (PDF)
Press release on fatherhood (PDF)
NEW QUB research on teenagers and Sexual grooming April 2011

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People

Nicola Carr (Social Work)
Dr Laura Dunne (Institute of Child Care Research)
David Grant (Languages, Literature and Performing Arts)
Carmel Kelly (Nursing and Midwifery)
Professor Sheena Lewis (Medicine)
Dr Maria Lohan, (Nursing and Midwifery)
Dr Fiona Lynn, (Nursing and Midwifery)
Dr Siobhan McAlister (Law)
Dr Jenny McNeill (Nursing and Midwifery)
Carolin Schlenther (Sociology)
Dr Dirk Schubotz (Sociology)
Dr Dale Spence (Nursing and Midwifery)
Sinead Rooney (School of Psychology)
Kathrine McAleese (School of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy)
Heather Kitt (School of Medicine)

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