Scholarly Impact Report 2023

CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

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THEME 5 - MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: PEOPLE, ORGANISATIONS, AND PLACES

UCC Report - A Systematic Scoping Literature Review of the Effectiveness of Sexual Safety Prevention and Management Strategies relevant to In-Patient Mental Health Units, Residential Units for Older People (Nursing Homes) and People with Disabilities.

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with disabilities. University College Cork (UCC) was successful in securing this project. This work led by Dr James O Mahony PI (School of Nursing & Midwifery) with a team of researchers from the School of Nursing & Midwifery and School of Applied Social Studies are currently undertaking this work with the report due for publication by the end of 2023. Lead and Team Members: Dr James O Mahony (PI) School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Aine O’Donovan School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Kathleen McLoughlin Senior Research Fellow, School of Nursing and Midwifery Professor Corina Naughton School of Nursing & Midwifery Professor Josephine Hegarty School of Nursing & Midwifery Professor Máire Leane School of Applied Social Studies Dr Maria O’Malley School of Nursing & Midwifery Mx Ryan Goulding School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Aileen Burton School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Caroline Dalton O Connor School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Teresa Wills School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Irene Hartigan School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Fiachra O Suilleabhain, School of Applied Social Studies Dr Anne-Marie Martin School of Nursing & Midwifery Dr Maria Caples School of Nursing & Midwifery Ms Caroline Egan School of Nursing & Midwifery Professor Liz Hughes Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Each year sexual safety incidents are reported in HSE in-patient mental health wards, residential centres for the care of older people and residential centres for the care of people with intellectual disabilities. As a result, the HSE commissioned an independent review of the literature to determine the prevalence of sexual safety incidents in Irish in-patient mental health units and residential services for both older adults and those with disability and to systematically review published, peer-reviewed literature and international best practice guidelines to: (1) examine the categorisation and prevalence of sexual safety incidents in countries with a similar healthcare infrastructure to Ireland; and (2) to determine the effectiveness of sexual safety prevention and management strategies relevant to in-patient mental health units, residential units for older people (nursing homes) and people

L-R: Dr Maria O’ Malley and Ms Alice Taylor