UCC Nursing & Midwifery Impact Brochure 2023

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CATHERINE MCAULEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY, UCC

PART A: TEACHING, CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AND PRACTICE, AWARDS

Don’t Mention the Diet: An Example of Innovative and Inclusive Practice in Education and Research ‘Don’t Mention the Diet’ is a novel, innovative and creative PPI project between the School of Nursing and Midwifery and COPE Foundation. It is advancing practice and processes of including people with intellectual disability as PPI contributors in research. As a teamwe have designed novel and innovativeways of including people with intellectual disability as PPI contributors facilitating their cognitive and communication abilities This work has been very well received drawing local, national and international attention. It is profiled as an example of good PPI practice with PPI Ignite UCC. A project publication was included

in a special edition of the British Journal of Learning Disabilities: Education as a catalyst for the social inclusion of people with learning disabilities. Anne-Marie subsequently presented at a webinar hosted by the Guest Editors and University of Derby in March. The project was also part of a showcase of innovative and inclusive approaches to including people with intellectual disabilities in education for the Erasmus Plus funded JoinIN project in May 2022. Lucia O’Neill and Anne-Marie Martin presented about the benefits of working together through PPI work. The project approach and philosophy were commended by those attending including delegates from Germany, Austria and Iceland. ‘Don’t Mention the Diet’ not only challenges current approaches to health promotion with people with intellectual disability but demonstrates how people with intellectual disability can be included as PPI contributors to research & knowledge creation.

Lead and Team Members: Dr. Anne-Marie Martin, Ms. Síle Divane, Ms. Sandra Twomey, Ms. Lucia O’Neill, Mr. Joseph McCarthy, Ms. Caroline Egan, Dr. Caroline Dalton and Dr. Maria Caples Reference: • Martin, A. M., Divane, S., Twomey, S., O’Neill, L., McCarthy, J., Egan, C., Dalton, C. and Caples, M. (2021), Don’t Mention the Diet! A health promotion initiative to support healthy diet and lifestyle decision-making by people with intellectual disability. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49 (4), 475-481. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12382

https://youtu.be/OyiJCi2qxuQ

Accessible Video Abstract

L-R: Lucia O’Neill and Anne-Marie Martin presenting at Erasmus+, Aula Max, May 2022.