UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2019

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

Health Equity Masterclass

Participants were able to draw on their own experiences in Cork, Kerry, and as far afield as Sweden, to illustrate how these issues manifest in day to day clinical nursing and midwifery practices. Potential strategies to address the issues relating to inequities and diversity were explored. Participants particularly benefited from hearing about the opportunities which participatory research methods and University-Practice Partnerships offer for improving the delivery of healthcare services and health outcomes. Following the success of the masterclass, the group have begun to discuss establishing a ‘Social Justice Interest Group’ within the School and are considering ways to liaise with appropriate clusters within the ISS21.

The School of Nursing and Midwifery hosted a post- conference masterclass on health equity on Friday 29th November. Titled “Perspectives on Health Equity for Nursing and Midwifery”, the masterclass was facilitated by Prof Judith Lynam, of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The School of Nursing in UBC is home to CRiHHI (Critical Research in Health and Health Inequity) research centre. Aimed at nursing and midwifery practitioners, leaders, educators, researchers and graduate students, the masterclass provided an opportunity to examine the different ways that perspectives on health equity can be taken up within nursing and midwifery practice with patients and families. As an expert in this field, with decades of experience in exploring this area with practitioners and families in Vancouver, Professor Lynam drew upon her research and participants’ examples to explore the health impacts of social exclusion and marginalisation.

Dr Angela Flynn

Growing interest in health inequity as a concern for nurses and midwives Interdisciplinary opportunities with colleagues across disciplines

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