Congratulations to Áine Bernadette Mannion and Dr. Catherine Conlon on their publication “The Vagina Problem: A Step Too Far In Parent–Child Sex Communication With Young Children.” This journal article in Sex Education is a secondary data analysis of the Research With Parents project which explored barriers, enablers and the range of communication tools and strategies Irish parents employ when responding to 4- to 9-year-old’s sexuality curiosity and questioning.
Áine is a graduate of two programmes in our School, BA SocSocPol and MSc Applied Social Research. Arising out of the work placement as part of ASR, and under the supervision of Dr. Conlon, this paper was completed as a Dissertation by Publication for the MSc ASR. Áine is currently undertaking her PhD, as an IRC Postgraduate Scholar in Childhood Disadvantage in Ireland at the School of Law in UCC. Publishing this article in a Q1 Social Science Journal out of her dissertation for the MSc is a huge achievement for our graduate Áine and we look forward to watching her star continue to rise!
See article at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2024.2342880
Fully Open Access on Tara: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/108337