Current Projects
Project Title: Improving mental health, wellbeing, and resilience of healthcare workers in Changing Environments
Summary: The overall objective of the APOLLO2028 project is to provide health and care workers, organisations, and healthcare system funders and policy makers with research-backed innovative solutions to help improve mental health, wellbeing, and resilience within rapidly changing environments (especially daily pressures and extreme events) at the workplace. The specific research objectives of APOLLO are to identify (i) individual, (ii) organisational, and (iii) meso-organisational (team, middle-manager) level factors that affect the physiological and mental health, wellbeing and resilience of health and healthcare workers and use this understanding to provide (iv) stronger, more (v) cost-efficient managerial tools that can be used to better train team managers and directors of hospitals on methods to enhance the resilience of healthcare professionals and, in turn, improve and increase (vi) collaboration between policymakers and stakeholders to jointly fight against factors of stress in the workplace.
Project Website: www.apollo-2028.eu
Partners: Universite De Montpellier; Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi; Kauno Technologijos Universitetas; Karolinska Institutet; Abo Akademi; Vilniaus Universitetas; Evotvos Lorand Tudomanyegyetem; Mass General Brigham Hospital; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Montpellier; Innotrope SAS.
Co-Principal Investigators (TCD): Dr Frédérique Vallières & Dr Kristin Hadfield
Contact (TCD): Dr Frédérique Vallières FVALLIER@tcd.ie and Dr Kristin Hadfield Kristin.Hadfield@tcd.ie.
Funding Agency: European Commission - HORIZON-HLTH-2023-CARE-04-02
Programme: No. 101137144 - GAP-101137144
Funding Amount: €5,626,339
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Project Title: An exploration of the experience of reproductive coercion among refugee women in Morocco
Summary: An emerging concept and an aspect of GBV that is being increasingly recognised and connected with sexual and reproductive health outcomes is reproductive violence (RV). RV is outlined as any form of abuse, coercion, exploitation or violence that compromises reproductive autonomy and self-determination. Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF), in partnership with International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Trinity Centre for Global Health (TCGH) have created a research programme with the aim of developing a clearer picture of the extent and nature of RV experienced by Moroccan women and refugee women in Morocco. This increased knowledge base will be used to enhance screening measures to provide more effective assessment and services to those impacted. The conceptual clarity provided during the current project will not only lead to higher quality future research but will also facilitate the creation of interventions and guidelines which can be integrated into gender-based violence programming and reproductive health care services in Morocco to enhance capacity to provide support to AMPF clients.
Partners: The Moroccan Family Planning Association (AMPF) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Co-Principal Investigators (TCD): Dr Meg Ryan, Dr Abdellatif Maamri (AMPF), Nihal Said (IPPF)
Contact (TCD): Dr Meg Ryan, RYANM89@tcd.ie.
Funding Agency: Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)
Programme: SVRI Research Grant: Knowledge for Action to End Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children
Funding Amount: $109,500
Project Title: Understanding the relationship between reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence in an Irish context; a stakeholder informed qualitative analysis’
Summary: Reproductive coercion (RC) is defined as deliberate attempts to influence or control the reproductive autonomy of another person. This is a form of intimate partner violence (IPV) thought to be linked to poorer sexual reproductive health (SRH) outcomes. However, the links between IPV and RC are poorly understood, impacting the development of effective interventions. The current project proposes to address this gap by developing a partnership with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre to conduct research exploring the current state of knowledge regarding IPV and RC in an Irish context through a rapid review and exploratory qualitative study with relevant stakeholders.
Partners: The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
Principal Investigators (TCD): Dr Meg Ryan
Contact (TCD): Dr Meg Ryan, RYANM89@tcd.ie
Funding Agency: Irish Research Council (IRC)
Programme: New Foundations Award
Funding Amount: €12,000
Project Title: : Exploring forced migrants’ perspectives to improve sexual health training and services: a mixed methods research.
Summary: There is limited evidence on the implementation of services addressing the heath disparities of refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland, moreso in relation to sexual and reproductive health information and services. SHARE examines The Sexual Health Centre’s (Cork) Sexual Health Ambassador Training programme which aims to empower participants to uphold their own sexual and reproductive health and rights and to serve as a peer health educators within their communities. SHARE is a qualitative mixed methods approach designed to facilitate forced migrants’ input in determining an impactful model of health promotion that supports their sexual and reproductive health and rights. This research aims to enhance cultural competency of a civic society organisation’s training and services for an underserved population. SHARE has the potential to serve as a case study of how to deliver health promotion with forced migrants through a framework of engagement to assess their experience and expectations of community health services.
Principal Investigators (TCD): Dr Felicity Daly
Contact (TCD): Dr Felicity Daly, MFDALY@tcd.ie
Funding Agency: Taighde Éireann (Research Ireland)
Programme: New Foundations Award
Funding Amount: €11,995
Project Title: An Action Research Evaluation of Meitheal+: Support for Families and Children Experiencing Emotional-Based School Avoidance
Summary:
The Inbetweeners Report (2019) found that a significant cohort of young people (approx. 1500) in Tallaght, were identified as having unmet mental health needs (McCarthy & Comiskey, 2019). A key recommendation from report was to adopt universal support integrated into schools and community systems. The findings from two narrative reviews were combined with emerging ideas from stakeholder discussions, which resulted in the genesis of the Nova (School Engagement and Wellbeing) programme. The Nova programme includes universal and targeted supports, and direct intervention through the Meitheal model for early intervention and inter-agency response, for children established emotionally-based school avoidance. This layered intervention is needed as the reasons for EBSA are often complex and multi-faceted, requiring a high level of interagency cooperation. Multiple interacting factors at the school, child and family level may result in EBSA. The Meitheal+ model for early intervention and inter-agency responses will be delivered to children with emotion-based school avoidance (EBSA) behaviors, and their caregivers. To evaluate the impact, acceptability, feasibility, and scalability of the intervention, a participatory action research methodology will be adopted.
Partners: Tusla Child and Family Agency
Principal Investigators (TCD): Dr Tania Bosqui Co-Principal Investigators: Dr Meg Ryan (TCD)
Contact (TCD): BOSQUIT@tcd.ie, RYANM89@tcd.ie
Funding Agency: Childhood Development Initiative (CDI)
Funding Amount: €21,000
Project Title: Trauma Informed Care Research Study
Summary:
This project is a collaboration between the Specialist Mental Health Department in The Rotunda Hospital and the Centre for Global Health in TCD. The over-arching aim of this project is to ensure that we minimise any potential psychological trauma that people could experience as they move through their pregnancy and postnatal journey with The Rotunda. Phase 1 of the research will look at Rotunda policies and practices to see how they align with the principles of trauma informed care, and the project will then aim in Phase 2 to develop perinatal specific trauma informed training.
Partners: The Rotunda Hospital
Principal Investigators (TCD): Dr Meg Ryan Principal Investigators: Dr Jillian Doyle, Dr Richard Duffy
Contact (TCD): Dr Meg Ryan, RYANM89@tcd.ie
Funding Agency: HSE, Rotunda Board & Mercer Foundation
Programme: Women's Health Fund
Funding Amount: €90,485/€89,831/€12,500-Additional funding secured to support inclusion of individuals from marginalised communities.
Project Title: EMPOWER! - Project Evaluation and Systematic Review.
Summary: The Trinity Centre for Global Health is partnering with World Vision Ireland to generate further evidence on the EMPOWER! programme, which takes a community-based approach to addressing gender-based violence and women’s empowerment. We will examine community-based psychosocial support and interventions for gender-based violence (GBV) in fragile settings. This research includes a systematic review, data analysis from ongoing surveys, and the co-development of a faith-based intervention to alleviate psychological distress among GBV survivors.
Partners: World Vision Ireland
Principal Investigators (TCD): Dr Kristin Hadfield, Prof Frédérique Vallières
Contact (TCD): Dr Kristin Hadfield, Kristin.Hadfield@tcd.ie
Funding Agency: World Vision Ireland
Funding Amount: €60,000