Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The research cluster Health Services Research in Nursing and Midwifery was established in 2004 as the focus of interdisciplinary research and research training in the School of Nursing and Midwifery leading to its first return in the research assessment exercise in RAE2008. We are committed to delivering relevant, high quality research in two key thematic areas producing impact that will underpin nursing and midwifery practice, inform health care policies and ultimately result in real benefit to patients.
The School supports research around two central themes:
- Maternal and Child Health
- Cancer Nursing, Supportive and Palliative Care
Maternal and Child Health
Theme co-ordinator: Prof Fiona Alderdice
The maternal and child health research theme, is a multi-disciplinary theme which focuses on high risk groups in pregnancy, childbirth, infancy and childhood. There are two central strands of work, maternity care research and child health research, which have been developed using a comprehensive approach ranging from study of the health of populations to the health of individuals and the care that they receive and require.
Cancer Nursing, Supportive and Palliative Care
Theme co-ordinator. Prof Sam. Porter
The theme aims to illuminate the experiences of cancer survivors and patients requiring palliative care, their informal carers and their professional carers, with a view to improving the experience of both survivorship and palliation whilst providing a sound evidence base for care. The theme also seeks to develop a research continuum from bench to bedside through the development of co-ordinated research projects. This programme of research has focused on the following key areas:
- Cachexia and fatigue
- Care of children
- Survivorship
- End of life care
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R1766NUR: Co-design of an Indonesian digital educational resource on cardiovascular disease
Creighton, L. (PI), Brown Wilson, C. (CoI), Caughers, G. (CoI), Fitzsimons, D. (CoI) & Mitchell, G. (CoI)
20/05/2024 → …
Project: Research
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R2127NUR: Experiences of People Affected by Pancreatic Cancer
Mitchell, G. (PI), Graham-Wisener, L. (CoI) & Prue, G. (CoI)
19/04/2024 → …
Project: Research
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A co-designed mixed methods study on community-based gym exercise for non-ambulant adults with childhood onset disability
McConnell, K., McFeeters, C., Marley, J., Crawford, A. & Pedlow, K., 2025, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 47, 2, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis that seeks to describe and understand the personal experience of burnout in general practitioners
McCammon, L. C., Gillen, P., McLaughlin, D. & Kernohan, W. G., Jan 2025, In: Qualitative Health Research. 35, 1, p. 118-131 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A scoping review of educational and training interventions on Parkinson's disease for staff in care home settings
Finlay, S., Anderson, T., Henderson, E., Brown Wilson, C., Stark, P., Carter, G., Rodger, M., Doumas, M., O'Shea, E., Creighton, L., Craig, S., Crooks, S., Gillis, A. & Mitchell, G., 13 Jan 2025, In: Nursing Reports. 15, 1, 15 p., 20.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open AccessFile21 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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The Bluebell Study: Project Summary Dataset
Heaney, S. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Sept 2022
DOI: 10.17034/a04ff283-7db0-4464-a8c0-b1199f75bffe
Dataset
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Dataset for "Resilience and the Care Home Nurse – A Cross Sectional Survey"
Mallon, A. (Creator), Brown Wilson, C. (Creator), Mitchell, G. (Contributor), Carter, G. (Contributor), McLaughlin, D. (Contributor) & Linden, M. (Contributor), Queen's University Belfast, 07 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.17034/3fd5d8c4-7b47-4aba-a085-ca496ac3659b
Dataset
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Datasets associated with a mixed method systematic review guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute
King, B. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Jul 2021
DOI: 10.17034/f3835ec4-7893-468e-a930-3ac2e93a8653
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Prizes
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£1500 Funding from Research and Enterprise, QUB
Noble, H. (Recipient), 11 Oct 2017
Prize: Other distinction
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£2500 from HSC R&D Division
Noble, H. (Recipient), 24 Jan 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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£2500 funding from NI Kidney Research Fund
Noble, H. (Recipient), 15 Jan 2018
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Survivorship Seminar
Santin, O. (Chair)
27 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2025 (Event)
Creighton, L. (Peer reviewer)
08 Sept 2025 → 10 Sept 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Wellbeing Impacts of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: A Mixed-Methods Study of Women in Northern Ireland
Robinson, M. (Speaker), Aventin, Á. (Contributor) & Galeotti, M. (Contributor)
27 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Queen’s launch new resource to raise awareness of delirium among healthcare students
06/03/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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UL and Queen’s launch new educational resource to raise awareness of delirium
06/03/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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British Society of Gerontology - Technology in Care Homes: Key Points from our Topical Autumn Symposium
Stark, P., Brown Wilson, C., Carter, G., Parsons, C., Blair, J. & Mitchell, G.
10/12/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
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Adapting digital social prescribing for suicide bereavement support
Galway, K. (Participant), Mallon, S. (Participant), Best, P. (Participant) & Santin, O. (Participant)
Impact: Public Policy Impact
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BBC Radio Ulster, Sunday Sequence interview: Rates of brain injury among young offenders.
Linden, M. (Participant)
Impact: Public Service Impact
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Belfast Live: Almost 9 in 10 young offenders in NI have a brain injury
Linden, M. (Participant)
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Student theses
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3D-printed bioresorbable scaffolds for regeneration of articular cartilage
Ghosh Dastidar, A. (Author), Buchanan, F. (Supervisor), Clarke, S. (Supervisor) & Manda, K. (Supervisor), Dec 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a policy to provide external hip protectors for residents of nursing and residential homes in Northern Ireland
O'Halloran, P. (Author), Orr, J. (Supervisor) & Murray, L. (Supervisor), Dec 2003Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A cross-cultural comparative study of nursing, dental and medical students' knowledge, education and attitudes toward domestic violence and abuse in Northern Ireland and Jordan.
Mansour Al Ali, N. (Author), Lazenbatt, A. (Supervisor), Jul 2008Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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