5 June
The 3rd Public Health Hub Postgraduate Research Conference
Thursday 13 June, 9.30 – 1.30pm (lunch provided), D011 Main Building, Collegiate Campus
Please join us to celebrate and share findings from research projects undertaken by students on our taught postgraduate courses, many of whom are practitioners undertaking high quality applied public health related research. The research projects include innovative ways of undertaking research and inventive practice, and may help to address the healthcare challenges facing public health.
Who should attend?
Anyone who is interested or wants to know more about public health and the Public Health Hub e.g. undergraduates, postgraduates, tutors, researchers and public health professionals/potential employers who might want to consider supporting their employees to come on our taught postgraduate courses.
Programme
| 9.30 | Registration and refreshments |
| 10.00 | Welcome and introduction by Dr Julia Hirst, Reader in Sociology and Faculty of Development & Society Public Health Hub Lead |
| 10.10 | Public Health in 2013 by Professor Jeremy Wight, Sheffield Director of Public Health. |
| 10.30 | Alicia Marcroft: Older Women, Sexual Practices and Sexual Health: Implications for Public Health |
| 10.50 | Samson Adeyemi – Acculturation and Perception of Medication: Implications for HIV/AIDS Treatment of Black African People Living in the UK |
| 11.10 | Georgina Burns-O’Connell: Catholic Parents’/Carers’ Views on their Children’s Learning about Sexualities and Relationships |
| 11.30 | Refreshments |
| 11.50 | Melanie Simmonds: A service evaluation of the South Yorkshire Sexual Assault Referral Centre |
| 12.10 | Carmen Calvo: A realist evaluation of the impact of a small community group on the health and well-being of attendees |
| 12.30 | Closing remarks by Dr Margaret Boneham, External Examiner for MA Public Health and former Dean of School of Health & Social Sciences, University of Bolton. |
| 12.45 | Lunch and opportunity to view poster presentations |
To reserve a place, please contact Anna Ryan by email (a.f.ryan@shu.ac.uk) or telephone 0114 225 5979.
This is a free event, however we reserve the right to charge a fee of £20 if cancellation of a place which is no longer required is not received 48 hours prior to the event.