Rachael Eastham
Biographic Data
| ID | 379218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachael Eastham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachael |
| FAMILY NAME | Eastham |
| SIGNATURE | EASTHAM R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6881-7875 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Equitable Access to mental Health Support for LGBTQ+ Young People
The global burden of young people’s poor mental health has stimulated increased attention on improving access to mental health services. However, young people are reluctant to seek help for mental health problems, and this is most often framed as an individual deficit. The power relations that disadvantage youth, such as age, gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and poverty, are rarely included in research. Our U.K. study made power centra…
Education from sexual pleasure workshops with self-defining women
In this commentary, we reflect critically on the experience of delivering community-based sexual pleasure workshops for self-defining women in order to share lessons from our practice with others working in sex and sexualities education in higher education or in practice settings. Our discussion about facilitating these workshops in informal learning spaces contributes to the literature on pleasure inclusive sex and sexualities education. Specifi…
Family trouble
Conflict with the family about sexual orientation and gender diversity is a key risk factor associated with poor mental health in youth populations. Findings presented here derive from a UK study that employed an interdisciplinary critical mental health approach that de-pathologised emotional distress and conceptualised families as social and affective units that are created through everyday practices. Our aim was to explore how family relationsh…
“We’re Talking About You, Not to You”
In this article, we critically reflect upon the experience of public health research involving children and contribute to existing conversations about the methodological and ethical facets of research in this field. Drawing on two phases of a study that sought to explore the lived experiences of families with young children who have had a recent common childhood illness (gastrointestinal infection), we address the research process, from inception…
Disgusting disruptions
Gastrointestinal (GI) infections exert a significant public health burden in the United Kingdom and the numbers of episodes are increasing. Younger children are considered particularly vulnerable to infection, and can experience 2-3 GI infections episodes per year, with consequences being more severe for more disadvantaged children, who are much more likely to be admitted to hospital. Few qualitative studies have explored the lived experience of …
Paradoxical family practices
This article will explore how LGBTQ+ young people sustain, and in some cases survive, family relationships. We develop the concept of 'paradoxical family practices' and use this to demonstrate the ways in which LGBTQ+ young people manage family life through everyday emotion work. This highlights: (1) how families ordinarily navigate heteronormativity and 'issues' of gender/sexuality; (2) the efficacy of 'paradoxical family practices' as a concept…
Keep calm and contracept! Addressing young women’s pleasure in sexual health and contraception consultations
Clinical sexual health consultations with young women often focus on avoiding ‘risks;’ namely pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection transmission. They also typically fail to explore how contraception use can impact on the capacity to enjoy sexual relationships. In contrast, this paper argues that sexual pleasure should be a starting point for all sexual health consultations and education work with young people. Drawing on our experiences o…
Paradoxical family practices
This article will explore how LGBTQ+ young people sustain, and in some cases survive, family relationships. We develop the concept of 'paradoxical family practices' and use this to demonstrate the ways in which LGBTQ+ young people manage family life through everyday emotion work. This highlights: (1) how families ordinarily navigate heteronormativity and 'issues' of gender/sexuality; (2) the efficacy of 'paradoxical family practices' as a concept…
Family trouble
Conflict with the family about sexual orientation and gender diversity is a key risk factor associated with poor mental health in youth populations. Findings presented here derive from a UK study that employed an interdisciplinary critical mental health approach that de-pathologised emotional distress and conceptualised families as social and affective units that are created through everyday practices. Our aim was to explore how family relationsh…
Disgusting disruptions
Gastrointestinal (GI) infections exert a significant public health burden in the United Kingdom and the numbers of episodes are increasing. Younger children are considered particularly vulnerable to infection, and can experience 2-3 GI infections episodes per year, with consequences being more severe for more disadvantaged children, who are much more likely to be admitted to hospital. Few qualitative studies have explored the lived experience of …
Keep calm and contracept! Addressing young women’s pleasure in sexual health and contraception consultations
Clinical sexual health consultations with young women often focus on avoiding ‘risks;’ namely pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection transmission. They also typically fail to explore how contraception use can impact on the capacity to enjoy sexual relationships. In contrast, this paper argues that sexual pleasure should be a starting point for all sexual health consultations and education work with young people. Drawing on our experiences o…
“We’re Talking About You, Not to You”
In this article, we critically reflect upon the experience of public health research involving children and contribute to existing conversations about the methodological and ethical facets of research in this field. Drawing on two phases of a study that sought to explore the lived experiences of families with young children who have had a recent common childhood illness (gastrointestinal infection), we address the research process, from inception…
Disgusting disruptions
Gastrointestinal (GI) infections exert a significant public health burden in the United Kingdom and the numbers of episodes are increasing. Younger children are considered particularly vulnerable to infection, and can experience 2-3 GI infections episodes per year, with consequences being more severe for more disadvantaged children, who are much more likely to be admitted to hospital. Few qualitative studies have explored the lived experience of …
Paradoxical family practices
This article will explore how LGBTQ+ young people sustain, and in some cases survive, family relationships. We develop the concept of 'paradoxical family practices' and use this to demonstrate the ways in which LGBTQ+ young people manage family life through everyday emotion work. This highlights: (1) how families ordinarily navigate heteronormativity and 'issues' of gender/sexuality; (2) the efficacy of 'paradoxical family practices' as a concept…
Education from sexual pleasure workshops with self-defining women
In this commentary, we reflect critically on the experience of delivering community-based sexual pleasure workshops for self-defining women in order to share lessons from our practice with others working in sex and sexualities education in higher education or in practice settings. Our discussion about facilitating these workshops in informal learning spaces contributes to the literature on pleasure inclusive sex and sexualities education. Specifi…
Family trouble
Conflict with the family about sexual orientation and gender diversity is a key risk factor associated with poor mental health in youth populations. Findings presented here derive from a UK study that employed an interdisciplinary critical mental health approach that de-pathologised emotional distress and conceptualised families as social and affective units that are created through everyday practices. Our aim was to explore how family relationsh…
Equitable Access to mental Health Support for LGBTQ+ Young People
The global burden of young people’s poor mental health has stimulated increased attention on improving access to mental health services. However, young people are reluctant to seek help for mental health problems, and this is most often framed as an individual deficit. The power relations that disadvantage youth, such as age, gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and poverty, are rarely included in research. Our U.K. study made power centra…
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (4 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Human sexuality (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works)