Carmel Kelly
Biographic Data
| ID | 6775445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carmel Kelly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carmel |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelly |
| SIGNATURE | KELLY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2952-6693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A scoping review of the economic evidence to support the development of career pathways for home care support workers
Introduction: The ever-growing demands on care systems have increased reliance on Home Care Support Worker’s (HCSW’s) which has seen a shift to provision of care away to community based and close to home care provision. Currently there is no clear outline of a career pathway nor career development for HCSW’s, and this lack of associated framework which recognises CPD for career progression is impacting on recruiting and retaining HCSW’s within th…
"Facilitating “Ageing Well and Independently at Home" Through Establishing a Career Pathway for Ireland’s Home Support Workers
Short Summary: Ireland, like other prosperous nations, has an ageing population who predominantly want to age well at home. However, home support services are struggling to recruit and retain home support workers. This scoping review of the international research literature drew together evidence and best practice to develop proposals for a comprehensive career pathway encompassing career structures, training and workforce development. The Issue/…
Young people’s sexual readiness
This study explored young people's understandings of sexual readiness and what influenced their decision to initiate first sex. Interviews conducted with 20 heterosexual young people aged 16-18 years, attending sexual health clinics in Northern Ireland, were analysed using a combined approach. This included comparing a researchers and youth advisory group's interpretations of the same data. Thematic analysis enabled comparison to draw out insight…
Creating an eLearning Resource to Improve Knowledge and Understanding of Pregnancy in the Context of HIV Infection
Patient narratives have much to teach healthcare professionals about the experience of living with a chronic condition. While the biomedical narrative of HIV treatment is hugely encouraging, the narrative of living with HIV continues to be overshadowed by a persuasive perception of stigma. This paper presents how we sought to translate the evidence from a qualitative study of the perspectives of HIV affected pregnant women and expectant fathers o…
Negotiation of risk in sexual relationships and reproductive decision-making amongst HIV sero-different couples
The paper focuses on the ways in which medical discourses of HIV transmission risk, personal bodily meanings and reproductive decision-making are re-negotiated within the context of sero-different relationships, in which one partner is known to be HIV-positive. Eighteen in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 individuals in Northern Ireland during 2008-2009. Drawing on an embodied sociological approach, the findings show that physical pleasure…
P50 “Pushing against the hill”
Background Travellers are a distinct minority grouping, characterised by a nomadic tradition and shared cultural traditions, who experience poor health and social disadvantage. Objective To explore in-depth a series of important issues related to the social determinants of health with members of the Irish Traveller community. Setting This paper presents data from 26 focus groups conducted with the Traveller community in the Republic of Ireland (R…
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P50 “Pushing against the hill”
Background Travellers are a distinct minority grouping, characterised by a nomadic tradition and shared cultural traditions, who experience poor health and social disadvantage. Objective To explore in-depth a series of important issues related to the social determinants of health with members of the Irish Traveller community. Setting This paper presents data from 26 focus groups conducted with the Traveller community in the Republic of Ireland (R…
Negotiation of risk in sexual relationships and reproductive decision-making amongst HIV sero-different couples
The paper focuses on the ways in which medical discourses of HIV transmission risk, personal bodily meanings and reproductive decision-making are re-negotiated within the context of sero-different relationships, in which one partner is known to be HIV-positive. Eighteen in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 individuals in Northern Ireland during 2008-2009. Drawing on an embodied sociological approach, the findings show that physical pleasure…
Creating an eLearning Resource to Improve Knowledge and Understanding of Pregnancy in the Context of HIV Infection
Patient narratives have much to teach healthcare professionals about the experience of living with a chronic condition. While the biomedical narrative of HIV treatment is hugely encouraging, the narrative of living with HIV continues to be overshadowed by a persuasive perception of stigma. This paper presents how we sought to translate the evidence from a qualitative study of the perspectives of HIV affected pregnant women and expectant fathers o…
Young people’s sexual readiness
This study explored young people's understandings of sexual readiness and what influenced their decision to initiate first sex. Interviews conducted with 20 heterosexual young people aged 16-18 years, attending sexual health clinics in Northern Ireland, were analysed using a combined approach. This included comparing a researchers and youth advisory group's interpretations of the same data. Thematic analysis enabled comparison to draw out insight…
A scoping review of the economic evidence to support the development of career pathways for home care support workers
Introduction: The ever-growing demands on care systems have increased reliance on Home Care Support Worker’s (HCSW’s) which has seen a shift to provision of care away to community based and close to home care provision. Currently there is no clear outline of a career pathway nor career development for HCSW’s, and this lack of associated framework which recognises CPD for career progression is impacting on recruiting and retaining HCSW’s within th…
"Facilitating “Ageing Well and Independently at Home" Through Establishing a Career Pathway for Ireland’s Home Support Workers
Short Summary: Ireland, like other prosperous nations, has an ageing population who predominantly want to age well at home. However, home support services are struggling to recruit and retain home support workers. This scoping review of the international research literature drew together evidence and best practice to develop proposals for a comprehensive career pathway encompassing career structures, training and workforce development. The Issue/…
Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Health care (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works)