Research cluster: Global Perspectives, Marginalisation and Thriving Communities
Finding better ways to address health inequalities and support marginalised communities in the UK and abroad.
Summary
About our research
Our research focuses on how people’s identities and social positioning affect their health, wellbeing and life chances.
We recognise that experiences, clinical outcomes and access to resources vary within and between social groups, causing inequalities.
Through our research, we aim to better understand those inequalities and find new ways of tackling the problems they cause. We champion social justice.
We work in partnership with organisations outside of academia to make sense of the social, political, educational and economic situations that influence people’s health and wellbeing.
Our approach is evidence-based, using co-design and other participatory methods to investigate the needs of minority groups and marginalised perspectives.
We take great care to involve individuals and communities who are usually excluded from research or whose perspectives are often overlooked.
Much of our research makes comparisons - between and within communities, across geographical and national boundaries, and between how people expect their lives to be and how they actually turn out.
Within the cluster, we have four sub-groups:
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Gender-based Violence
- Health and Social Care Inequalities
- Inclusive Practice in Health and Social Care
Our focus
The big challenges to health and wellbeing require research and action at local, national and international levels.
That’s why we address the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, which seek to reduce inequalities, optimise health globally and achieve universal healthcare for all.
We focus on three areas:
- health inequalities and socio-economic contexts of health
- global perspectives in health and social care
- health, social justice and marginalisation
Hear about our research
Professor Laura Serrant explains why the cluster’s work on equality and inclusion are important for tackling global challenges.Our featured research
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Key publications
Gender Based Violence
- Ajayi, C, Chantler, K and Radford, L (2021) The Role of Cultural Beliefs, Norms, and Practices in Nigerian Women’s Experiences of Sexual Abuse and Violence, Journal of Violence Against Women
- Chantler, K, Mirza, N and McKenzie, M (2021) Policy and Practice Responses to Forced Marriage in Scotland (2021) British Journal of Social Work 1–17
- Chantler, K, Stanley, N and Robbins, R (2019) Learning from Domestic Homicide Reviews, Journal of Health and Social Care
- Debowska, A, Boduszek, D, Jones, A, Willmott, D and Sherretts, N (2021) Gender-based violence-supportive cognitions in adolescent girls and boys: The function of violence exposure and victimization. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(3-4), 1233-1255
- Boduszek, D, Debowska, A, Jones, D, Minhua-Ma, E, Smith, D, Willmott, D, Trotman Jemmott, E, Da Breo, H and Kirkman, G (2019) Prosocial video game as an intimate partner violence prevention tool among youth: A randomised controlled trial Computers in Human Behavior, 93, 260-266
- Debowska, A, Boduszek, D, Sherretts, N, Willmott, D and Jones, A (2018) Profiles and behavioral consequences of childhood victimization among adolescent girls and boys from the Eastern Caribbean. Child Abuse and Neglect, 79, 245-258
- Burman, E, Smailes, S and Chantler, K (2004) “Culture” as a barrier to domestic violence services for minoritised women’, Critical Social Policy, Vol. 24 (3) pp.332- 357
- Burman, E and Chantler, K (2005) Domestic violence and minoritisation: Legal and policy barriers facing minoritized women leaving violent relationships. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 28 (1). pp. 59-74.
- Robbins, R, McLaughlin, H, Banks, C, Bellamy, C and Thackray, D (2014) Domestic violence and multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs): a scoping review The Journal of Adult Protection 16(6)389-398
Inclusive Practice in Health and Social Care
- Broomfield, K, Craig, C, Smith, S, Jones, G, Judge, S and Sage, K (2021) Creativity in public involvement: Promoting meaningful collaboration in health outcome measures research. Research Involvement and Engagement
- Janes, G, Harrison, R, Johnson, J, Simms-Ellis, R, Mills, T and Lawton, R (2021) Multiple meanings of resilience: Health professionals’ experiences of a dual element training intervention designed to help them prepare for coping with error. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 1-9
- Attar-Schwartz, S, Tan, J-P, Buchanan, A, Flouri, E and Griggs, J (2009) Grandparenting and Adolescent Adjustment in Two-Parent Biological, Lone-Parent, and Step-Families, Journal of Family Psychology, 23 (1), 67-75
- Attar-Schwartz, S, Tan, J-P and Buchanan, A (2009) Adolescents’ perspectives on relationships with grandparents: The contribution of adolescent, grandparent, and parent-grandparent relationship variables, Children and Youth Services Review, 31, 1057-1066
- Wilcock, P, Janes, G and Chambers, A (2009) Healthcare Improvement and Continuing Interprofessional Education: Continuing Interprofessional Development to improve patient outcomes Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 29(2):84-90
Health and Social Care Inequalities
- Marshall, J and Barrett, H (2018) Human rights of refugee-survivors of sexual and gender-based violence with communication disability. Int. J. of Speech-Language Pathology, 20,1, 44-49
- Cox, N and Webb, L (2015) Poles apart: Does the export of mental health expertise from the Global North to the Global South represent a neutral relocation of knowledge and practice? Sociology of Health and Illness, 37(5), 683–697
- McAllister, L, Wylie,K, Davidson,B and Marshall, J (2013) The World Report on Disability: An impetus to reconceptualise services for people with communication disability. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 15, (1), 118-126
Sexual and reproductive health
- Hammond, N and van Hooff, J (2020) “This Is Me, This Is What I Am, I Am a Man”: The masculinities of men who pay for sex with women. The Journal of Sex Research, 57(5), pp.650-663
- Hammond, N and Kingston, S (2014) Experiencing stigma as sex work researchers in professional and personal lives. Sexualities, 17(3), pp.329-347
- Huysamen, M and Boonzaier, F (2015) Men’s constructions of masculinity and male sexuality through talk of buying sex. Culture, health & sexuality, 17(5), pp.541-554
- Duffy, D (2020) From Feminist Anarchy to Decolonization: Understanding abortion health activism before and after the Repeal of the 8th Amendment. Feminist Review
- Duffy, DN, Pierson, C and Best, P (2018) A formative evaluation of online information to support abortion access in England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. BMJ sexual and reproductive health
Contact
Contact us
You can contact individual members of the team through their staff profiles.
For general enquiries, please contact research group co-lead Prof Khatidja Chantler.