Reports from Mary Seacole Award winners
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Mary Seacole Award reports from winners who were presented with certificates by Anne Milton MP at the Mary Seacole Award ceremony on 16 October 2012
- Report by Nana Quawson, School Health Advisor, Bart’s Health Community Health Service. Health and wellbeing in the family (PDF 1.8MB).
- Report by Sarah Amani, Youth Mental Health Lead, NHS South of England (East) and Team Manager, North East Hants and Surrey Health Early Intervention in Psychosis. Reach Out Project: Exploring the factors affecting access to mental health services for the Nepali community in Rushmoor, North East Hampshire (PDF 4.4MB).
- Report by Grahame Fraser, Specialist Practitioner District Nurse, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust. The identification of subjective perceptions that influence blood pressure monitoring and management for young Black Caribbean Seventh Day Adventist congregants (PDF 1.1MB).
- Report by Karen Murray, Hepatitis C Nurse Specialist, Lincoln County Hospital. Pilot Study: Hepatitis C and Eastern European Migrant Workers in a Rural County (PDF 274MB).
Mary Seacole Award reports from winners who were presented with certificates by Anne Milton MP at the Mary Seacole Award ceremony on 25 October 2011
- Report by Sarah Bennett, Specialist Midwife, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: An exploration of midwives' experiences of caring for women seeking asylum (PDF 3,736KB).
- Report by Esther Craddock, Education and Training Adviser, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: Enhancing the mental health carers' contribution to healin(PDF 739KB).
- Report by Naomi Douglas, Children's Centre Health Visitor, Community Health Oxfordshire: Befriending breastfeeding: a home based antenatal pilot for South Asian families (PDF 1,205KB).
- Report by Mylene Freires, Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Venous Access, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: Development of a nurse led port-a-cath insertion service for patients with sickle cell disease on red cell exchange programme (PDF 1,065KB).
- Report by Opal Greyson, Hepatitis Nurse Specialist, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust: To improve access to Hepatitis C testing for the Sub Asian community in Bedford (PDF 6,578KB).
- Report by Stacy Johnson, Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham: Degrees of success: critical issues for access, recruitment and retention of BME students in all degree nursing education (PDF 738KB)
Mary Seacole Award reports from winners who were presented with certificates by Anne Milton MP at the Mary Seacole Award ceremony on 27 October 2010
- Report by Concilia Ajuo, Lead Real Time Patient Feedback Project, Royal London Hospital: Improving the Sexual Health of Black African and Black Caribbean Youths in Brent, London: preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS (PDF 2,180KB).
- Report by Titilayo Babatunde, Lead Public Health Community Nurse, Greenwich Community Healthcare Services: An Exploration of perception of postnatal depression in African women in Greenwich Community Health Care Services (PDF 838KB).
- Report by Sonia Clarke-Swaby, Kidney Transplant Co-ordinator, King’s College Hospital, London: Exploring the understanding and cultural beliefs surrounding organ donation amongst Black African Caribbean and Asian populations affected with Kidney Disease (PDF 1,778KB).
- Report by Gill Francis, Health Inclusion Worker for Travellers and Gypsies, NHS City and Hackney Community Health Services, Developing the cultural competence of health professionals working with Gypsy Travellers (PDF 381KB).
Mary Seacole Award reports from winners who were presented with certificates by Professor Ann Keen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, at the Mary Seacole Award ceremony on 21 October 2009
- Ofrah Muflahi, Haemoglobinopathies Nurse/ Counsellor/Educator,Netherton, West Midlands, Improving the health of children and young adults living with sickle cell and thalassaemia (PDF 1,140 KB)
- Pamela Shaw, Health Visitor/Practice Educator, Wakefield District Primary Care Trust, The Positive Contributions of Black and Minority Ethnic Professionals to the National Health Service – through role models (PDF 489KB) Gloria Urhoma, Productive Ward Facilitator, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Informing the Development of a Maternity Information DVD for Pakistani Women:a social marketing approach (PDF 1,959KB) Reports from past RCN award winners
The RCN UK TB Nurses Travel and Research Awards
Maricel Cootauco, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Tuberculosis, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, was funded to visit the Philippines to study "development of greater public awareness through effective health promotion aids in prevention, control and management of TB". As a result of the study, Maricel is undertaking a project to develop awareness material to distribute to all schools within St George's Hospital's catchment area and to GP surgeries and other community services.
Read Maricel Cootauco's full report: Development of greater public awareness of Tuberculosis (Word 55KB).
Sara Hemming, TB Clinical Nurse Specialist, Find and Treat team, London, was funded to study TB case management in New York (NYC). The aim of the visit was to observe the proven successful NYC TB case management model and undertake training in the cohort review process to inform the implementation and evaluation of an effective case management system to control TB in London. As a result of the study, Sara developed a five point plan.
Read Sara Hemming's full report: TB case management in New York City (Word 58KB).
Please note the RCN TB Nurses Travel and Research Awards are no longer available.
Nuffield Trust, RCN and IHM Joint International Study Awards
Mary Dawood who is a nurse consultant in emergency medicine and Iain Taylor an integrated care manager at Imperial College NHS Trust travelled to the USA to explore the benefits of a dedicated paediatric trauma system. They learnt the trauma centre's successful outcomes depended on its ability to execute a multidisciplinary team approach to the care of injured children right from the outset. A copy of their full award report is available to download: Dedicated Paediatric Trauma Units in the USA (Word 5.323KB). Mary and Iain were both presented with their award at the IHM Annual Awards Dinner on 14 May 2009 in London.
Caroline Lawson, Consultant Nurse-Stroke, also received a Nuffield Trust, RCN and IHM Joint International Study Award at the IHM Annual Awards Dinner for her study tour to Finland with IHM member Alan Bartle. They explored Finland's excellent acute stroke service which has worldwide recognition, and is a fraction of the cost that we spend in England. Their full award report is available to download: Comparing the Stroke Patient's Journey - study visit to Finland (Word 38KB).
RCN member Elizabeth Baines, Patient Safety Coordinator and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust, undertook a joint international study tour with Cathy Howe, Head of Clinical Governance at the trust. They visited Jönköping County Council in Sweden to study promoting a quality improvement culture in the clinical environment. A copy of the full award report is available to download: Promoting a Quality Improvement Culture in the Clinical Environment (Word 604KB).
Please note the above study awards are no longer available.