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This Queen's University led project, funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, was developed in
collaboration with the sexual health and prison healthcare teams in the South Eastern Health and
Social Care Trust.
The project had two strands:
Firstly, we introduced a nurse led initiative to provide asymptomatic sexual health check-ups for
patients. This is the first time nurses have provided this service, as previously, medical consultants
saw patients who were mostly showing symptoms.
Secondly, we used a participatory methodology with young men from Hydebank Wood College,
resulting in the co-production of a short animation video, encouraging a positive approach to looking
after one's sexual health by attending check-ups.
30 nurses have completed 9 e-Learning modules and attended half day training, provided by the
Trust's Sexual Health Team.
A further 8 nurses attended bespoke training on sexual health education, enabling them to deliver
health promotion sessions with the men.
The inclusion of young men from Hydebank Wood College, as co-producers in developing the
animation, ensured that their voices were heard and that they could relate to the final version.
Through their direct involvement, the young men have helped develop a video which will be credible
to users, fit for purpose and thereby effective.
The Sexual Health team won their category in the 2018 Chairman's Awards.
Dick Luvs Doot can be viewed on You Tube at https://goo.gl/izf4qj
Improving the sexual health of men in
Northern Ireland's prisons
(L - R) Catherine Baxter, Jaqueline Magennis
(Nurses at HBW), Dr Michael McBride (Chief
Medical Officer), Professor Maria Lohan (School
of Nursing and Midwifery QUB), Dr Carmel Kelly(
Consultant Nurse Lead in Sexual Health, QUB),
Dr Michelle Templeton (Research Fellow QUB),
Professor Donna Fitzsimons (Head of School),
Rachel Gibbs (Assistant Director Prison Health
South Eastern HSC Trust), Tracey Heasley
(Clinical Nurse Lead for Prison Healthcare South
Eastern HSC Trust), Governors Richard Taylor
and Austin Treacy (NIPS) and William Halligan
(Nurse Maghaberry Prison).
Launch of Improving sexual health of men in Northern Ireland prisons
at Hydebank Wood College (March 2018)