Series 1

Joanne Wilson This seminar explores the Government’s current desire to measure the nation’s well-being. Well-being is a complex and nebulous concept and different people will… Read More »Understandings of well-being: Implications for public policy

Ann-Marie Doherty It is well know that health expenditure is costly. The introduction of a “whole of government approach to health” is gaining increasing momentum… Read More »Health in All Policies

Janet Carter-Anand The development of elder abuse services has traditionally been defined from the perspective of policy makers and professionals. This presentation will outline the… Read More »Older people’s perceptions of elder abuse: Implications for policy and professional practice

Karen McElrath and Julie Harris Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is widely recognised as an intervention that is used to treat opioid (namely heroin) dependence. It… Read More »Institutional stigma and the delivery of methadone maintenance: A comparison of clients’ experiences from North/South Ireland

Nicola Carr and Karen Winter The benefits of an inter-disciplinary approach are evident when working with individuals and families with a range of complex needs,… Read More »Improving court work skills in child care proceedings

Karen Winter It is well known that across the UK and elsewhere children in care have poor educational outcomes in comparison with the child population… Read More »Addressing the educational underachievement of children in care

Lynn Johnston Our planet’s changing age demographic has sparked economic debates relating to intergenerational equity and exchanges. This seminar focusses on the social aspects of… Read More »The life-course, age and intergenerational relations

Gavin Davidson The Mental Capacity (Health, Welfare and Finance) Bill for Northern Ireland is currently being drafted. The proposed law is a potentially progressive approach… Read More »Supported and Substitute Decision Making under Mental Capacity Legislation: a review of the international evidence

Madeleine Leonard The purpose of this presentation is to present young people’s attitudes to peace-walls in Belfast and whether they feel peace-walls should be temporary… Read More »Young people’s attitudes to peace walls in Belfast

Mike Tomlinson Measures of poverty typically combine low income with indicators of deprivation – items and activities that people lack because they cannot afford them.… Read More »Defining the breadline. Is there a Northern Ireland consensus?