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PLRG members present at SPHeRE Network 10th Annual Conference
Dr Laura Linehan and Marita Hennessy PhD presented at the recent SPHeRE Network 10th Annual Conference during a parallel session on pregnancy and reproductive health, chaired by Professor Keelin O’Donoghue.
The conference, which took place on Thursday 29 February 2024 at RCSI Dublin, showcased different aspects of health services research that address key public health and health system challenges resulting in positive health and system change.
Laura presented qualitative work from her PhD on stakeholder views and experiences of recurrent miscarriage and infertility services and supports. Marita shared results from an online mixed-methods survey on workplace supports following pregnancy loss conducted as part of the PLACES project. She also presented a poster on a scoping review of supports for pregnancy loss in workplaces.
Dr Laura Linehan, Specialist Registrar, Cork University Maternity Hospital and PhD Student
Marita Hennessy PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher
PLRG Presentations at SPHeRE 2024
| Title |
Authors | Project / Research Area |
|---|---|---|
| Oral presentations | ||
| Recurrent miscarriage and infertility services and supports: A qualitative study of views and experiences in the Republic of Ireland | Dr Laura Linehan, Marita Hennessy PhD, Prof Keelin O'Donoghue | Infertility and subsequent recurrent miscarriage |
| Workplace supports following pregnancy loss: Results of an online mixed-methods survey study in the Republic of Ireland | Ruadh Kelly-Harrington, Marita Hennessy PhD, Dr Sara Leitao, Dr Maeve O’Sullivan, Dr Caroline Dalton-O’Connor, Prof Mary Donnelly, Dr Claire Murray, Dr Daniel Nuzum, Prof Keelin O’Donoghue | PLACES |
| Poster presentations | ||
| Supports for pregnancy loss in workplaces: A scoping review | Ruadh Kelly-Harrington, Marita Hennessy PhD, Dr Sara Leitao, Dr Caroline Dalton O’Connor, Prof Mary Donnelly, Dr Claire Murray, Dr Daniel Nuzum, Dr Maeve O’Sullivan, Prof Keelin O’Donoghue | |
SPHeRE (‘Structured Population health, Policy and Health-services Research Education) is Ireland’s national research training programme for population health, policy and health services research and is funded by the Health Research Board.