Dr. Melissa Corbally

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global issue. It may affect all genders, but women and girls are more often affected by GBV. Additionally, GBV is understood as maintaining a system of oppression (Jewkes et al., 2015) and a gender hierarchy. Social and gender norms, prejudices and gender stereotypes are acknowledged to play an important role in maintaining GBV by enhancing, or minimising GBV. In many cases, prevention of GBV focuses on empowerment, training and creating and raising awareness in the population. Prevention addresses norms, prejudices, customs and traditions that may be harmful or increase power disparities between genders. Domestic violence (DV) is one facet of GBV. It ranges from any abuse and violence experienced in the private sphere, more specifically at home, and includes several forms of violence, such as psychological/emotional (incl. economical), physical, and sexual violence. Although complex, the relations between women's empowerment and gender equality are nevertheless seen as protective factors regarding DV (Wemrell et al., 2020).

This project will seek to bring together international experts in the area of violence against men with a view to creating an international community of practice and consortium to apply for research funding

This partnership grant was submitted to enhance international collaborations in the area of violence and abuse against fathers

This project seeks to explore the content, nature and characteristics of call data received by the Men's Aid national helpline service. Objectives: (1) To explore typical call characteristics (e.g. nature of calls (crisis or information), type of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) documented and call outcomes) (2) To carry out exploratory data analysis to understand possible relationships and associations that might be present between variables of interest (e.g. marital status and nature of calls) (3) To examine trends in helpline utilisation over time (e.g. how call characteristics have evolved pre and post Covid-19 period) using repeated cross sectional analysis.

The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) is a large tertiary teaching hospital based on the North side of Dublin City, Ireland, with over 3000 staff. The hospital is a centre of excellence in Ireland for cancer. MMUH operates a national rapid-access prostate service for the investigation and diagnosis of prostate cancer (PC), servicing over 1300 people per year. MMUH has developed and implemented a survivorship pathway called "PRosper" (Prostate, Surgery Power), which is an evidence-informed (Corbally, McGarvey, Kestell., 2023) programme to support men living with and beyond PC and its sequelae. MMUH has always been about people and strives for quality and excellence in delivering inclusive healthcare. A dedicated Inclusion Health Service responds to marginalised groups' multifaceted health and care needs, which is particularly important as MMUH is situated within an area of socio-economic deprivation, with 1 in 5 men in the catchment falling into a deprivation score of disadvantaged to extremely disadvantaged (CSO health Atlas 2023). The project will be led by Mr David Galvin Assoc. Clinical Professor, University College Dublin, Consultant Urologist MMUH and St Vincent"s University Hospital, Ireland East Hospital Group (IEHG), and Ms Catherine McGarvey, Advanced Nurse Practitioner lead of the PRosper Survivorship Programme, MMUH. Included in the research team are Dr Carmel Davies UCD (Health Service Researcher in Implementation Science), Dr Melissa Corbally Trinity College Dublin (Researcher in Inclusion Health), Mr Martin Sweeney (Patient representative), Ann Marie Byrne RCSI (Health Service Researcher) and Dr Noa Gordon (Janssen-Movember Newman fellow in Prostate cancer outcomes, UCD). Ms Eileen O"Connor Clinical nurse Specialist Inclusion Health MMUH.