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Dr. Eleanor Hollywood

Associate Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING
      
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Dr. Eleanor Hollywood

Associate Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING

 Eleanor.Hollywood@tcd.ie

 3531896 3101


Eleanor Hollywood is an Associate Professor in Children's Nursing and an active researcher in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. She is a Registered General Nurse (RGN), a Registered Children's Nurse (RCN) and a Registered Nurse Tutor (RNT) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Eleanor holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin, a MSc (Nursing Education), a Higher Diploma in Children's Nursing and a BSc (Nursing). Eleanor previously served as Head of Discipline for children's nursing from 2012-2016 and is now the Course Co-ordinator P/G Dip Specialist Nursing including Gerontology. She is also the Course Director for the new micro-credential `Childhood Adversity: understanding the impact of childhood adversity on the life of the infant, child, and young person' which commenced in September 2024.
  CHILD   Child centred research questions, study design, data analysis   CHILDHOOD   Childhood obesity   Children   Children's Nursing   Children's Rights   Clinical learning environment in nursing   Dermatology   Domestic Violence   FAMILY   Family-centered care   Health outcomes   International children's research   Neonatal Nursing   Nurse Education   Nursing   PERSISTENT POVERTY   Poverty & Social Exclusion   TYPE 1 DIABETES
Project Title
 An evaluation of the Where Im At project for Meath Womens Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS)
From
April 2022
To
Summary
Domestic abuse is a pattern of coercive, threatening or controlling behaviour used by one person against another within a close or intimidate relationship. Domestic abuse can often include physical, emotional, psychological, sexual or financial abuse and it has significant consequences for large numbers of, mostly female victims, across the globe. Children can be direct or indirect victims of domestic abuse meaning that they can experience abuse themselves at the hands of the perpetrator or that they can be witnesses of the abuse. Living in a home where there is domestic abuse can have a profound negative impact on a child's development. Although a parent might try to shield a child from abuse within the home, research has shown that children have a much higher awareness of abuse than their parents realise. Children of victims of domestic abuse have been found to have worse health outcomes at birth and during early childhood, which puts these children at a disadvantage in life. The aim of this project is to conduct an evaluation of the Where Im At project for Meath Womens Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS).
Funding Agency
Meath Women's Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS)
Project Type
primary research
Person Months
18
Project Title
 An Evaluation of the Community Children"s Programme for Meath Women"s Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS).
From
2024
To
2025
Summary
Meath Women"s Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS) is a domestic violence service for women and children in the Meath area. It was established in 1987 by a group of volunteers and since then it has evolved and developed into the comprehensive service that it is today. The overarching objective of MWRSS is to provide emergency crisis accommodation and supports to women and children who must leave their home due to domestic violence and abuse within the family, and to provide outreach support services to women and children in the community who are experiencing domestic violence and abuse. These services are provided in a caring and non-judgemental environment with the core values of being women and child centred, inclusive, accountable, and trustworthy. In 2022 MWRSS provided refuge accommodation to 57 women and 74 children and worked with 131 children in refuge and in the community, an increase of 42% from the previous year. MWRSS also worked with 131 children in refuge and the community in 2022, an increase of 42% from the previous year. Furthermore, MWRSS increased their counselling services significantly providing 525 sessions to 164 women, 76 sessions of play and music therapy to children, an overall increase of 62% in therapeutic services provided in 2022 compared to 2021 (MWRSS 2023).
Funding Agency
MWRSS
Person Months
14
Project Title
 Evaluating a novel community model delivering the Unplugged prevention programme in urban disadvantaged schools.
From
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Clondalkin Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce
Project Title
 Joint research project on identifying integrated family support approaches for families living in the International Protection Accommodation system
From
Jan 2023
To
December 2023
Summary
Currently Europe is observing the greatest movement of refugees since the Second World War and Ireland has promised to provide support for people fleeing war and persecution through the Irish Refugee Protection Programme which was established in September 2015. Between September 2015 and June 2019, over two and a half thousand people have been relocated or resettled in Ireland under the programme, half of these people were children under the age of 18 years. According to statistics published by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) in January 2022, there are 45 International Protection (Direct Provision) accommodation centres nationwide and 24 emergency accommodation centres. At the beginning of 2022, more than one in four residents in these centres was a child, totaling 1,822 children, living with one or both parents. Previous research has identified a need for the development of tailored family support programmes with a view to providing support for parents as they adjust to living and parenting in a new context of the IPAS. Using case study research this project will explore the current family support practices that are available in the IPAS and examine and evaluate the training and support provided to staff working with families in the IPAS. This research will also explore and identify the needs of families (parents and children) in terms of parenting support and integration.
Funding Agency
Tusla and CRA
Project Type
Primary research
Person Months
12
Project Title
 An Evaluation of the Barnardos Ballybeg Playground Service
From
May 2022
To
Summary
Barnardo's was established by an Irish man, Dr Thomas Barnardo who was born in Dublin in 1845. The first Barnardo's home was set up in London in 1870 for homeless boys however, the tradition expanded and in 1962 Barnardo's established roots in Ireland. Since then, Barnardo's has grown and evolved and today it delivers services and works with families, communities, and partners to transform the lives of vulnerable children who are experiencing adverse childhood experiences. One such service provided by Barnardo's is the Ballybeg Playground service which has served the community of Ballybeg in Waterford since it opened in 1999. This supervised playground service caters for a variety of children aged between 4 and 12 years who may be experiencing adversity and trauma, may be a member of the ethnic minority community, may have special educational needs, neurodiversity/sensory or processing needs. All children have the right to play as set out in Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC 1989). Furthermore, play is a very important activity for children since play helps children to make sense of the world around them, it provides children with a means of expressing their feelings and also helps children to make sense of the relationships in their lives. The aim of this project is to evaluate the Barnardo's Ballybeg Playground service which serves the community of Ballybeg in Waterford, Ireland.
Funding Agency
Barnardos
Project Type
primary research

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Chair of the Children's Discipline 2012 - 2016
Member of the Children's Discipline 2006 - present
Member of the School Executive Committee 2012 - 2016
Member of the School Academic Forum 2006 - present
Member of BSc Curriculum Committee 2012 - present
Member of MSc Curriculum Committee 2012 - present
Member of the Children's Nursing Clinical and Academic Working Group 2015 - 2016
Course Co-ordinator P/G Dip Specialists Nursing including Gerontology 2023 - present
Postgraduate Management Group 2023 - present
Postgraduate Curriculum Group 2023 - present
Member of the School Marketing Committee 2012 - 2016
Member of the Children's and Young People's Research Group 2006 - present
Member of the School Erasmus Committee 2017 - present
Member of the Higher Diploma in Children's Nursing Course Committee 2006 - present
Member of Population Health and Behaviour Research Group, Trinity College Dublin 2018 - present
Child Health Ireland (CHI) Nurse Education Committee 2022 - present
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Expert external reader advisory group member for Integrating gender and children"s rights in services for families affected by drug use. Children and families affected by parental drug use Practical guide prepared by by Corina Giacomello for the Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-9514-2 2024 2025
International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes 2024 Present
Member of Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research (TCMCR) 2023 Present
Member of PG Course Committee 2023 2025
Member of PG Management Committee 2023 2025
Member of the Child Health Ireland (CHI) Nurse Education Committee 2022 2024
Children's Research Network of Ireland and Northern Ireland 2019 Present
Member of Population Health and Behaviour Research Group, Trinity College Dublin 2018 Present
All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE) 2018 Present
Barnardos 2018 Present
Member of the School Erasmus Committee 2017 Present
Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC) 2016 Present
Member of the Children's Nursing Clinical and Academic Working Group 2015 2016
Chair of the Children's Discipline 2012 2016
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland 2000 Present
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation 2000 Present
Member of the Children's Discipline 2006 Present
Member of the H. Dip. in Children's Nursing Course Committee 2006 Present
Member of the School Academic Forum 2026 Present
Member of MSc Curriculum Committee 2006 Present
Giacomello, C, Integrating gender and children"s rights in services for families affected by drug use, Council of Europe, Council of Europe, 2025, Notes: [The preparation of the guide was commissioned by the Pompidou Group to Corina Giacomello, consultant, and prepared with the support of an advisory group of six experts from five countries and the Pompidou Group Secretariat and two external expert readers: Eleanor Hollywood, Trinity College Dublin.], Report, PUBLISHED
O Neill, T., Hollywood, E., & Prakashini-Banka Cullen, S., Use of diabetes technologies in the primary school environment: a scoping review protocol, JBI evidence synthesis., 2024, Notes: [DOI:10.11124/JBIES-23-00061], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Mulqueen, M. and Hollywood, E., The experiences of nurses working on children"s wards in acute general hospitals who provide care for children who have engaged in self-harm., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
Hollywood, E. Murphy, M., Comiskey, C. and Banka-Cullen, S., An evaluation of the Barnardos Ballybeg Playground service., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
Hollywood, E. O"Neill, T. and Fitzgerald, H., School-aged children and the management of Type 1 Diabetes in the primary school environment: an investigation of how to support children, parents, and schools., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
Breslin, N., Brennan, D., Hollywood, E., Comiskey, C. and Sheerin, F., The role of Path Dependency Theory in the reproduced structures, systems and practices of the Irish Mental Health System over the last 200 years., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
O"Neill, T. Banka-Cullen, S. and Hollywood, E., The use of diabetes technologies in the primary school environment: A scoping review protocol., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
Hollywood, E, An evaluation of a programme for children in refuge, UNESCO CFRC 11th Biennial International Conference, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, 13th - 14th June, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED  URL
Hollywood, E., Murphy, M., Banka-Cullen, S and Comiskey, C., An evaluation of a Barnardos playground service which serves the community of Ballybeg in Waterford, Ireland, UNESCO CFRC 11th Biennial International Conference, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, 13th - 14th June, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED  URL
Hollywood, E., O"Neill, T. and Fitzgerald, H., School-aged children and the management of Type 1 Diabetes in the primary school environment: an investigation of how to support children, parents and schools., ISPAD Inclusion and Innovation in Pediatric Diabetes, Lisbon, Portugal, 16th - 19th October, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
  

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RTÉ Radio 1, 'Drivetime', RTÉ Radio 1, Monday 20th November 2023, Dublin, RTÉ Radio 1, 2023, -, Broadcast, PUBLISHED
SEAN MURRAY, 'Research shows importance of empowering children in domestic violence shelters', Monday 20th November 2023, Dublin, Irish Examiner, 2023, -, Notes: [Newspaper article based on report written by Eleanor Hollywood], Broadcast, PUBLISHED
Ellen Coyne, 'How Meath refuge centre helps repair lives of children after domestic abuse: `We came with just the clothes on our backs"', Monday 20th November 2023, Ireland, Irish Independent, 2023, -, Notes: [Newspaper article based on report written by Eleanor Hollywood], Broadcast, PUBLISHED
Eimer McAuley, ''I felt like I was special': Children in refuge want more time with support workers', Ireland, The Journal.ie, 2023, -, Notes: [Newspaper article based on report written by Eleanor Hollywood], Broadcast, PUBLISHED
Hollywood, E, Meaningful involvement of young people in health research, PPI Ignite Network, TRiSS Seminar Room, TCD., 23rd October 2023, 2023, PPI Ignite, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Hollywood E and Banka Cullen E, The Voice of the Child in Research, " `We Feel it Too" A Child"s Experience of Domestic Abuse", Newgrange Hotel, Navan, Co Meath, Ireland., 18th November 2022, 2022, Meath Women's Refuge and Support Services, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Professional Skills for Research Leaders October 2021
Innovation Leadership and Transformation from Tangent May 2021
Universal Design in Teaching and Learning from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Jan 2021
MA (jure officii) from Trinity College Dublin July 2010
Eleanor Hollywood is an active researcher who collaborates with national and international academic and clinical colleagues. Her research focuses on child and family health and well-being with the main areas of investigation including domestic violence and abuse, childhood adversity, type 1 diabetes, neonatal nursing, and medication management in children's nursing. Through her work on school, hospital and community-based projects Eleanor is significantly experienced in conducting research with school-aged children (6 - 12 years) and their families. She has also substantial experience in conducting research with children and families who are living in the International Protection Accommodation System (IPAS) and with women and children who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. Eleanor is an experienced qualitative researcher who is particularly interested in creative participatory research techniques with children. She has devised unique data collection tools for use with children in research. At the heart of all her research work is Eleanor's commitment to ensuring that the voice of the child is heard. Eleanor enjoys introducing her students to her research work and providing research supervision to undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students from a variety of disciplines.