Health Promotion Research staff, deirdre vaughan

Deirdre Vaughan, RGN, MA  [ Email]

Research Nurse, Health Promotion Research Centre

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Dee Vaughan RGN, MA is a Research Nurse/ Health Advisor for the Chlamydia Screening Pilot Project with the Department of Health Promotion, NUI Galway.

She qualified as a nurse and worked in the UK in HIV/AIDS and studied Third World Development Studies at the University of East London. She completed her Master’s in Peace Studies in the University of Bradford, UK.

She has worked on sexual health and HIV/AIDS projects in India, Bosnia Herzegovina, Myanmar (Burma), Ireland and the UK.

Research Interests

• Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS
• Sexual Health Promotion 
• Peacebuilding and contemporary conflict
• Capacity building and international health
  

Publications

Vaughan, D. (2002). Tuberculosis (TB) Control amongst Internal Displaced Persons in the Tuzla Canton of Bosnia Herzegovina. Response International. download (91KB)

Forthcoming

Balfe, M., Brugha, R., O' Connell, E., McGee, H., O' Donovan, D., and Vaughan, D. (2009). Why don't young women in Ireland go for Chlamydia testing? A qualitative study employing Goffman's stigma framework. Health, Risk and Society. (Accepted for publication)

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