Papers by Margaret Greenfields
Building a Pathway to Participation: understanding the barriers to health research participation for refugees and asylum seekers - a project report, 2024
This report of an NHS England funded study (collaborative team led by Greenfields as Principal ac... more This report of an NHS England funded study (collaborative team led by Greenfields as Principal academic Investigator) explored how best to break down barriers to inclusion in health research experienced by Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The study was co-produced with community partners with lived experience of the UK asylum system and agencies providing support for refugees and asylum seekers in relation to health care access
Come to us in a peaceful way: Improving experiences of Roma families with children's services in England, 2024
A study of the experiences of Roma families in the UK in contact with social services Child Prote... more A study of the experiences of Roma families in the UK in contact with social services Child Protection services. These qualitative findings have uniquely been triangulated against a review of publicly accessible reports of court cases and 'serious case reviews' where Roma families are the subject of such cases; and supplemented by interviews with lawyers, support organisations and Social Workers working with the communities
An Exploration of the Inclusion Health in the Medical Curricula, 2024
A pilot study to explore how fit for purpose medical school curricula is for equipping medical st... more A pilot study to explore how fit for purpose medical school curricula is for equipping medical students to engage with Inclusion Health groups
In Fair Health? A pilot study of the health and wellbeing status of travelling Showpeople in two locales (preliminary report), 2023
This is the initial report of the first know in-depth study in the UK into Travelling Showpeople'... more This is the initial report of the first know in-depth study in the UK into Travelling Showpeople's Mental and Physical Health Needs. A report which reviews additional findings and interrogates data with more granularity will be uploaded in coming weeks/months but this preliminary report launched at ARU's inclusion health conference in October 2023, details key elements of the study and reflects on the methodologies utilised in this fully co-produced research, undertaken with the Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity
Policy Press eBooks, Jul 17, 2013
BRILL eBooks, May 8, 2010
Romany Roots: Gypsies and Travellers in Britain, Sustaining Belonging and Identity over 600 years... more Romany Roots: Gypsies and Travellers in Britain, Sustaining Belonging and Identity over 600 years of Nomadising, In: Diasporaas: Revisiting and Discovering (eds.) DePretto, L., Macri,G & Wong, C., Inter-Disciplinary Press, 978-1-84888-019-1
This chapter discusses the methods, processes, and outcomes of a Comic Relief-funded three-year c... more This chapter discusses the methods, processes, and outcomes of a Comic Relief-funded three-year community development and advocacy programme undertaken with Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women (RASW) in London. It focuses on how the use of participatory action research and training delivered by RASW can challenge and inform the way in which ‘professionals’ deliver health and legal services to vulnerable communities. The project, undertaken during 2012–15 by Independent Academic Research Services, a London-based charity, was co-designed with participant beneficiaries with the explicit aim of generating institutional change and increased gender sensitivity in the treatment of RASW, both through harnessing research findings to drive policy and practice change and by allowing women themselves to articulate the problems they currently face in terms of accessing appropriate support.
This chapter aims to contextualize the special circumstances of Roma children’s early education a... more This chapter aims to contextualize the special circumstances of Roma children’s early education and support needs, with particular reference to the high level of exclusion experienced by members of the communities in Central and Eastern Europe. It presents the impact on households of the social determinants of health which potentially affect child development and well-being. Regardless of ethnicity, the lack of early childhood education leads to serious problems in terms of subsequent educational attainment. In the case of Roma children throughout Central and Eastern Europe this challenge is accentuated by a range of issues, including language, segregation, exclusion and outright racism. Cultural stigmatization has historically led to deep suspicions regarding public bodies and public education on the part of Roma parents, who are themselves likely to have been on the receiving end of discrimination and a poor-quality education. Throughout Europe Roma children are severely under-represented in educational statistics and families frequently report discrimination at all stages of the school system.
Berghahn Books, Aug 31, 2018
This chapter sets out to discuss the ways in which academic-activists can most effectively and et... more This chapter sets out to discuss the ways in which academic-activists can most effectively and ethically engage with the development of public policy. In particular, it focuses on methodological challenges and the risk of unintended consequences when policy recommendations are poorly thought out or delivered. For many academics, the craft and practice of policy formulation is considerably outside their theoretical knowledge or disciplinary training, such that they often lack awareness of the ways in which their research may translate into potentially flawed policy. Accordingly, there may be a mismatch between intent and outcome, both in terms of the techniques academics use when seeking to engage with and influence policy professionals, and in how findings are ultimately translated into policy guidance.
Paper Abstract: (300 words allowed) In Judaism, hetero-normative expectations which reify the bin... more Paper Abstract: (300 words allowed) In Judaism, hetero-normative expectations which reify the binary of male/female, exist in cultural and religious life. These presumptions of the centrality of heterosexuality to Judaism can create both psycho-social exclusion (Takacs, 2006; Mendes, undated) and a sense of detachment from ritual and practice (Schneer & Aviv, 2002; Alpert, 1997) for those who do not ‘fit’ this binary model. Accordingly some Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning and Intersex (LGBTQI) Jewish people perceive themselves as ‘doubly other’ (Rose & Balka, 1989) experiencing a sense of cultural loss, religious exclusion and discrimination in key ritual settings. This problem of ‘double-othering’ (exclusion by virtue of both LGBT+ identity and as a result of religio-cultural practice) can be particularly acute for Trans-Jews who report that they can be confined to a ‘limbo’ situation, even in contexts where lesbian and gay co-religionists are accepted as full members of a congregation (see Dzmura, 2011). In a community-driven initiative, members of the UK Jewish LGBTQI community co-designed and participated in an Arts and Humanities Research Council UK funded project “Ritual Reconstructed: Challenges to Disconnection, Division and Exclusion in the Jewish LGBTQI Community” which explored participants’ relationship to faith through the use of film and bricolage which (re)created public and personal rituals incorporating both Jewish and queer identities alongside and through the medium of art, storytelling, poetry, music and performance. Within this project we have taken as a starting point Mary’s (2005) definition of bricolage as a dialogue between ‘meaningful material that one borrows’ and ‘incarnated forms one inherits’, to create a prism through which we contemplate Savastano’s (2007) argument that that LGBTQI people have been forced to create their own sacred or alternative myths to create a new way of bringing together queer and their spiritual identities. To find out more about the project visit www.ritualreconstructed.com Key Words (4 allowed): Bricolage; Rituals; Judaism; LGBT+
This comprehensive book uniquely acknowledges the overlap between different states of adult vulne... more This comprehensive book uniquely acknowledges the overlap between different states of adult vulnerability within a range of health, social care and community contexts. The book looks beyond social work practice and legislative focus to examine the categories of ‘at risk’ and ‘vulnerable adults’. These include often forgotten groups such as homeless people, prisoners and migrant workers. Through a range of practical examples, the book illustrates how professionals can usefully and effectively intervene to lessen the chance of a member of an excluded community becoming at greater ‘risk’ of further vulnerability. The book includes: Explanations of core themes and implications for a range of professionals and service providers with a practical and accessible focus Case studies and practice examples from work with vulnerable groups Illustrative examples of how different states of vulnerability are frequently contingent upon one another
UNISA presentation March 2013 To consider philosophical and political background to collaborative... more UNISA presentation March 2013 To consider philosophical and political background to collaborative research • Examine the types of ‘partnership’ and ‘participatory’ research which exist • Consider why they may be appropriate for ‘hard to reach’ groups •Explore examples from funded research with Refugee Women and Gypsies/Traveller/Roma • Challenges and Benefits to using PAR/Collaborative Research • PAR and the Institutional setting – forward planning for success
... Marina Stott Advisory Group Jake Bowers Sylvie Dunn Bridie Jones Joe Jones Breda Mahoney Pete... more ... Marina Stott Advisory Group Jake Bowers Sylvie Dunn Bridie Jones Joe Jones Breda Mahoney Peter Mercer Richard O'Neill (also focus group facilitator) Siobhan Spencer Len Smith Tom Sweeny Greg Yates Interviewers Jake ...
Berghahn Books, Dec 31, 2022
Bloomsbury Academic eBooks, 2022
This roundtable was an opportunity for experts to share their lived experience of the challenges ... more This roundtable was an opportunity for experts to share their lived experience of the challenges facing Gypsy, Traveller and Roma (GTR) and other travelling communities entering into Higher Education. It was well-recognised that GTR communities have the worst outcomes of any ethnic grouping in terms of health, housing, and education. These communities also continue to face significant levels of racism and prejudice both in society and from official institutions and agencies. Access to higher education offers a way through these injustices.
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Papers by Margaret Greenfields