Relationships & Future Fatherhood (1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Relationships and Future Fatherhood for Young Incarcerated Men
IRAS ID
243577
Contact name
Maria Lohan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Queen's University Belfast
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
This project will develop an intervention with young men in prison that will help them increase their understanding and skills to;
i) make healthier sexual and reproductive health decisions;
ii) promote positive consensual relationships with partners; and
iii) enable reflection upon the roles and responsibilities of fatherhood, and to plan future fatherhood in their lives.We will use arts-based participatory methods to support young men aged 16-21 years from 2 prison sites (Northern Ireland & Scotland). The intervention will include an interactive video drama, which we will make together with the young men and a professional media production company. We will all work together to develop a script and short scenarios for the film, based on the young men’s real life experiences around sex, relationship and parenting. At various points the film stops and articulates a question/dilemma that invites the user to imagine how they would react if they were in a similar situation.
We will also develop lesson plans (worksheets and activities) based on their stories that will aid learning and group discussions. This will make health messages real and help them think for themselves about the importance of relationships and fatherhood.
We will show the intervention to the young men, prison and Barnardo's staff (delivery partners) in each site, and interview them to assess if the programme is fit-for-purpose and suitable to deliver in prisons. We will collaborate with our stakeholders group that includes representation from the Prison Services, Departments of Justice & Health, and other advocates for prisoner health and rehabilitation, to develop the longer-term sustainability of the intervention. At study end we will have developed an innovative programme for a marginalised group of young men in society which will be ready to test in a feasibility and pilot trial in 2 UK prison sites.
REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
18/NI/0090
Date of REC Opinion
25 Jun 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion