Dr Patrice Van Cleemput RGN RSCN RHV PhD
Section of Public Health
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
The University of Sheffield
Regent Court
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
Office: Room 2037, 2nd Floor, Regent Court
Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 0851
Fax: (+44) (0)114 272 4095
email : p.vancleemput@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
I have a background in nursing and health visiting, with a specialist focus on the health of Gypsy and Traveller families. I joined the University of Sheffield in 2001 when I was a successful joint applicant to the Department of Health Inequalities Programme for a 2-year study of the Health Status of Gypsies and Travellers in England. A National Primary Care Researcher Development Fellowship enabled me to build on the findings and my PhD research investigated Gypsy and Traveller access to primary health care, with a focus on interactions with health staff and requirements for culturally safe services. I have been closely involved as an advisor to various projects and policy initiatives aimed at improving the health and well-being of Gypsies and Travellers and other marginalised groups and I have recently completed the Evaluation of Gypsy and Traveller core projects in Department of Health Pacesetter Programme aimed at reducing health inequalities.
Research Interests
- Health and access to health and social care of Gypsies and Travellers and other marginalised groups
- Transcultural care and understanding transcultural conflict
- Health inequalities, social inclusion and social determinants of health
- Qualitative research methods and participatory approaches to research
Professional Activities and Distinctions
Academic reviewer for a number of journals
2002 DH (NCC RCD)National Primary Care Researcher Development Fellowship
2005 An advisor to the Equality and Human Rights Group on Improving the Health Status of Gypsies and Travellers in England
2008 Invited by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)and the UK Government Equalities Office to participate in a specialist consultation to select indicators for the Equality Measurement Framework.
2009 Awarded Grant as Principal Investigator: £50,000, Department of Health Evaluation of Gypsy and Traveller Core Elements of The Pacesetters Programme.
2009 RCN Research Society Akinsanya Award for Doctoral Scholarship in Nursing
2009 Invited to an academic experts round table at the Cabinet Office on a joint study with the Department of Health looking at primary health care and social inclusion.
Current Projects
Panel Review of Government Policy on Gypsies and Travellers Rowntree Charitable Trust via Travellers Aid Trust £1000 consultancy February to March 2011
NIHR Community-based peer support: Developing a model for promoting health literacy £192,823 Co-investigator April 2011 - March 2013
Key Publications
2010 Van Cleemput P. Social exlusion of Gypsies and Travellers: health impact Journal of Research in Nursing 2010 (15) 315-327
2009 Van Cleemput P. Abstract of thesis: Gypsies and Travellers accessing primary health care: Interactions with health staff and requirements for 'culturally safe' services Journal of Research in Nursing 14 (4) 365-369
2008 Van Cleemput P. Health Impact of Gypsy Sites Policy in the UK Social Policy and Society 7:1 103-117
2007 Van Cleemput P, Thomas K, Parry G, Peters J, Cooper C. The health-related beliefs and experience of Gypsies and Travellers: a qualitative study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 61:205-210.
2007 Parry G, Van Cleemput P, Peters J, Walters S, Thomas K, Cooper C. The Health Status of Gypsies and Travellers in England. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 61: 198-204.