Research

It’s My Life – Making It Our Reality – Best practice guidelines for health, social care and education practitioners regarding relationships and sexuality education programmes for children and young adults with intellectual disabilities.

This is a joint research project, conducted between between Queen’s University Belfast, Glasgow University and Trinity College Dublin. The project was funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing and the results were presented by the lead researchers at an event at Queen’s University.

It’s My Life - Making It Our Reality (Brown et al., 2023)

Academic Reading

Phase one

People with intellectual disabilities, relationship and sex education programmes
A systematic review
McCann et al., 2019
https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919856047
Sexuality issues and the voices of adults with intellectual disabilities
A systematic review of the literature
Brown and McCann, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2018.01.009
The Design, Content and Delivery of Relationship and Sexuality Education Programmes for People with Intellectual Disabilities
A systematic Review of the International Evidence
Brown et al., 2020
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207568
The experiences of young people with intellectual disability, parents and professionals in relationships and sexuality education programmes
Findings from a qualitative study
Brown et al., 2024
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12111105

Lay Reports

The purpose of these reports is to keep you informed as we advance with developments on the project.