Cathy Bailey cathy.bailey@nuigalway.ie

 

Cathy Bailey has a post-doctoral research background in human geography and health with past clinical experience in hospital, community and terminal care nursing.   Her research experience includes working on a number of public health funded, community studies.  These include: the health and social consequences of the UK 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic for a rural community; neighbourhood renewal and community identity; household trauma and the 2005 UK floods and storms and the role of woodlands and green spaces in promoting community and individual health and well being. Recently Cathy was involved in a multidisciplinary Irish research programme: Technology Research for Independent Living (TRIL www.trilcentre.org), and worked from within a falls and older adults research strand. She developed and is publishing a research portfolio on the social aspects of falling.  She has hands on experience of being part of technologically innovative, multidisciplinary teams, designing and testing technology prototypes in participants’ homes.   

Within ICSG Cathy has designed, managed, developed and facilitated an older adults’ user forum -   ‘Who Cares for Older Citizens in County Galway, Ireland’ – a six day event. Cathy had teaching input into ICSG’s Diploma in Social Gerontology course and has supervised Diploma, First and Master degree level students.  Cathy has experience of preparing  a national, regional and local archive of the data from a large diary based, qualitative study

As an associated researcher with  ICSG, Cathy continues to work closely with older people to promote a holistic and positive view of ageing.

Research interests : Social aspects of falls and older adults; Health technologies and older adults;Lifespace, place and identity; Ethnography/qualitative, participatory research and emergent research designs/narrative analysis; Multidisciplinary research

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Bailey C, Sheehan C (2009) Technology, older persons’ perspectives and the anthropological ethnographic lens ALTER, European Journal of DisabilityResearch 3 96–109. 

Sheehan C, Bailey C, Squires S. (2009) Older Adults Speak Out: Aging and Health Policy in the Republic of Ireland Anthropology News (November) 7-8.

Mort M, Convery I, Baxter J & Bailey C (2008) Animal Disease and Human Trauma: the Psychosocial Implications of the 2001 UK Foot and Mouth Disease Disaster, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol 11, 2, 133-148.

Convery I  Bailey C (2008) After the flood: the health and social consequences of the 2005 Carlisle flood event  Journal of  Flood Risk Management  vol 1 (2) 100–109.

Convery I., Mort M., Bailey C., & Baxter J, (2007) Role Stress in Front Line Workers during the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic: the value of therapeutic spaces. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies.

Bailey, C  Baxter J, Mort M, Convery I (2006) The inside story: Community Experiences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic in North Cumbria Methodological Innovations –Innovations Online, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Bailey C., Convery I., Mort M. Baxter J.(2006)  Different public heath geographies of the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic: ‘citizen’ versus ‘professional’  epidemiology  Health and Place  12 157-166.

M. Mort, I. Convery, J. Baxter & C. Bailey (2005) 'Psychosocial effects of the 2001 UK foot and mouth disease epidemic in a rural population: qualitative diary based study', British Medical Journal, doi:10.1136/bmj.38603.375856.68 (published 7 October 2005

Bailey, C  Pain, R  Aarvold J (2004) A ‘give it a go’ breast-feeding culture and early cessation among low-income mothers  Midwifery20, 240-250.

Milner, S.  Bailey, C. Deans, J. Pettigrew, D.(2004)  Integrated Impact Assessment in the UK – Use, Efficacy and Future Development  Environmental Impact Assessment Review.

White, C  Bailey C (2004) Feminist Knowledge and Ethical Concerns: Towards a Geography of Situated Ethics  Espace, Populations, Societies (1) 131-141.

Bailey C.,  Convery I.,  Baxter J.,  Mort M. (2003)  'Narratives of trauma and on-going recovery: the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic'  AutoBiography  vol X1 Nos 1 & 2  37 –45.

Milner,  S . Bailey, C  Deans, J. (2003) 'Fit for Purpose' Health Impact Assessment: a realistic way forward  Public Health(117) 5 295-300..

Book Publications

I Convery, M. Mort, J Baxter &  Bailey C., (2008) Animal Disease and Human Trauma: Emotional Geographies of Disaster, Palgrave Macmillan. http://www.palgrave.com/PRODUCTS/title.aspx?PID=277176 

Book  Chapters

Convery I., Bailey C., Mort M., Baxter J. (2009)Altered Lifescapes. Chapter in Döring M & Nerlich, B. (Eds.) ‘From Mayhem to Meaning’: The cultural meaning of the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK Manchester University Press.

Pain R, Bailey C (2007) British Social and Cultural Geography: beyond turns and dualisms?  In Kitchin R (ed) Mapping Worlds: International perspectives on social and cultural geographies 91-102

Conference Proceedings Papers

Doyle J, Bailey C, Dromey B (2009) Experiences of In-Home Evaluation of Independent Living Technologies for Older Adults  Proceedings of the 2^nd Annual Conference of  Irish Human Computer Interaction, Trinity College, Dublin, September 2009.

McLean A, Bailey C, Sheehan C (2007) Designing as a Moral Enterprise: TRIL researchers reflect on the centrality of the person Universal Design for the 21^st Century: Irish and International Perspectives: Centre for Excellence in Universal Design Conference Proceedings, Dublin, October  2007

Research and Consultancy

Weldon S  Bailey C (2007) New Pathways for Health and Well Being in Scotland: research to understand and overcome barriers to access to woodlands  in collaboratin with Liz O’Brien, Forestry Commission, Scotland.

Bailey, C  Convery, I (2006) The Health and Social Consequences of the Carlilse 2005 storm and floods, Communities Reunited, Carlisle Churches Together.

Mallinson S, Bailey C (2006) Charlestown and Lower Kersal: a local history of community development – Methods Report  Salford Primary Care Trust.

Mort, M., Convery, I., Bailey, C. Baxter, J. (2004) The health and social consequences of the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic   Department of Health . 

Bailey, C. Deans, J. Pettigrew, D  (2003) Integrated Impact Assessment: UK Mapping Project, Northumbria University, Health Impact Assessment Research and Development Programme

Bailey, C. Pain, R. Aarvold, J. (2002) New Mothers’ Experiences of Breastfeeding Support, Department of Health