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Lorraine Culley

Professor Lorraine Culley
Professor of Social Science and Health
Associate Director: Mary Seacole Research Centre
Knowledgeshare Editor: Diversity in Health and Social Care

E: lac@dmu.ac.uk

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) Social Studies, University of Liverpool
  • MA Area Studies, University of London
  • PhD Sociology, University of Liverpool

Research interests

  • Ethnicity, health and healthcare
  • Infertility and reproductive technologies
  • Service users’ perceptions of care
  • Qualitative methods in health research

Current/recent research projects
Transnational Reproduction: an exploratory study of UK residents who travel abroad for fertility treatment. Culley (PI), Hudson, Pacey, Blyth, Norton, ESRC RES 000-22-3390. 2009-2010. See www.transrep.co.uk

Endometriosis and Cultural Diversity: improving services for minority ethnic women. Denny, Culley, Papadopoulos, Mann. Department of Health, Research for Patient Benefit Programme. 2007-10. www.endocul.co.uk

Educational experiences of young people with sickle cell disease. ESRC RES 000-23-1486. Dyson (PI), Culley, Atkin, Demaine. 2006-2010

Contextualising patient-centre professionalism in nursing practice: consulting with patients, professionals and stakeholders. Rapport, Doel, Culley, Mooney, Jones, Evans, Maggs, Hutchings. GNC Trust 2009-2010

Management and Interventions for Asthma in South Asian Children. 2009-2012 Lakhanpaul, Culley, Johnson, McFeeters, Robertson, Bird. Wilson.

Department of Health, Pacesetters Programme. Evaluation for the East Midlands Region. Johnson, Culley, Fleming 2008-2009.

Public Perceptions of Gamete Donation in British South Asian Communities. Culley, Johnson, Rapport, Bharadwaj.ESRC ESRC RES`160-25-0044, Science in Society Programme 2005-2006

Ethnicity and Reproductive Technologies -Project Initiated Programme Grant, ERSC 2006

Improving Policy and Practice: A study of the Provision of Infertility Services to South Asian Communities,Culley, Rapport, Johnson, Katbamna.NHS Exec Trent 2002-2004.

Palliative Care for Children and Young People in Leicester, Leicestershire andRutland. A study of Parent's Perceptions of Care,Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Partnership Trust 2006

Parents'/Carers' Perceptions of the process of negotiated, multi-disciplinary healthcare within Specialist Children's Community Services,SCCHS hosted by Leicester City West PCT 2005

Selected recent publications

Books
Culley, L, Hudson, N & van Rooij, F. (eds) (2009) Marginalized Reproduction: Ethnicity Infertility and Reproductive Technologies. Earthscan

Culley, L & Dyson, S D (2009) Ethnicity and Healthcare Practice: A guide for the primary care team.Issues for Primary Care. Quay Books

Culley, L. Guest Editor: Cultural Diversity. Journal of Research in Nursing Volume 13, Number 2 2008

Culley L.& Dyson S. (eds) (2001), Ethnicity and Nursing Practice, Palgrave

Journal articles
Culley, L & Hudson, N (2010) Fertility Tourists or Global Consumers? A Sociological Agenda for Exploring Cross-border Reproductive Travel. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4(10): 139-150

Dyson, SM; Abuateya, H; Atkin, K; Culley, LA; Dyson, SE; and Rowley, DT (2009) Reported school experiences of young people living with sickle cell disorder in England. British Educational Research Journal 36(1):125-142.

Hudson, N. Culley, L. Rapport, F. Johnson, M. Bharadwaj, A. (2009) '"Public" perceptions of gamete donation: a research review' Public Understanding of Science 18 (1): 61-77.

Culley, L. & Hudson, N. (2009) Constructing Relatedness: ethnicity, gender and third party assisted conception. Current Sociology 57(2): 257-275 Monograph 1.

Abuateya, H, Atkin, K, Culley, L, Dyson, S E, Dyson, S M. (2008) Education and young people with sickle cell disorder: a knowledge review. Diversity in Health and Social Care. 5(2): 123-135(13)

Dyson, S M, Abuateya, H, Atkin, K, Culley, L, Dyson, S E, Rowley, D (2008) Local authorities and the education of young people with sickle cell disorders (SCD) in England. International Studies in Sociology of Education 18(1):47-60

Culley, L. (2008) Cultural Diversity and Nursing Practice. Journal of Research in Nursing 13(2):86-88

Dyson, S, Culley, L, Norrie, P & Gender, N. (2008) An exploration of the experiences of South Asian students on Pre-registration nursing programmes in a UK university. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(2):163

Culley, L & Hudson, N (2008) Public understandings of science : British South Asian men's perception of third party assisted conception International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2(4):79-86

Culley, L, Hudson, N, Johnson, M, Rapport, S & Katbamna, S. (2007) "I know about one treatment where they keep the egg somewhere". British South Asian community understandings of infertility and its treatment.Diversity in Health and Social Care. 4(2):113-121.

Dyson, S M, Culley L. Dyson, S E, Atkin, K (2007) The Educational Experiences of Young People with Sickle Cell Disease.Disability and Society.22(6):581-594

Dyson, S.M., Culley, L, Dyson SE, Kennefick A, Kirkham, M, Morris, P, Sutton,F, Squire, P (2007) Ethnicity questions and antenatal screening or sickle cell.thalassaemia [equans] in England: observation and interview study.Critical Public Health17(1):31-43.

Culley, L, Hudson, N, Rapport F. (2007) Using Focus Groups with Minority Ethnic Communities.Qualitative Health Research17:113-121

Culley, L (2006) Transcending Transculturalism? Race, Ethnicity and Healthcare.Nursing Inquiry, 13(2):144-153.

Culley, L & Hudson, N (2006) Disrupted Reproduction and Deviant Bodies: Pronatalism and British South Asian Communities.International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 5(2): 117-126.

Culley, L., Hudson, N, Rapport, F, Johnson, M, Katbamna, S (2006) British South Asian Communities and Infertility Services.Human Fertility9(1)37-45.

Dyson, SM; Culley, L; Gill, C; Hubbard, S; Kennefick, A; Morris, P; Rees, D; Sutton, F; Squire, P (2006) Ethnicity Questions and Antenatal Screening for Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia [EQUANS] in England: A randomised controlled trial of two questionnaires.Ethnicity and Health11(2):169-189.

Hudson, N & Culley L (2005) Infertility counselling and diversity: British South Asian couples. Journalof Fertility Counselling12(1):29-33.

Book Chapters
Culley, L. & Hudson, N. (In press) ‘“For him, it’s got to be your own son”: Adoption and infertility in British South Asian communities’. In M. Crawshaw and R.Balen (eds) Adopting After Infertility. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Culley, L. (2009) Dominant Narratives and Excluded Voices: Research on Ethnic Differences in Access to Assisted Conception in More Developed Societies, in L Culley, N Hudson, F van Rooij (eds) Marginalized Reproduction: Ethnicity, Infertility and Reproductive Technologies pp.17-34

Culley, L. & Hudson, N (2009) Commonalities, Differences and Possibilities: Culture and Infertility in British South Asian Communities, in L Culley, N Hudson, F van Rooij (eds) Marginalized Reproduction: Ethnicity, Infertility and Reproductive Technologies pp.97-116

Culley, L. & Demaine, J. (2006) 'Ethnic Ideologies and Public Policy', in E. Rata and R. Openshaw (eds)Public Policy and Ethnicity: The Politics of Ethnic Boundary-Making(Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan).

Culley, L.and Dyson, S.M. (2005) ''Race' and Ethnicity', in Earle, S and Denny, E. (eds)Sociology for NursesCambridge: Polity Press), p. 161-177.

Culley, L.(2001) 'Nursing, culture and competence', in Culley, L. and Dyson, S. (eds)Ethnicity and Nursing Practice(London, Palgrave).

Culley, L.and Dyson, S. (2001) 'Sociology, ethnicity and nursing practice', in Culley, L. and Dyson, S. (eds)Ethnicity and Nursing Practice, (London, Palgrave).

Culley L., Dyson, S., Ham-Ying, S. and Young, W. (2001) 'Caribbean nurses and racism in the NHS', in Culley, L. and Dyson, S. (eds)Ethnicity and Nursing Practice, (London, Palgrave).

Culley, L.and Mayor, V. (2001) 'Ethnicity and Nursing Careers', in Culley, L. and Dyson, S. (eds)Ethnicity and Nursing Practice(London, Palgrave)

Selected Conference Presentations

  • 2009 Culley, L & Hudson, N Fertility tourists or global consumers? : constructions of cross border reproductive travel. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Athens, 8-11th July
  • 2009 Culley, L & Hudson, N Crossing Boundaries: exploring professional discourses onreproductive tourism’. International Sociological Association RC15 Mid term conference. Jaipur, India, September
  • 2009 Culley, L, Hudson, N, Pacey, A, Blyth, E, Norton, W & Rapport, F Fertility Tourism? Discourses of Cross Border Reproductive Care. Annual interdisciplinary research conference : transforming healthcare through research & education, Trinity College, Dublin
  • 2007 Culley, L & Hudson, N Public understandings of science : voices from the margins Public understandings of science : voices from the margins. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Granada, Spain
  • 2006 Culley L, Hudson N Rapport F Risky reproduction: perceptions of third party assisted conception among British South Asian men. British Sociological Association, Medical Sociology Conference.Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh,September
  • 2006 Culley, L & Hudson, N. ‘Constructing relatedness: ethnicity, gender and third party assisted conception’, International Sociological Association, World Congress of Sociology Durban,South Africa, July 2006
  • 2006 Culley L & Watterson, J. Exploring child and family centred multidisciplinary, negotiated community care: what works for parents? 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary care.University of Keele, 12-14th July
  • 2006 Culley, L, Hudson, N, Johnson, M, Rapport F, Bharadwaj, A. British South Asian Women’s Perception of Gamete Donation. Electronic presentation at 22nd Annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology,Prague, Czech Republic, 18-21 June
  • 2005 Culley, L & Hudson, N Infertility, Ethnicity and Health professionals: constructing and responding to difference. Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education and Technology, Trinity CollegeDublin,2-4th November, 2005
  • 2005 Culley, L & Hudson, N. Gamete Donation and British South Asian Communities. 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Infant and Reproductive Psychology. University of Amsterdam,Netherlands,September 2005
  • 2005 Culley, L & Hudson, N. Diverse Bodies and Disrupted Reproduction: Pronatalism in British South Asian Communities. Fifth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations held at The Institute of Ethnic Administrators, Beijing,China, June 2005

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