Past Event

About the Speaker

Professor Sharon Hincliff, Sheffield 

Dr Sharron Hinchliff is a Professor of Psychology and Health at the Division of Nursing and Midwifery where she leads the ageing, gender, and sexual health/sexual well-being programme of research. Sharron has worked in this area for over 20 years and uses insights from psychology to address inequalities and the problem of discrimination in healthcare and wider society. Key to her work is innovation and resource development, some examples are below.

From 2018 Sharron has collaborated with Pete McKee, an artist from Sheffield, on the Age of Love project which uses art and light humour to raise awareness of a topic that is rarely talked about: the intimate relationships of older adults. The project was launched at Festival of the Mind 2018. 

She recently co-edited (with Dr Catherine Barrett) the book ‘Addressing the sexual rights of older people: Theory, policy and practice’. It draws on interdisciplinary and international research to provide health and social care staff and service providers with an evidence-based framework for supporting the sexual rights of older adults. 

In 2019 the public health website agesexandyou.com, which Sharron designed, was launched. The website is the first in the UK that provides easy to find, reliable information, for people aged 50 and older about the sexual changes they might face. It is used by health professionals as well as older adults themselves.

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Please note that this is a Hybrid event. We welcome colleagues to 66 Banbury Road or on line via Zoom: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82414903724

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