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  • Regulating Midwifery in Early 20th-Century Belfast
  • Templemore Women and Children Hospital Event
  • Epidemic Belfast featured in Ireland’s Own magazine
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In the early twentieth century, fears proliferated In the early twentieth century, fears proliferated that unregulated midwifery was increasing Irish infant mortality rates. In this new article, Caitlin Smith, PhD researcher at Ulster University, discusses Belfast's history of midwifery. https://epidemic-belfast.com/regulating-midwifery-in-early-20th-century-belfast/ #epidemicbelfast #belfast #belfasthistory #belfasthistorymagazine #histmed #historyofnorthernireland #midwiferyhistory #historyofmidwifery #nursinghistory
Do you have memories of Ulster Women & Children Ho Do you have memories of Ulster Women & Children Hospital, Templemore Avenue, Belfast? Then come and join us for tea and a chat. EastSide Visitor Centre, Belfast BT4 1HH. Ulster University’s Epidemic Belfast team is collecting memories, oral histories and memorabilia to help preserve the history of this important hospital. We’re also interested in collecting and digitising any other memories, artefacts and material relating to the history of health, medicine and well-being in Northern Ireland. For more info visit our website: www.epidemic-belfast.com or alternatively contact: i.miller@ulster.ac.uk
Did you know that workhouses once offered medical Did you know that workhouses once offered medical care and hospital provision? In our new episode, we talk to Dr Robyn Atcheson (QUB) about life, death, health and medicine in the Belfast workhouse. https://epidemic-belfast.com/podcast/health-medical-care-and-the-victorian-workhouse/ #belfast #epidemicbelfast #histmed #workhouse #PoorLaw #hospitalhistory #irishhistory #irishhistoryandheritage #poverty
Are you interested in exploring Northern Ireland's Are you interested in exploring Northern Ireland's medical history? The Epidemic Belfast team is spending the entire Halloween weekend at Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra Full details to follow shortly https://visitbelfast.com/event/halloween-at-ulster-folk-museum/
The Epidemic Belfast team are delighted to be taki The Epidemic Belfast team are delighted to be taking part in Féile an Phobail. On Monday 8th August, 1pm, we will count down our ten most intriguing, gruesome and harrowing findings. St Mary’s University College, Falls Road.
HIV/AIDS has been a global problem since the 1980s HIV/AIDS has been a global problem since the 1980s. In our new article, Ulster University History PhD researcher Rebecca Brown explores the impacts of HIV/AIDS in Belfast, especially on LGBT communities. https://epidemic-belfast.com/the-aids-crisis-in-belfast/ Alternatively, listen to our podcast interview on the 1980s AID crisis here: https://epidemic-belfast.com/podcast/living-with-hiv-in-belfast/ #aids #aidsawareness #epidemicbelfast #hiv #hivpositive #histmed #lgbthistory #lgbthistorymonth #gaypride
Delighted that our Epidemic Belfast project has te Delighted that our Epidemic Belfast project has teamed up with History Ireland magazine for a new semi-regular medical history feature. #epidemicbelfast #historyireland #irelandhistory #historyofireland #historymed #medicalhistory #belfastfood #belfast #belfastcity #tea #teatime #cupoftea
How did nurses cope emotionally during the Trouble How did nurses cope emotionally during the Troubles? In our brand new episode, Megan Kelly (Open University) discusses the emotional toll of nursing during the conflict. https://epidemic-belfast.com/podcast/nursing-emotional-labour-and-the-troubles/ #histmed #belfast #belfastcity #troubles #northernireland #epidemicbelfast #histnursing #nursinghistory #irishstudies

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