Dr Rachael Eastham
Lecturer in Adolescent Health InequalitiesCurrent Research
I am a Lecturer in Young People's Health Inequalities and a Research Fellow with specialism in gender, sexualities and youth, specifically in the topic areas of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and mental health. I am currently leading an ESRC funded secondary data analysis project building on the Queer Futures 2 project: designed to understand the best types of mental health support for LGBTQ+ young people, which I worked on until completion in 2023.
Research Interests
I am primarily a qualitative researcher interested in sexualities, gender and sexual health including sexual pleasure. I value the use of creative and participatory methods in research, particularly visual methods and historical approaches including the use of life histories and archival research. I am also active in arts based and community collaborations and keen to apply research -knowledge and practices- in ways that can support grassroots creative and social support for health.
“Swept under the carpet!” Let’s talk about sex, periods and having babies.
01/01/2025 → 30/06/2026
Research
ReproNorth: Developing a network to understand and address reproductive health inequalities in the North of England
31/10/2023 → 31/07/2024
Research
Improving LGBTQ+ youth mental health through integration of care: a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of qualitative data from Queer Futures 2 study
01/10/2023 → 31/03/2025
Research
Gender Space Learning Partnership
07/08/2023 → 30/05/2025
Consultancy
Capacity building in reproductive health across NWC
01/04/2022 → 31/03/2023
Research
Capacity, context, and consent: a co-designed exploration of ‘capacity’ through the provision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC)
01/01/2022 → 30/11/2022
Research
Capacity, context, and consent: a co-designed exploration of ‘capacity’ through the provision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2022
Research
ESRC Impact Acceleration Award - Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) and Rights
23/04/2021 → …
Research
Playground for the Soul - A Heart Healthy Interactive Sound Map of Morecambe Promenade
09/02/2021 → 01/06/2021
Other
Global LARC Rights Collaborative
04/01/2021 → 05/07/2021
Research
Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) interventions: exploring ethical practice and reproductive rights in Britain
01/09/2019 → 31/12/2019
Research
Developing suicide prevention resources with young people for young people
01/01/1900 → …
Other
What are the problems and possibilities for LGBTQ+ youth mental health? Findings from Queer Futures 2 and beyond.
Invited talk
Early intervention mental health support for LGBTQ+ young people
Invited talk
British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Sexual and Reproductive health in women with intellectual disability
Other
Engagement and Involvement Practices in Abortion Care: Collectively Envisioning Futures
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
ReproNorth In Person Community Event 2
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
ReproNorth: networking and priority setting workshop 2
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Feel Good Friday part of Campus in the City
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
ReproNorth In Person Community Event
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
ReproNorth: networking and priority setting workshop 1
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Mental Health Champions Learning and Networking event on LGBTQ+ youth mental health
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Mental Health Champions Learning and Networking Event
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Queer Futures 2: A UK wide study about the best types of mental health support for LGBTQ+ young people.
Invited talk
LGBTQ+ (young) people’s mental health. Findings from research and suggestions for practice.
Invited talk
LGBTQ+ (young) people’s mental health. Findings from research and suggestions for practice.
Invited talk
What works to support LGBTQ+ young people’s mental health?
Invited talk
What works to support LGBTQ+ young people’s mental health? Findings from Queer Futures 2
Invited talk
Queer Futures 2: A UK wide study about the best types of mental health support for LGBTQ+ young people
Oral presentation
Mental Health Champions Event: Sharing findings from Queer Futures 2
Oral presentation
Queer Futures 2: A UK wide study about the best types of mental health support for LGBTQ+ young people
Invited talk
Addressing inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights- a UK perspective.
Invited talk
What works best to support the mental health of LGBTQ+ young people: findings from Queer Futures 2 project
Invited talk
Intergenerate: an intergenerational community digital music action research project
Invited talk
In Our Own Words
Other
BeingWell Event
Other
Making a Difference: the Hope and Promise of Sexuality Studies
Participation in conference - Academic
Social Prescribing in the North West
Other
Queer Futures 2 for Place 2 Be
Invited talk
Nordic Network for Disability Research Reykjavik 2023
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
NIHR Clinical Research Network Research Showcase 2023
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
ReproNorth Online Networking Event
Oral presentation
Global LARC Rights Collaborative Research Development Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Routledge (Publisher)
Editorial activity
Webinar: Queer Futures 2 - Introducing What Works? to improve LGBTQ+ young people's mental health
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
International Association of Youth Mental Health Sixth International Conference 2022
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
ReproFest 2022
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Routledge (Publisher)
Editorial activity
Reproductive Rights and Implications for People in the Criminal Justice System
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Contraception Critical Online Seminar Series
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) interventions: exploring ethical practice and reproductive rights in Britain: A one-day workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
- Centre for Health Inequalities Research