Professor Irena Papadopoulos (born in

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) is a prominent Greek Cypriot transcultural

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researcher Research is " creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

and now resides in the

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. Papadopoulos currently heads the research centre for transcultural studies in health at

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but has been working within the

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and the

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sector for over 30 years. During this period she has led a number of projects aimed at changing nursing practice, developing new curricula, developing new assessment tools, establishing quality systems, and integrating nursing education within the higher education sector. She has conducted various

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

projects using a range of methodologies, and have provided consultancy to individuals and institutions. She has conducted research on the health, the health promotion and the social care needs of minority ethnic groups,

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and

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. She has developed and delivered programmes aimed at promoting cultural competence as well as tools to measure individual and organisation competence. Her main research interests are

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

ethnicity An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

/diversity and health, cultural competence, inequalities in health,

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and health, consumer involvement, regeneration and health, and the contribution of the

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to health and social welfare. She was for a number of years responsible for her school's research capacity programme which aimed at developing research skills for academic staff and research students. she has led the development and delivery of a Masters in Applied Health Research, an Intensive European Programme in Transcultural Nursing, a Masters in European Nursing, as well as supervising research students. Further, she led the Research Assessment Exercise for the 'Nursing' Unit of Assessment, both in 1996 and 2000, and was instrumental in establishing the

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Committee of the former School of

Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

, Biological and Environmental Sciences, and University's Journal of Health Social and Environmental Issues. Papadopoulos also has a vast experience related to the voluntary sector. In 1994, she co-founded the ‘ Greek and Greek Cypriot Community of Enfield’, a very successful voluntary organisation. She has also been -amongst others- an elected executive member of a Racial Equality Council, and a

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. Her contribution in the voluntary sector has involved my participation in a number of committees and close liaisons with policy makers and funders at local and national level. In 2003 she established the ‘Papadopoulos Award for Outstanding Caring Acts by Young People in the Greek community’. She is a Scholar of the Transcultural Nursing Society and a former Dozor Scholar. She is the co-author of a book on transcultural nursing (1998) and the editor of a book on transcultural health and social care (2006).

External links

Papadopoulos, Irena Middlesex University page, with partial reference list
* ttp://www.ggcce.org.uk/ The Greek and Greek Cypriot Community of Enfield home pagebr>Various free full text references

A list of published books and/or chapters available for purchase at amazon.co.ukThe Papadopoulos Award for Outstanding Caring Acts by Young People information page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Papadopoulos, Irena Living people Cypriot academics British people of Greek Cypriot descent Academics of Middlesex University Year of birth missing (living people) British nurses Cypriot emigrants to the United Kingdom