Oral history interview of Agnes Higgins

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Context

Agnes Higgins is a professor in mental health nursing within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin and has previously trained and worked as a mental health nurse, general nurse and nurse tutor. Agnes Higgins is the co-author of reports by the Gay and Lesbian Quality Network [GLEN] titled Visible Lives (2011), a national study of the mental health and well-being of Ireland’s LGBTQ community and LGBTIreland (2016), a report that identifies the experiences and needs of senior citizens of Ireland’s LGBTQ community.

Description:
This thirty-eight-minute long oral history interview was conducted by the Digital Repository of Ireland as part of The Atlantic Philanthropies archive project (2017-2020) titled Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland in 2018. Agnes Higgins describes how her nursing background, which included working in the area of palliative and hospice care, prepared her for researching the lives of senior citizens of Ireland's LGBTQ community with focus on mental health and wellbeing. She explains how it came about that she was commissioned to do this research, describes her methodology and some conclusions reached., Agnes Higgins describes how her nursing background, which included working in the area of palliative and hospice care, prepared her for researching the lives of senior citizens of Ireland's LGBTQ community with focus on mental health and well-being. She explains how it came about that she was commissioned to do this research, describes her methodology and some conclusions reached., and This recording contains the personal views of the participants, they do not reflect the views of the DRI.
Type:
audio and oral histories (literary works)
Creator:
Digital Repository of Ireland, 2015 -
Subject:
Curated collection--Oral histories, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--LGBTQ people, Curated collection--Agnes Higgins, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), GLEN (Organisation), Grant 14202, Grant 17405, Grant 17426, Gay and lesbian rights movement, and Non-governmental organizations
Grant:
Grant 14202, Grant 17405, and Grant 17426
Grantee:
GLEN (Organisation)
Year of Grant:
2005 and 2010
Location of Grantee:
Dublin
Rights:
Copyright is with DRI and Agnes Higgins Please see license for reuse.
Attribution:
Digital Repository of Ireland and The Atlantic Philanthropies
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.0c48h6267