Alison Harris
Senior Lecturer
Department: School of Health and Social Sciences
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8411 4681
- E-mail: a.x.harris@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
RGN BSc MSc DipDN PGCertHE RNT
Research Interests
Diabetes; continence care; culturally competent care.
Teaching Interests
Advanced Diploma in Long Term Conditions
Diabetes Care
Promoting cultural competence in health and social care
Biography
Curriculum/subject area:
Midwifery, Child health and primary care
Current work administrative and professional duties/roles
Programme lead for the Advanced Diploma in Long Term Conditions; Module lead for Diabetes Care The roles involve lecturing, evaluating and re-validating the module and the programme.
Link lecturer for the Community Nursing Services within Haringey.
Personal development tutor for pre-registration nursing students offering support and guidance throughout their 3 year programme.
Supporting role and interest:
Executive member for the Association for Continence Advice. The ACA offers a quarterly newsletter for which I am editor, an annual conference and publications to its professional membership involved in continence care. I have set up and maintain their website, www.aca.uk.com. Judge for the Nursing Times Annual Awards, continence award, 2006 and 2007.
Research
Publications:
The unmet needs of older people (2009). Kate Brown & Alison Harris. Unpublished. Paper undertaken on behalf of Age Concern Barnet
The Assessment of Female Urinary Incontinence. (2007). Nursing Times. February.
Toilet Training Children with Learning Difficulties: what the literature tells us. British Journal of Nursing. 2004. vol 13. no 13. p 773-777.
Evidence based practice of the management of urinary catheters. (2001). Mark Allen. London. Chapter, 'The Impact of Urinary Incontinence on the Quality of Life of Women'.
The Impact of Urinary Incontinence on the Quality of Life of Women. The British Journal of Nursing, 1999, 8, (6):375-380.
Assessing and Treating the Cause of Urinary Incontinence. Community Nurse, 2001, June,7, (5): 40-42.
The Restructuring of the District Nursing Services within Camden Islington Community Health Service Trust Unpublished, 1996.
