Collaborative funding award - research re prostate cancer

Our project aims to engage directly with men in the community to increase their awareness and understanding of prostate cancer and to explore their attitudes or lived experiences of testing, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.

One in six men in Ireland will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime and early detection is key to survival. Many men are reluctant to go for testing. We will engage directly with men in Men’s Sheds around Ireland to explore men’s attitudes or lived experiences of testing, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.  As part of the project, we will co-create a resource to de-mystify prostate cancer and we will conduct a qualitative study capturing men’s attitudes and experiences. The findings will be disseminated to all stakeholders.

Our project is a collaboration between TU Dublin researchers (from the Radiation and Environmental Science Centre (RESC) (Fiona Lyng. Aidan Meade, Ahmed Mahmoud), the Centre for Psychology, Education & Emotional Intelligence (PEEI) (Aiden Carthy) and the Research Engagement and Impact Office (Catherine Bates)) and the Men’s Health Forum in Ireland (Colin Fowler, Finian Murray, Paul Barton), the Irish Men’s Sheds Association (Rebecca McLoughlin, Lorraine Conneely), the Irish Cancer Society (Sarah Tighe) and the National Cancer Control Programme (Eve O’Toole).