Contact

• workRoom Room B122 Clinical Sciences Building
  Nottingham City Hospital
  Hucknall Road
  Nottingham
  NG5 1PB
  UK
• Irtiza.Qureshi@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/iqtrainingandconsultancy/

Biography

I am a teacher and researcher interested in health services research, mental health, children and young people and marginalised communities. Recent work has included researching and lecturing on Public Health issues (Msc/MBA); training over 700 organisations on mental health issues; researching COVID-19 and ethnic minority communities and developing national networking capacity for Health Education England.

Expertise Summary

• Health services research: Specifically, exploring the experience of marginalised communities, equity, service provision and access
• Mental health: Specifically, interventions to support the mental health of children and young people
• Intersectionalism and its application to health services research.

Research Summary

Currently working with the UK-REACH project on COVID-19 and UK Healthcare workers, I am also researching the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of migrant children and related coping… read more

Current Research

Currently working with the UK-REACH project on COVID-19 and UK Healthcare workers, I am also researching the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of migrant children and related coping strategies.

Past Research

Selected Publications

• Qureshi, I.; Chaloner, J.; Gogoi, M.; Al-Oraibi, A.; Wobi, F.; Reilly, H.; Medisauskaite, A.; Martin, C.A.; Irizar, P.; Papineni, P.; et al. Caring for Those Who Take Care of Others: Developing Systemic and Sustainable Mental Health Support for the Diverse Healthcare Workforce in the United Kingdom. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 3242.
• Qureshi I, Gogoi M, Al-Oraibi A, Wobi F, Pan D, Martin C et al. (2022) Intersectionality and developing evidence-based policy. The Lancet, 399, 10322, 355-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02801-4
• Qureshi, I., Gogoi, M., Al-Oraibi, A., Wobi, F., Chaloner, J., Gray, L., Guyatt, A. L., Hassan, O., Nellums, L. B., Pareek, M., & Group, U. C. (2022). Mental Health During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study With Ethnically Diverse Healthcare Workers in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4016536
• Gogoi M, Wobi F, Qureshi I, Al-Oraibi A, Hassan O, et al. (2022) "The vaccination is positive; I don't think it's the panacea": A qualitative study on COVID-19 vaccine attitudes among ethnically diverse healthcare workers in the United Kingdom. PLOS ONE 17(9): e0273687. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273687
• Qureshi I, Gogoi M, Wobi F, Chaloner J, Al-Oraibi A, Hassan O, Pan D, Nellums LB and Pareek M (2022) Healthcare Workers From Diverse Ethnicities and Their Perceptions of Risk and Experiences of Risk Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Insights From the United Kingdom-REACH Study. Front. Med. 9:930904. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.930904
• Melbourne C, Guyatt A, Nellums L, Papineni P, Gupta A, Qureshi I et al. (2022) Mental health in a diverse sample of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analysis of the UK-REACH study. MedRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.03.22270306
• Garcia R, Qureshi I. (2021) Nurse identity: reality and media portrayal. Evid Based Nurs. 2021 Oct 7:ebnurs-2021-103480. doi: 10.1136/ebnurs-2021-103480.
• Qureshi, I. (2021) 'Health and social care inequalities in relation to ethnicity; British South Asian men and nursing careers.', in Tilley, L. (ed.) Health and Social Care Research Methods in Context; Applying Research to Practice. London: Routledge, pp. 155-173.
• Qureshi I, Garcia R, Ali N et al (2021) Understanding the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on nurses from ethnic minority backgrounds. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2021.e11645
• Ali, N., Cook, E., Qureshi, I., Sidika, T., Mahmood, S., & Waqar, M. (2021). The Collaborative Targeted Outreach Programme ( CTOP ): A Feasibility Intervention to Increase the Recruitment of ' Home Grown ' South Asians onto Nursing and Midwifery Courses. Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 18(7), 370-377.
• Qureshi, I., Ali, N. and Randhawa, G. (2020) 'British South Asian male nurses' views on the barriers and enablers to entering and progressing in nursing careers', Journal of Nursing Management, 28(4), pp. 892-902 https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13017

• Qureshi, I. et al. (2020) 'Interventions to Widen Participation for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Men into the Nursing Profession: A Scoping Review', Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 17(2), pp. 107-11

• Craig, G., Cole, B. Ali, N. and Qureshi, I. (2019) "The Missing Dimension: Where is 'Race' in Social Policy Teaching and Learning?", Social Policy Association.

• Qureshi, I., Ali, N., Hewson, D. and Randhawa, G. (2018) 'What the Numbers Tell Us: A Review of Nursing Course Applications, Acceptances and Attrition Rates for British South Asian Men' Diversity and Equality in Health and Care, 15(6) pp 247-253

• Ali, N., Qureshi, I., Sidika, T ., Mondkova A., Mahmood, S., Jan, A., Garcia, R., Cook, E., Burden, B., Reid, C and Randhawa, G. (2018) 'Barriers and enablers for UK 'home grown' South Asian prospective students choosing nursing and midwifery courses and careers', Diversity & Equality in Health & Care, 15(4) pp 190-197

• Qureshi, I. (2011) 'Resisting Racialising the Riots', Race Equality Teaching, 30 (1) pp 24-26