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Dr Karen Lorimer (BA (Hons), MPhil, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA) is a Reader in Social Science and Health, in the School of Health & Life Sciences. She is a medical sociologist, interested in sexual health, sexual wellbeing, masculinities, capability approach and gender-based violence.
Karen is an active member of the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Research Group and the Justice, Violence and Gender Research Group. She is a member of the Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses, and is a member of the Scottish Government's National Monitoring and Research Group (NMRG).
She runs the Sexual Health Research Network, and twitter @SHRN_UK with a popular podcast series and has her own site www.karenlorimer.com @KLO_12 She is a member of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA).
Karen completed the PGCert in Academic Practice in 2008 and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is now alumni of both the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Young Academy of Scotland (2011-2016) and Global Young Academy (2013-2018).
Keywords
- Medicine and Health
- Gender-based violence
- Sexual health
- Gender and Sexuality
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How men and women learn about sex: multi-generational perspectives on insufficient preparedness and prevailing gender norms in Scotland
Patterson (nee Martin), S., McDaid, L., Hunt, K., Hilton, S., Flowers, P., McMillan, L., Milne, D. & Lorimer, K., Jul 2020, In : Sex Education. 20, 4, p. 441-456 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Improving the health and social wellbeing of young people: exploring the potential of and for collective agency
Lorimer, K., Knight, R. & Shoveller, J., 1 Jul 2020, In : Critical Public Health. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Absence of holistic sexual health understandings among men and women in deprived areas of Scotland: qualitative Study
McDaid, L., Hunt, K., McMillan, L., Russell, S., Milne, D., Ilett, R. & Lorimer, K., 12 Mar 2019, In : BMC Public Health. 19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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A rapid review of sexual wellbeing definitions and measures: should we now include sexual wellbeing freedom?
Lorimer, K., DeAmicis, L., Dalrymple, J., Frankis, J., Jackson, L. J., Lorgelly, P., McMillan, L. & Ross, J., 2 Sep 2019, In : Journal of Sex Research. 56, 7, p. 843-853 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Measuring experience and outcomes in patients reporting sexual violence who attend a healthcare setting: a systematic review
Caswell, R. J., Ross, J. D. C. & Lorimer, K., 20 Aug 2019, In : Sexually Transmitted Infections. 95, 6, p. 419-427 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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