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Dr. Martin McMahon (BNSc, MSc, H.Dip, PGCE, PhD) is an Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability Nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin. Martin's background is in nursing, and he is a registered nurse in the intellectual disability, children's and tutors' division. He is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Martin has worked in a variety of nursing and specialist nursing posts in Ireland and abroad. General areas include paediatric nephrology; children with life-limiting conditions; community intellectual disability nursing; psychiatry of intellectual disability (where he was an independent and supplementary prescriber), practice education and regulation. Martin's primary research area of interest is the health inequalities and inequities that people with an intellectual disability experience. The current focus of his research includes investigating cancer in people with intellectual disability and cancer care inequalities that this population face in Ireland.

Research Projects

Project Title

Exploring the Unmet Needs of Irish Cancer Patients from Underserved Communities - EuCan

From

March 2024

April 2024

Summary

Collaborating with colleagues from the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin, The Trinity St James"s Cancer Institute, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), and Queen"s University in Canada the aim of this study is to generate evidence relating to the barriers to and enablers of timely access to cancer care for underserved communities such as people over the age of 65 and those with physical and intellectual disabilities. By 2040 it is projected that 28 million cancer cases will be diagnosed annually worldwide, an increase from 18 million cases in 2020. Cancer is now the leading cause of death in Ireland. Socially excluded and underserved communities face additional access challenges that result in greater inequities across the cancer care continuum. For some specific groups which include people with intellectual and physical disabilities and those over 65, research documenting the barriers and potential enablers to increase timely access is lacking; a greater understanding of these issues is necessary and this study " funded by the Irish Cancer Society - as planned here will help identify new solutions. To address this issue, we will employ a mixed methods approach using nationally representative longitudinal data to explore cancer diagnosis and associations with vulnerability factors that lead to late-stage diagnoses. We will engage with professionals providing cancer services and directly interact with members of these underserved communities to explore issues surrounding cancer diagnosis. People from underserved communities will be at the forefront of this research, and we will explore the barriers and enablers they experience, the worries they have, and other human costs that are not frequently highlighted. This study will identify actionable measures that can be implemented to enhance access to cancer diagnosis for underserved communities.

Funding Agency

Irish Cancer Society

Project Type

Exploring the Unmet Needs of Irish Cancer Patients from Underserved Communities - EuCan

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Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details	Date From	Date To
COST ACTION: CA21123 - Cancer- Understanding Prevention in Intellectual Disabilities (CUPID)	October 2022	Present

Publications and other Research Outputs

McMahon M, Wormald A, Eustace-Cook J, McCarron M, McCallion P and Smith V, Prevalence and incidence of cancer amongst adults with intellectual disability " a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol, HRB Open, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text DOI DOI

Martin McMahon, The health needs of people with intellectual disability " an overview of key contextual issues and its influence on medical and social models of healthcare provision , Understanding Differences, Learning Disability and Autism Conference , Jersey, Channel Islands, 20/10/2023, 2023, Care College Jersey, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Martin McMahon, Phillip McCallion, Mary McCarron, An invisible population: Late-stage cancer diagnosis for people with intellectual or developmental disability, Cancer, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Martin McMahon, People with intellectual disability are often diagnosed with cancer when it is already well advanced, The Conversation, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

Vukovic, V., Banda, A., Carneiro, L., Dogan, S., Knapp, P., McMahon, M., Milutinovic, D., Soylar, P., Sykes, K., Tosun, B., Yava, A., Trajkovski, V., Wells, J., & Cuypers, M., he importance of cancer prevention policies to inform and guide preventative and screening measures for people with intellectual disabilities: The COST project "Cancer- Understanding Prevention in Intellectual Disabilities", Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Martin J McMahon , Aisling M O'Connor, Paul Dunbar, Anna Delany, Laura Behan, Carol Grogan, Laura M Keyes, Mortality in residential care facilities for people with disability: a descriptive cross-sectional analysis of statutory notifications in Ireland, BMJ Open , 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

David Morrissey, Elizabeth A. O'Donnell, Laura Behan, Martin McMahon, Laura Keyes, Definitions of serious injury in long-term residential care: a systematic review protocol, HRB Open, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

McMahon, M., Wormald, A., McCallion, P. & McCarron, M., Cancer deaths in older adults with intellectual disability in Ireland, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023 (THEconf2023): "Back to normal or forward to better? New horizons in healthcare., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin., 8th - 9th March, 2023, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED URL

Martin Mc Mahon, Andrew Wormald, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Cancer-related mortality among older people with intellectual disabilities: Results from Waves 1-4 of Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA), Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023 (THEconf2023), Dublin Ireland, 7-9th March 2023, 2023, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED

Vladimir Vukovic, Martin McMahon, Pinar Soylar, Betul Tosun, Lara Carneiro, Kate Sykes, Peter Knapp, Vladimir Trajkovski, Members of the CUPID Cancer prevention policies working group, European national cancer screening and prevention policies in relation to intellectual disabilities, 24th IPOS World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, Milan, Italy, 31-8-23 - 3-9-23, 2023, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED

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Martin McMahon, Cancer deaths in people with intellectual disability, Academic Workshop - HSC Doctorates, University of Chester, 26/5/2023, 2023, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

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