Conferences
Presented:
Extended education and the impact on parenting decisions for teenaged women. Route to social mobility or milestone to adulthood? Generations, socialisation, and adult identity. A BSA Early Career Event. Thursday 13 September 2018, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Reconceiving teenage mothers’ repeat pregnancies. Psychology of Women and Equalities Section Conference, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor. July 2018.
Social Norms and Culture: Honoring Experiences and Perspectives Healthy Teen Network. 2017. Conference October 2-4, 2017
Baltimore, Maryland Round table discussion: 'Presenting the good father'; teen mothers' assets view of their babyfather's involvement in family life, a wise approach to encouraging growth as a family.
‘Why do I always become pregnant when I’m on the pill?’ Embodied resistance, legitimising stories – how contemporary expectations for teen-age silence teen mothers’ desire for motherhood
Mother Figures and Representations of Motherhood in English-speaking Societies. Tours, France. April 2017.
Embodied resistance, legitimising stories; silencing the voiced desire for motherhood in the teenage years. BPS Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference, July 2016.
Teenaged pregnancy: losing a pregnancy, an incentive toward rapid repeat pregnancy? 4th Annual Doctoral Research Conference, City University. April 2016.
Embodied resistance, legitimising stories; how teenage women describe their pregnancy decisions from abortion to motherhood. Motherhood and Culture. International and Interdisciplinary Conference, Maynooth University, Ireland. June 2015.
Embodied resistance, legitimising stories; how teenage women describe their pregnancy decisions from abortion to motherhood. 5th Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium, City University, March 2015.
‘How exactly is this a piece of feminist research?’ Articulating a feminist methodological approach to qualitative research. 3rd Annual Doctoral Research Conference, City University, April 2015.
Relational poems – a means to highlight the polyphony within narrative; exploring the decision-making context of young women’s pregnancy stories. ‘Troubling Narratives: Identity Matters’ The Institute for Research in Citizenship and Applied Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield. June 2014.
Relational poems – a means to highlight the polyphony within narrative; exploring the decision-making context of young women’s pregnancy stories. 2nd Annual Doctoral Research Conference, City University, April 2014.
Relational poems – a means to highlight the polyphony within narrative; exploring the decision-making context of young women’s pregnancy stories. 4th Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium. City University, March 2014.
Challenges in choosing research methodologies (as a novice researcher). Methodological Choices and Challenges. LCSS Phd Conference. April 2013.
Challenges in choosing research methodologies (as a novice researcher). Annual Doctoral Student Conference, City University, April 2013.
Posters:
Khanam, H. (Bekaert, S) 2016. Benefits and Barriers to Nurse’s use of Paediatric Early Warning Scores. Capital Nurse Conference, London, UK.
Aktar, N. Ashworth, K. Moriarty, S, (Bekaert, S). 2016. Facilitating independence: Developing visual aids to support young women with learning needs in managing their hygiene. Children’s Nursing Conference: “Working Together”, University of Hertfordshire, UK.
Bekaert, S and SmithBattle, L. Taking the Plunge into Metasynthesis: first steps in developing a database of qualitative studies on teen pregnancy and parenting. Qualitative Health Research Conference, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology. University of Alberta. October 2015, Halifax, Canada.
Other experience
Sept 2014 – May 2017 | City, University of London | Lecturer Child Health |
Dec 2015 – to date | Oxford University Foundation Hospital Trust | Specialist Nurse |
Dec 2011- Feb 2013 | City and Hackney Primary Care Trust/Homerton Hospital | Designated Nurse for Looked After Children |
March 07 – to August 2015 | City and Hackney Primary Care Trust/Homerton Hospital | Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Children and Families Department) |
Sept 06 – March 07 | Margaret Pyke Centre for Women’s Health | Senior Practitioner |
Aug 02 – Sept 06 | City and Hackney Primary Care Trust | Lead Nurse for Young People’s Service; incorporating a 6 month secondment in Homerton Department of Sexual Health |
Dec 01 – Aug 02 | Statham Grove Surgery | Practice Nurse |
March 00 – Dec 01 | City and Hackney Primary Care Trust | Community Paediatric Nurse, Lower Clapton Health Centre |
March 99-March 00 | Homerton Hospital | Staff Nurse Starlight Children Unit |
1995-1996 | Tear Fund Overseas Relief and Development Organisation | London |