Peter Keogh BA MA PhD

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Dr Peter Keogh is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the department of Social and Environmental Health (SEHR). He is also Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health at the School of Health and Social Care, University of Greenwich.  Peter has more than 20 years’ experience of applied and community based research in the area of HIV and Sexual Health.

Previously, Peter was Research Director and Acting Head of the Families and Children Research Unit at the National Centre for Social Research. Prior to this, he led on qualitative research at Sigma Research.

Peter’s interests lie in the areas of sexual risk and intimacy amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) as well as social care and social support issues for people with HIV. He also has specialist expertise in qualitative and mixed –methods approaches and complex evaluations.

Affiliation

Research

Principle Investigator/Co- Director

Feasibility work for the development and testing of a clinic-based sexual health intervention for people with HIV (National Institute of Health Research).

 

Testing guidance on HIV testing for men who have sex with men (MSM) (National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence).

 

Randomised  controlled trial evaluation of the Teens and Toddlers teenage pregnancy programme (Department for Education).

 

Development of living well framework for people with HIV in England (Department of Health).

Assessing the social support needs of people living with HIV over 50 years old in Bristol (Brigstowe Project).

 

Selected Publications

  

Bourne, A., Dodds, C., Keogh, P. (2011) Perceptions of superinfection risk among gay men with diagnosed HIV who have unprotected anal intercourse.Int J STD AIDS 2011;22:190-193

 

-Keogh, P., Jessiman, P., Sorhaindo, A., Bonnell, C. (2011). Process Evaluation of the Intensive Teens and Toddlers Teenage Pregnancy Programme. London: Department for Education.

 

-Keogh, P., Dodds, C., Weatherburn, P. (2011). Testing Guidance on HIV Testing for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM). London: National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence.

 

-Kazimirski, A., Keogh, P., Kumari, V., Smith,  R., Gowland, S., Purdon, S., Khanum, N, (2009) Forced marriage – prevalence and service response. London: DCSF.

Forced

-Keogh, P., Reid, D., Bourne, A., Weatherburn, A., Hickson, F. (2009) Wasted opportunities: problematic alcohol and drug use among gay men and bisexual men. London: Sigma Research.

 

-Keogh, P. ,Azad, Y., Carter, M., Crafer, E., Morley, C., Nkwenti, P., Nutland, W., Pebody, R., Reynolds, R., Summerside, J., Weatherburn, P. (2009) Framework for better living with HIV in England. London: Sigma Research and Terrence Higgins Trust.

 

-Keogh, P. (2008) How to be a healthy homosexual: HIV health promotion and the social regulation of gay men in the UK. Journal of Homosexuality, 55(4):581-605

 

-Keogh, P. (2008) Morality, responsibility and risk: Negative gay men's perceived proximity to HIV. AIDS Care, 20(5): 576 – 581

 

-Bonell, C, Weatherburn, P, Rhodes T, Hickson F, Keogh P, Elford J (2008) Addressing gay men’s use of methamphetamine and other substances Addiction Research & Theory, 2008, 16(5): 417-420.

 

-Dodds C, Hammond G, Weatherburn P, Keogh P, (2008) Homosexually active men’s views on criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission are related to HIV prevention need AIDS Care, 2008, 20(5): 509 - 514.

 

 

Research areas

  • Evaluation
  • Health promotion
  • Sexual health

Disciplines

  • Sociology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Sexually transmitted disease
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