Trauma-responsive approaches for children with adverse childhood experiences, including youth violence
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 8 June 2026
Fellow's Profile
Ruth Oshikanlu
Fellow's Profile
Ruth Oshikanlu
Trauma-informed care: what happened to you?
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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Building a toolkit for health professionals to support young people with adverse childhood experiences
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2019
- Supported by
- Locality
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London
Contact
Biography
I am a nurse, midwife and health visitor, passionate about outcomes for children and families and reducing health inequalities. I have expertise in the delivery of projects that meet the needs of vulnerable and socially excluded groups, including pregnant women with HIV, pregnant teenagers and teenage parents, families of children subject to child protection plans, and young people living in deprived London boroughs. I am a regular columnist in numerous national healthcare journals, a guest lecturer at several universities and a speaker at conferences. I am the author of Tune In To Your Baby: Because Babies Don't Come with an Instruction Manual. I am a Queen's Nurse, a Fellow of The Institute of Health Visiting and a Fellow of The Royal College of Nursing. I was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year 2019 Honours List for services to community nursing, children and families. I am also Curator of Nurses and Midwives Talk on Facebook.
My Fellowship focused on trauma-informed approaches to care in response to adverse childhood experiences.
Ideas
Activity
February 2022 Fellows' update: Ruth Oshikanlu
Nurse Dr Ruth Oshikanlu (CF 2019) has launched a new website, Nurses and Midwives Talk, this month, featuring the conversations she’s had with healthcare workers during the pandemic. The project was inspired by Ruth’s Fellowship, which explored trauma-informed approaches to care.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 28 February 2022
September 2021 Fellows' update: Ruth Oshikanlu
Nurse Ruth Oshikanlu (CF 2019) took part in an online event as part of the Northern and Yorkshire and the Humber Royal College of Nursing #present365 series on diversity and inclusion on 17 September. Ruth’s Fellowship explored support for young people with adverse childhood experiences.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 30 September 2021
April 2021 Fellow's update: Ruth Oshikanlu
The Covid-19 Action Fund project set up by nurse Dr Ruth Oshikanlu has been highlighted in the Burdett Trust for Nursing newsletter this month. Ruth’s project provides frontline health and social care staff from minoritised racial backgrounds with culturally and spiritually sensitive psychological support.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 30 April 2021
January 2021 Fellow's update: Ruth Oshikanlu
Nurse Dr Ruth Oshikanlu (CF 2019) was interviewed by online magazine We Are The City about the mentoring work she is doing with nurses and midwives from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, in an article published this month. Ruth’s Fellowship explored support for young people with adverse childhood experiences.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 31 January 2021
Mental health support for healthcare workers from minoritised racial backgrounds
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 7 October 2020
Acknowledgements
Australian Childhood Foundation; East Bay Area for Children; Edith Cowan University; Greater Richmond SCAN; Susan Wakil School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Sydney
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Activity
February 2022 Fellows' update: Ruth Oshikanlu
Nurse Dr Ruth Oshikanlu (CF 2019) has launched a new website, Nurses and Midwives Talk, this month, featuring the conversations she’s had with healthcare workers during the pandemic. The project was inspired by Ruth’s Fellowship, which explored trauma-informed approaches to care.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 28 February 2022
September 2021 Fellows' update: Ruth Oshikanlu
Nurse Ruth Oshikanlu (CF 2019) took part in an online event as part of the Northern and Yorkshire and the Humber Royal College of Nursing #present365 series on diversity and inclusion on 17 September. Ruth’s Fellowship explored support for young people with adverse childhood experiences.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 30 September 2021
April 2021 Fellow's update: Ruth Oshikanlu
The Covid-19 Action Fund project set up by nurse Dr Ruth Oshikanlu has been highlighted in the Burdett Trust for Nursing newsletter this month. Ruth’s project provides frontline health and social care staff from minoritised racial backgrounds with culturally and spiritually sensitive psychological support.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 30 April 2021
January 2021 Fellow's update: Ruth Oshikanlu
Nurse Dr Ruth Oshikanlu (CF 2019) was interviewed by online magazine We Are The City about the mentoring work she is doing with nurses and midwives from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, in an article published this month. Ruth’s Fellowship explored support for young people with adverse childhood experiences.
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 31 January 2021
Mental health support for healthcare workers from minoritised racial backgrounds
By Ruth Oshikanlu, 7 October 2020
Acknowledgements
Australian Childhood Foundation; East Bay Area for Children; Edith Cowan University; Greater Richmond SCAN; Susan Wakil School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Sydney
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
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