Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Southampton's School of Health Sciences.
I am an experienced Specialist Community Public Health Nurse who has completed additional Family Nurse training. The Family Nurse programmme is an evidence based intensive home visiting programme for young parents aged 24 and under.
My background is in nursing education as an experienced lecturer at both the University of Southampton and the University of Portsmouth.
My clinical background is as an adult nurse, health visitor, specialist safeguarding nurse and family nurse supervisor including experience in a multiagency safeguarding team. My safeguarding experience includes that within Health Visiting, as well as working at Tier 4 of Children's Services (Child Protection/Child in Need), raising awareness of MET (missing, exploitation and trafficking) issues and working alongside children affected by MET.
I am passionate about public health and early intervention.
Mancz, G. (2022) Longitudinal analysis of predictors of sleep disturbances in the early years of life. PhD thesis. University of Portsmouth
Buttery, J. and Mancz, G. (2022) Fathers’ emotional challenges and barriers to supporting breastfeeding initiation and duration. Journal of Health Visiting, 10(11), pp.468-478.
Mancz, G., Stores, R., Dean, T. & Helps, S. (2021, September 21-22) Sleep ecology and parental perceptions of sleep in 5-to 10-month-old infants: an observational population-based cohort study. iHV 6th Evidence-based practice conference, "Looking ahead to a fairer future" conference, UK.
Mancz, Gilly and Wigley, Wendy (2019) Long-term impact of techniques used to manage sleep disturbance in the under-5s: a rapid systematic review. Journal of Health Visiting, 7 (4), 180-194.
Brenchley, D. & Mancz, G. (2019) What outcomes should be measured to evaluate the benefits of exercise for maternal mental health? Journal of Health Visiting, 7(9).
Mancz, G. (2018) Supporting parents with sleep disturbances in the under-5s. Journal of Health Visiting, 6(6), pp.280-288.
Mancz, G. and Wigley, W. (2018) The impact of sleep training on the mother-child relationship. In: 38th Annual Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology Conference at University of Lodz, 11 - 12 September 2018, Lodz, Poland.
Tanner, M., Mancz, G., Ryder, I., Hamilton, C. and Allen, C. (2018) SC21 The use of participatory forum theatre in supporting undergraduate student nurses' awareness of the role of the multidisciplinary team in the discharge planning process. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(A30).
Revell-Smith, Y., Mancz, G., Ryder, I., Hamilton, C. and Harris, K. (2018) SC33 Designing a programme of person centred simulation for large numbers of undergraduate nursing students. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 4(A30).
Mancz, G. and Wigley, W. (2017) Long-term outcomes of techniques used to manage sleep disturbance in the under-5s. Journal of Health Visiting, 5(1), pp.16-24.