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Checking the weight of children in general practice
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2015)Childhood overweight is a serious health concern. Checking the weight of the child can be done in the primary care setting, where GPs have the opportunity to check the weight of children attending for routine care.It is ... -
From the inside out : an idiographic account of the policy making process that produced the Irish work place smoking ban
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2015)This research goes inside the black box of the civil service policy making world, revealing the processes, procedures, engagements and exchanges that occur when a national policy is being developed, and identifying the ... -
The chronic ills of multimorbidity : a cross-sectional examination of the prevalence, patterns and factors associated with multimorbidity in the Irish population aged 50 years and over and its corresponding impact on health and social care utilisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2013)Multimorbidity predicts many adverse health outcomes, placing a heavy burden on the individual as well as population health. It has clear implications for current healthcare provision and with the projected ageing of the ... -
The distribution and determinants of home-based social care utilisation in older people : Irish and comparative perspectives
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2012)The demand for home-based long-term care Is expected to grow as our population ages. This thesis aimed to address current knowledge deficits related to the distribution and determinants of home-based social care utilisation ... -
Modelling the cost-effectiveness of cancer prevention : reframing models to better match policy questions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2013)This thesis comprises six papers concerning methodological issues in cost- effectiveness analysis (CEA) of healthcare interventions. The unifying theme to these studies is the reframing of CEAs to better correspond to the ...
