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Ten-year survival of Down syndrome births.
(1997)Objective: To determine the survival status of children with Down syndrome (DS), and to document factors influencing survival. Design: Follow-up study of cases identified from the Dublin European Register of Congenital ... -
Community Health Profiles
(World Health Organisation. Regional Office for Europe, 1998)The health and wellbeing of any population requires a holistic approach that includes the involvement of many agencies and gives ownership to the communities involved. The traditional notion of top-down delivery of health ... -
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in Irish Prisoners: prevalence and risk
(The Stationery Office, 1999)A cross sectional survey of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV prevalence in the Irish prisoner population was undertaken. The study was carried out in nine prisons, five of which had been classified as high risk and four ... -
The natural history of injecting drug use in a Dublin community (1985-1995)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2000)The number of drug users within Ireland and the European Union is increasing. It is estimated that there are about 14 thousand drug users in Ireland and a total of between 1.5 and 2 million within the European Union. Drug ... -
An evaluation of pain management post surgery
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Community Health and General Practice, 2001)Patients continue to suffer m oderate pain post surgery, much of which may be unnecessary with careful strategic pain management. The influence of routine and rituals in the management of pain is evident from the literature. ... -
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV in the Irish prisoner population : an overview of prevalence rates and risk factors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2002)Introduction: This thesis reports the estimated prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen, hepatitis C virus and HIV in two distinct prison populations. -- Objective: This thesis provides a synthesised analysis ... -
Improving equity in resource allocation in the Irish health service
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2004)Health systems worldwide are moving towards making their systems more transparent and more equitable, often due to pressure from consumers. Reforms to resource allocation systems are one attempt to do this. The nature of ... -
A Health Impact Assessment of Traffic and Transport in Ballyfermot. Dublin: Eastern Regional Health Authority
(Eastern Regional Health Authority, 2004)The World Health Organisation defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease". Using this broad definition of health, a wide range of economic, social ... -
The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses.
(BioMed Central, 2005)BACKGROUND: The aim of the SPHERE study is to design, implement and evaluate tailored practice and personal care plans to improve the process of care and objective clinical outcomes for patients with established coronary ... -
An investigation into the use of the temporal scan statistic as a monitoring tool for health impact assessment
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2005)Health impact assessment (HIA) is an important methodological development within public health. Its purpose is to ensure that health is considered as a part of all government proposals and policies. While there has been ... -
Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2005)Objectives: To compare exposure to secondhand smoke and respiratory health in bar staff in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before and after the introduction of legislation for smoke-free workplaces in the ... -
Adapting developing country epidemiological assessment techniques to improve the quality of health needs assessments in developed countries
(BioMed Central, 2005)Background: We were commissioned to carry out three health assessments in urban areas of Dublin in Ireland. We required an epidemiologically robust method that could collect data rapidly and inexpensively. We were dealing ... -
Psychosocial determinants of glycaemic control in people with type two diabetes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2006)Whilst the number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes continues to rise to epidemic proportions, there has been a more moderate rise in the acknowledgement of the psychosocial factors that play a role in the treatment ... -
The contribution of qualitative research in designing a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in two different healthcare systems
(BioMed Central, 2006)Background Developing complex interventions for testing in randomised controlled trials is of increasing importance in healthcare planning. There is a need for careful design of interventions for secondary prevention of ... -
Methodological considerations in the development of small area deprivation indices
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2007)Health inequalities exist such that people with lower incomes and poorer social conditions experience poorer health. When individual level characteristics are aggregated to an area level, the socioeconomic status or ...