Browsing Administrative Staff Authors (Scholarly Publications) by Author "LAYTE, RICHARD"
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Creating a Health Promoting Environment: The Role of Food
LAYTE, RICHARD (ESRI, 2011)An analysis of international data on overweight and obesity shows Ireland in a very unflattering light. Along with the UK, Finland, Greece and the US, Ireland has some of the highest rates of adult and child obesity among ... -
Ethnic Variation in Breastfeeding and Complimentary Feeding in the Republic of Ireland
LAYTE, RICHARD (2014) -
A Good News Story About Irish Health Care
LAYTE, RICHARD (ESRI, 2011)Life expectancy for older people in Ireland has been increasing steadily since the 1980s. Despite this, Irish life expectancies for the over 65s lagged seriously behind the EU average as recently as the mid 1990s. But Irish ... -
Income-Related Inequity in the Use of GP Services: A Comparison of Ireland and Scotland
LAYTE, RICHARD; NOLAN, ANNE (ESRI, 2013-04-26)Equity of access to health care is a key component of national and international health policy. The Irish health-care system is unusual in requiring the majority of the population to pay the full cost of GP care at the ... -
Investing in Child Health and Development: The Impact of Breastfeeding on Children's School Performance
LAYTE, RICHARD (ESRI, 2011)There is now strong evidence that breastfed babies are less prone to stomach upsets, ear infections and the coughs and colds of early childhood than their bottle fed peers. There is also a growing body of evidence that ... -
Should We Be Worried About Income Inequality in Ireland?
LAYTE, RICHARD (ESRI, 2011)Despite the recession Ireland remains a country with relatively high income inequality. Ireland sits just behind the UK near the top of the inequality rankings in Europe behind the Baltic and Southern European states. Is ... -
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Child Health in Ireland
LAYTE, RICHARD; NOLAN, ANNE (ESRI, 2013-04-26)There is extensive empirical evidence on the link between socio-economic status (SES) and child health outcomes. However, there is some international evidence that the SES gradient in child health is weaker for objective ...