Browsing School of Medicine by Author "DARKER, CATHERINE"
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Chronic disease management in general practice: results from a national study.
DARKER, CATHERINE (2012)The aim of this study was to provide baseline data on chronic disease management (CDM) provision in Irish general practice (GP). The survey instrument was previously used in a study of primary care physicians in 11 countries, ... -
Chronic Disease Management in Ireland: Perspectives from patients and clinical stakeholders- implications and recommendations for the Irish healthcare system
WHISTON, LUCY; DARKER, CATHERINE (Adelaide Health Foundation, 2015) -
Delayed prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: Use of information leaflets
DARKER, CATHERINE (2013)The appropriate prescribing of antibiotics is a challenge in primary care. We performed an interventional trial to determine if providing an information leaflet on antibiotics with a delayed antibiotic prescription influenced ... -
Health assets and needs assessment (HANA) in Tallaght, 2014
DARKER, CATHERINE (2015) -
Insights and Concerns of Patients and GPs Regarding Introduction of Universal Health Insurance in Ireland
DARKER, CATHERINE (2015)The implementation of a universal health insurance (UHI) model is a key political policy in Ireland. The objective here was to determine the understanding of general practitioners (GPs) and patients regarding UHI, its ... -
Integrated healthcare in Ireland - a critical analysis and a way forward.
DARKER, CATHERINE (2013) -
A national survey of chronic disease management by Irish hospital based consultants
DARKER, CATHERINE (2014) -
A national survey of chronic disease management by practice nurses in Ireland
DARKER, CATHERINE (2014) -
A national survey of chronic disease management in Irish general practice
O'DOWD, THOMAS; O'KELLY, FERGUS; DARKER, CATHERINE (Department of Public Health and Primary Care, TCD, 2011) -
Non-attendance at counselling therapy in cocaine-using methadone-maintained patients: lessons learnt from an abandoned randomised controlled trial
DARKER, CATHERINE; KELLY, ALAN; BARRY, JOSEPH (2012)BACKGROUND: Recently, the authors commenced a randomised controlled trial to study the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural coping skills (CBCS) to reduce cocaine usage in methadone-maintained patients' in a clinical ... -
The patients' perspective - a survey of chronic disease management in Ireland
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Primary medical care in Irish prisons
ALLWRIGHT, SHANE PATRICIA ANN; DARKER, CATHERINE; BARRY, JOSEPH; O'DOWD, THOMAS (BioMed Central, 2010)BACKGROUND: An industrial dispute between prison doctors and the Irish Prison Service (IPS) took place in 2004. Part of the resolution of that dispute was that an independent review of prison medical and support services ... -
A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking
BARRY, JOSEPH; ALLWRIGHT, SHANE; SMYTH, BOBBY; DARKER, CATHERINE (2010)Background: Irish teenagers demonstrate high rates of drunkenness and there has been a progressive fall in age of first drinking in recent decades. International research indicates that parents exert substantial influence ...