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We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland: a study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial
(2019)Background: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland with almost 6000 smokers dying each year from smoking-related diseases. The ‘We Can Quit2’ (WCQ2) study is a pilot pragmatic two-arm, ... -
The We Can Quit2 Smoking Cessation Trial: Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination Following a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach
(2022)Background: 'We Can Quit2' pilot randomised controlled trial determined the feasibility [of conducting a community-based trial of We Can Quit, a peer-delivered stop-smoking programme (group support, combination nicotine ... -
What do you think Dr Google? An Assessment of Online Information Concerning Smoking in Pregnancy
(2019)Introduction: Continuing to smoke during pregnancy remains a significant public health concern today. While health professionals offer advice and guidance, pregnant women increasingly look to other sources of information ... -
What influences where they seek care? Caregivers' preferences for under-five child healthcare services in urban slums of Malawi: A discrete choice experiment
(2018)Access to and utilisation of quality healthcare promotes positive child health outcomes. However, to be optimally utilised, the healthcare system needs to be responsive to the expectations of the population it serves. ... -
What parents think about weaning. An island of Ireland study
(Safefood, 2018)The overall aim of this study was to investigate parents’ knowledge, attitudes and practices around weaning their infant to solid foods, with a focus on families who are at an economic or social disadvantage. The study ... -
Work like a Doc: A comparison of regulations on residents' working hours in 14 high-income countries
(2023)Background: Medical residents work long, continuous hours. Working in conditions of extreme fatigue has adverse effects on the quality and safety of care, and on residents' quality of life. Many countries have attempted ... -
Writing Henry: The moralities of representation
(2011)Extreme human suffering and death has the potential to bring about a paralysing discomfiture, not merely about situations witnessed, but about how they should be represented. Should it be enough to tell the story, free ... -
Young people in drug treatment: their views on substance use - aetiology, trajectory, parents? role in drug use and coping skills.
(2015)Objectives: The aim of the current study was to gain insight into the process of initiation and progression to problematic use among young people who reach clinically significant levels of substance use requiring ...
