Browsing Public Health & Primary Care (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Prevalence of smoking among bar workers prior to the Republic of Ireland smokefree workplace legislation
(2008)Background Few studies have examined smoking behaviour among bar workers, an occupational group traditionally exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke. This study set out to: (1) establish baseline prevalence of smoking ... -
Prevalence, predictors and perinatal outcomes of peri-conceptional alcohol exposure-retrospective cohort study in an urban obstetric population in Ireland
(2011)Background: Evidence-based advice on alcohol consumption is required for pregnant women and women planning a pregnancy. Our aim was to investigate the prevalence, predictors and perinatal outcomes associated with ... -
Primary care and youth mental health in Ireland: qualitative study in deprived urban areas.
(2013)Background: Mental disorders account for six of the 20 leading causes of disability worldwide with a very high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in youth aged 15-24 years. However, healthcare professionals are faced with ... -
Primary medical care in Irish prisons
(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 ... -
Primary medical care in Irish prisons
(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 ... -
Problem alcohol use among problem drug users in primary care: a qualitative study of what patients think about screening and treatment
(2013)Background: Problem alcohol use is common and associated with considerable adverse outcomes among patients who attend primary care in Ireland and other European countries for opiate substitution treatment. This paper aims ... -
Proportion of deaths in hospital in European countries: trends and associations from panel data (2005–2017)
(2021)Background: End-of-life care attracts major policy interest. Place of death is an important metric of individual experience and health system performance. Most people prefer to die at home, but hospital is the most common ... -
"Managed competition" for Ireland? The single versus multiple payer debate.
(2014)Background A persistent feature of international health policy debate is whether a single-payer or multiple-payer system can offer superior performance. In Ireland, a major reform proposal is the introduction of ‘managed ... -
A Rapid Realist Review of Group Psychological First Aid for Humanitarian Workers and Volunteers
(2021)Humanitarian workers are at an elevated risk of occupational trauma exposure and its associated psychological consequences, and experience increased levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ... -
Recruiting `hard to reach¿ parents for health promotion research: experiences from a qualitative study
(2021)Objective: Marginalised populations are less likely to take part in health research, and are sometimes considered ‘easy to ignore’. We aimed to describe our approach and results of recruiting parents who experience ... -
Retention of health workers in Malawi: perspectives of health workers and district management.
(2009)Background Shortage of human resources is a major problem facing Malawi, where more than 50% of the population lives in rural areas. Most of the district health services are provided by clinical health officers specially ... -
Review of the Implementation of the 2001 Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care as it relates to Adult Palliative Care
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Shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in management of long term conditions
(2017)Background Shared care has been used in the management of many chronic conditions with the assumption that it delivers better care than primary or specialty care alone; however, little is known about the effectiveness of ... -
Shared Decision Making Needs a Communication Record
(ACM, 2013)Increasing dependability in collaboration work among health professionals will directly improve patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. Our research examines the development of a shared visual display to facilitate ... -
SMAD7 variant rs4939827 is associated with colorectal cancer risk in Croatian population.
(2013)Background Twenty common genetic variants have been associated with risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in genome wide association studies to date. Since large differences between populations exist, generalisability ... -
Smoking cessation programmes for women living in disadvantaged communities, We Can Quit 2 : A systematic review protocol
(2019)Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland with almost 6,000 smokers dying each year from smoking-related diseases. Amongst younger Irish women, smoking rates are considerably higher in those from ... -
The SOS-framework (Systems of Sedentary behaviours): An international transdisciplinary consensus framework for the study of determinants, research priorities and policy on sedentary behaviour across the life course: A DEDIPAC-study
(2016)Background: Ecological models are currently the most used approaches to classify and conceptualise determinants of sedentary behaviour, but these approaches are limited in their ability to capture the complexity of and ... -
Spatial Variation in General Medical Services Income in Dublin General Practitioners
(2011)The general medical services (GMS) scheme provides care free at the point of use for the 30% most economically deprived section of the population and the elderly. Almost all people of over-70-year olds are eligible for the ...
