Browsing Public Health & Primary Care (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Not really a smoker? A study on the prevalence of and attitudes to occasional social smoking in a third level institution in Ireland
(2021)Background: Occasional smoking is defined as any smoking occurring on a less than daily basis. Social smoking, i.e. smoking primarily in social contexts, is a sub-group of occasional smoking. Data on occasional cigarette ... -
Of Remedies and Poisons: Recreational Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in the Social Imagination of South African Carers.
(2010)During an ethnographic study of barriers to, and compliance with, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in South Africa's West Coast region, our team came across a general sense amongst healthcare providers that there was a lively ... -
On the incorporation of universal human rights values into an "everyday" healthcare ethics: a spiritual perspective
(2021)Background: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in Geneva in December 1948 has been part of a key set of documents framing universal human rights values and informing ethical practices in many spheres. Legal ... -
Optimisation of Healthcare Contracts: Tensions Between Standardisation and Innovation Comment on "Competition in Healthcare: Good, Bad or Ugly?".
(2015)An important determinant of health system performance is contracting. Providers often respond to financial incentives, despite the ethical underpinnings of medicine, and payers can craft contracts to influence performance. ... -
Optimizing Data to Integrate Health and Social Care in Dublin 8- A SMART D8 PROJECT
(SMART D8 and Trinity College Dublin, 2022)Optimizing Data to Integrate Health and Social Care in Dublin 8 is a Smart D8- funded project that aims to maximise health and wellbeing in D8 by optimising use of healthcare data. It brings together local and national ... -
Out-of-pocket costs near end of life in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
(2022)Background Globally, there is a rise in chronic disease, including cancer, major organ failure and dementias. Patients and their families in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pay a high proportion of medical costs ... -
Peer support for patients with type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial.
(2011)OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of peer support for patients with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN: Cluster randomised controlled. SETTING: 20 general practices in the east of the Republic of Ireland. PARTICIPANTS: 395 ... -
Peer support in type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial in primary care with parallel economic and qualitative analyses: pilot study and protocol
(BioMed Central, 2007)Background Diabetes is a chronic illness, which requires the individual to assume responsibility for their own care with the aim of maintaining glucose and blood pressure levels as close to normal as possible. Traditionally ... -
Peer-Delivery of a Gender-Specific Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women Living in Disadvantaged Communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
(2022)Introduction: The We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) pilot trial assessed the feasibility of ‘We Can Quit’ (WCQ), a community-based stop-smoking programme delivered by trained community facilitators, based on the socio-ecological framework ... -
A Peer-Led Survey of Student Alcohol Behaviours and Attitudes in Undergraduate Students
(2021)Background: This study examines Irish undergraduate students’ behaviours and motives regarding alcohol consumption. The study explores both levels and patterns of consumption. Method: A cross-sectional design using a ... -
Plain packaging of tobacco products: Lessons for the next round of implementing countries
(2020)Plain packaging addresses the obligations to implement effective packaging and labelling measures under Article 11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and to comprehensively ban tobacco advertising, ... -
Plasma Vitamin D Concentration Influences Survival Outcome After a Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer
(2014)PURPOSE: We investigated whether the plasma level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) influences survival outcome. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We prospectively studied 1,598 patients ... -
Policy brief We Can Quit2 Trial
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Population Health Management. A Position Paper
(Health Service Executive, 2022)Population Health Management (PHM) is the concept of aggregating population data with data from multiple care and service settings, the analysis of that data into a single, actionable patient record, and using the insights ... -
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical effectiveness, safety, adherence and risk compensation in all populations.
(2022)Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of the effectiveness and safety of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV. Methods: Databases (PubMed, ... -
The PRESTO report. Sustainability and Resilience in the Irish Health System
(Trinity College Dublin/London School of Economics/Partnership for Health System Sustainability & re, 2023)The recovery of the Irish health system from the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for reflection and learning. COVID-19 has tested health systems in the extreme and spotlighted long- standing weaknesses. This ...
