Browsing Public Health & Primary Care (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking
(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 ... -
Ten-year survival of Down syndrome births.
(1997)Objective: To determine the survival status of children with Down syndrome (DS), and to document factors influencing survival. Design: Follow-up study of cases identified from the Dublin European Register of Congenital ... -
A theory-based multicomponent intervention to reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in professional male workers : protocol for a cluster randomised crossover pilot feasibility study
(2020)Background: Prolonged sitting, a significant risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality, is accumulated mostly in the workplace. There is limited research targeting specific at-risk populations to reduce occupational ... -
Time for complete transparency about conflicts of interest in public health nutrition research [version 2; peer review: 2 approved].
(2019)We are a group of researchers and academics with decades of experience in the protection and promotion of public health. We are writing to raise our concerns about how conflicts of interest are reported in public ... -
Time trends in the incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Israel, 1994-2013
(2017)Objectives: The aims of this study were to compare time trends in ovarian cancer incidence and mortality in populations with (1) similar genetics but different health care systems (Ireland and Northern Ireland [NI]) and ... -
Understanding Change in Complex Health Systems -a review of the literature on change management and social care 2007 - 2017
(2018)A review of the change management literature underpinning the Health Services Executive (HSE) formal Change Guide, People's Needs Defining Change - Health Services Change Guide (2018) Organisation Development and Design, ... -
Understanding How Incentives Influence Motivation and Retention of Health Workers
(IGI Global, 2011)A critical factor in addressing the human resources crisis in low and middle income countries (LMIC) is the ability to recruit, motivate and retain health workers. Failure in this area is one of the main causes of decline ... -
The usability and applicability of knowledge translation theories, models, and frameworks for research in the context of a national health service
(2021)Background: Translating research findings into service improvements for patients and/or policy changes is a key challenge for health service organizations. The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland launched the Action ... -
Vitamin D and multiple health outcomes: umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies and randomised trials.
(2014)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the breadth, validity, and presence of biases of the associations of vitamin D with diverse outcomes. DESIGN: Umbrella review of the evidence across systematic reviews and meta-analyses of ... -
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 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. ... -
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 ...
