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Health and social care near the end of life: Can policies reduce costs and improve outcomes?
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Health data to support local communities
(Trinity College Dublin, 2024)The Robert Emmet Community Development Project (CDP) highlighted community concerns with health problems among residents of Oliver Bond House, work done to describe building issues, and difficulties in having these issues ... -
Health economics made easy: guiding the initiated and uninitiated.
(2008)For many years it was a challenge in teaching health economics to find a textbook that exactly fits the needs of a class, not least because the needs of student are so diverse. To an extent, this remains the case despite ... -
A Health Impact Assessment of Traffic and Transport in Ballyfermot. Dublin: Eastern Regional Health Authority
(Eastern Regional Health Authority, 2004)The World Health Organisation defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease". Using this broad definition of health, a wide range of economic, social ... -
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in Irish Prisoners: prevalence and risk
(The Stationery Office, 1999)A cross sectional survey of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV prevalence in the Irish prisoner population was undertaken. The study was carried out in nine prisons, five of which had been classified as high risk and four ... -
"Home is wherever Hongkongers are": Narratives of emigration and exile by pro-democracy Hongkongers.
(2022)Hong Kong has seen a huge wave of emigration in recent months due to the ongoing regime repression in the city since the 2019 mass protests. As an indication, by September, 2021, 88,000 Hongkongers have submitted resettlement ... -
Hospital admission for acute pancreatitis in the Irish population, 1997-2004: could the increase be due to an increase in alcohol-related pancreatitis?
(Oxford University Press, 2007)OBJECTIVE: To investigate trends in the incidence of acute pancreatitis by examining emergency admissions to acute public hospitals over an 8-year period; to compare trends for alcohol-related pancreatitis admissions with ... -
Hospital admission for acute pancreatitis in the Irish population, 1997-2004: could the increase be due to an increase in alcohol-related pancreatitis?
(2007)Objective: To investigate trends in the incidence of acute pancreatitis by examining emergency admissions to acute public hospitals over an 8-year period; to compare trends for alcohol-related pancreatitis admissions ... -
How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol
(2022)Introduction: Smoking is harmful to human health and programmes to help people stop smoking are key public health efforts that improve individual and population health outcomes. Research shows that financial incentives ... -
How to apply social network analysis concepts in health and social care.
(Health Service Executive, 2015)In an era of evidence-based healthcare, health and social care professionals are increasingly required to rely on robust evidence to inform their decision-making, not only regarding their clinical practice, but also ... -
How to engage with stakeholders through qualitative research
(Health Service Executive, 2015)This article provides an overview of qualitative research, focusing on key methods and approaches that would be useful for conducting exploratory investigations into service delivery and organisation in health and ... -
How to match research designs to organisational issues in health and social care
(Health Service Executive, 2015)In an era of evidence-based healthcare, health and social care professionals are increasingly required to rely on robust evidence to inform their decision-making, not only regarding their clinical practice, but also ... -
"How to match research designs to organisational issues in health and social care"
(Health Service Executive, 2013-02)This paper provides an overview of the key considerations we need to take into account when deciding on a suitable research design for addressing particular service issues in health and social care, with emphasis on the ... -
'I am kind of in Stalemate'. The Experiences of Non-EU Migrant doctors in Ireland
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Identification of susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer in a genome-wide meta-analysis.
(2014)To identify common variants influencing colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, we performed a meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies, comprising 5626 cases and 7817 controls of European descent. We conducted replication ... -
Identifying strategies to maximise recruitment and retention of practices and patients in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of an intervention to optimise secondary prevention for coronary heart disease in primary care.
(BioMed Central, 2009)BACKGROUND: Recruitment and retention of patients and healthcare providers in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is important in order to determine the effectiveness of interventions. However, failure to achieve recruitment ... -
The impact of banning smoking in workplaces. What are the early effects?
(2008)Smoke-free workplace legislation reduces the exposure to second-hand smoke of both the general public and the workforce without evidence of increased exposure of children in the home. The reductions in exposure are linked ...