Browsing Public Health & Primary Care (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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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 ... -
Usability and applicability of research knowledge translation models in a national health service
(2021)The Health Service Executive in Ireland aims to facilitate the translation of research and innovation into policy and practice and increase dissemination of research. Previous HSE surveys showed that a high volume of ... -
Use of a Living Lab approach to implement a smoke-free campus policy
(2023)While universities have increasingly become tobacco-/smoke-free, to our knowledge, no campus has reported 100% policy compliance. Innovative approaches to encourage compliance and ongoing data collection are needed. This ... -
Use of Cancer Registry data to aid resource allocation for service planning
(Health Service Executive, 2019)The health system delivers preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative interventions through a combination of public health actions and health improvement activities and facilities that deliver personal health ... -
A Vision for Population Health Management to Support Integrated Care
(2022)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, using the insights gained to identify their specific ... -
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 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 ...
