Browsing by Author "BARRY, JOSEPH"
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Behavioural change in relation to alcohol exposure in early pregnancy and impact on perinatal outcomes--a prospective cohort study.
MURPHY, DEIRDRE; BARRY, JOSEPH (2013)Background There has been limited research addressing whether behavioural change in relation to alcohol exposure in pregnancy results in better perinatal outcomes. Methods A cohort study of 6725 women who booked for ... -
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in Irish Prisoners: prevalence and risk
BARRY, JOSEPH; ALLWRIGHT, SHANE PATRICIA ANN (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 ... -
Non-attendance at counselling therapy in cocaine-using methadone-maintained patients: lessons learnt from an abandoned randomised controlled trial
DARKER, CATHERINE; KELLY, ALAN; BARRY, JOSEPH (2012)BACKGROUND: Recently, the authors commenced a randomised controlled trial to study the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural coping skills (CBCS) to reduce cocaine usage in methadone-maintained patients' in a clinical ... -
Ordered polyhedral foams in tubes with circular, triangular and square cross-section
TOBIN, STEVEN; HUTZLER, STEFAN; BARRY, JOSEPH; MEAGHER, AARON (2011)Soap bubbles of equal volume readily crystallize as ordered polyhedral foam structures when introduced into tubes whose width is of the same order as the bubble diameter. In the past a large number of these structures have ... -
Prevalence, predictors and perinatal outcomes of peri-conceptional alcohol exposure-retrospective cohort study in an urban obstetric population in Ireland
MURPHY, DEIRDRE; MULLALLY, AOIFE; BARRY, JOSEPH (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 medical care in Irish prisons
ALLWRIGHT, SHANE PATRICIA ANN; DARKER, CATHERINE; BARRY, JOSEPH; O'DOWD, THOMAS (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 ... -
A prospective cohort study of alcohol exposure in early and late pregnancy within an urban population in Ireland
BARRY, JOSEPH; MURPHY, DEIRDRE (2014)Most studies of alcohol consumption in pregnancy have looked at one time point only, often relying on recall. The aim of this longitudinal study was to determine whether alcohol consumption changes in early and late pregnancy ... -
A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking
BARRY, JOSEPH; ALLWRIGHT, SHANE; SMYTH, BOBBY; DARKER, CATHERINE (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 ...