Browsing Public Health & Primary Care (Scholarly Publications) by Date of Publication
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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 ... -
Community Health Profiles
(World Health Organisation. Regional Office for Europe, 1998)The health and wellbeing of any population requires a holistic approach that includes the involvement of many agencies and gives ownership to the communities involved. The traditional notion of top-down delivery of health ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses.
(BioMed Central, 2005)BACKGROUND: The aim of the SPHERE study is to design, implement and evaluate tailored practice and personal care plans to improve the process of care and objective clinical outcomes for patients with established coronary ... -
Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2005)Objectives: To compare exposure to secondhand smoke and respiratory health in bar staff in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before and after the introduction of legislation for smoke-free workplaces in the ... -
Adapting developing country epidemiological assessment techniques to improve the quality of health needs assessments in developed countries
(BioMed Central, 2005)Background: We were commissioned to carry out three health assessments in urban areas of Dublin in Ireland. We required an epidemiologically robust method that could collect data rapidly and inexpensively. We were dealing ... -
The contribution of qualitative research in designing a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in two different healthcare systems
(BioMed Central, 2006)Background Developing complex interventions for testing in randomised controlled trials is of increasing importance in healthcare planning. There is a need for careful design of interventions for secondary prevention of ... -
Before and after study of bar workers' perceptions of the impact of smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland
(BioMed Central, 2007)BACKGROUND: Objectives: To compare support for, and perceptions of, the impacts of smoke-free workplace legislation among bar workers in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) pre- and post-implementation, and to identify predictors ... -
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 ... -
Development of a complex intervention to test the effectiveness of peer support in type 2 diabetes
(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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Multimorbidity in younger deprived patients: an exploratory study of research and service implications in general practice
(BioMed Central, 2008)Multimorbidity has been defined as the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions. It has a profound impact on both the individuals affected and on their use of healthcare services. The limited research to date has ... -
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 ...
