Objective: Performance measurement of health services informs safe, quality care. Key performance indicators (KPIs) offer one such measurement. Limited research exists on outcome KPIs in systemic anti‐cancer therapy ...

Objective: Marginalised populations are less likely to take part in health research, and are sometimes considered ‘easy to ignore’. We aimed to describe our approach and results of recruiting parents who experience ...

Objectives The public health impact of the Irish Making Every Contact Count (MECC) brief intervention programme is dependent on delivery by health care professionals. We aimed to identify enablers and modifiable barriers ...

Maternal smoking during pregnancy has established associations with poor perinatal outcomes. Among continuing pregnant smokers, harm-reduction strategies have been suggested, including temporary cessation of smoking during ...

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 ...

“We Can Quit2” (WCQ2) was a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial with an embedded process evaluation assessing the feasibility and acceptability of ‘We Can Quit’ (WCQ), a peer-delivered community-based stop-smoking ...

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 ...