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Health care delivery, access and utilisation in emerging communities and urban slums of south west Nigeria
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2014)
In Nigeria, over 60 percent of the population lack access to modern health care facilities. Low access and effective utilisation even where available, are affected by inadequate health workforce, low quality of care, ...
The chronic ills of multimorbidity : a cross-sectional examination of the prevalence, patterns and factors associated with multimorbidity in the Irish population aged 50 years and over and its corresponding impact on health and social care utilisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2013)
Multimorbidity predicts many adverse health outcomes, placing a heavy burden on the individual as well as population health. It has clear implications for current healthcare provision and with the projected ageing of the ...
Alcohol intervention programme in a sporting setting : a cluster randomised trial to evaluate a setting-based alcohol intervention programme in the GAA
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2010)
The link between alcohol and sport is pervasive in many countries, including Ireland, but there is a dearth of information on alcohol use among amateur sporting organisations in Ireland and internationally. A cluster ...
Development of an adjusted scan statistic for the efficient detection of road collision 'hot spots' along the road network in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2012)
Road traffic collisions impose a major burden on society, thus there is a real incentive for inter-sectoral collaboration when decisions and policies are being formulated. This research is set in the context of the latest ...
Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV in the Irish prisoner population : an overview of prevalence rates and risk factors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2002)
Introduction: This thesis reports the estimated prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen, hepatitis C virus and HIV in two distinct prison populations. -- Objective: This thesis provides a synthesised analysis ...
Methodological considerations in the development of small area deprivation indices
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2007)
Health inequalities exist such that people with lower incomes and poorer social conditions experience poorer health. When individual level characteristics are aggregated to an area level, the socioeconomic status or ...
Improving equity in resource allocation in the Irish health service
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2004)
Health systems worldwide are moving towards making their systems more transparent and more equitable, often due to pressure from consumers. Reforms to resource allocation systems are one attempt to do this. The nature of ...
An investigation into the use of the temporal scan statistic as a monitoring tool for health impact assessment
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2005)
Health impact assessment (HIA) is an important methodological development within public health. Its purpose is to ensure that health is considered as a part of all government proposals and policies. While there has been ...
From the inside out : an idiographic account of the policy making process that produced the Irish work place smoking ban
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2015)
This research goes inside the black box of the civil service policy making world, revealing the processes, procedures, engagements and exchanges that occur when a national policy is being developed, and identifying the ...
Psychosocial determinants of glycaemic control in people with type two diabetes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2006)
Whilst the number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes continues to rise to epidemic proportions, there has been a more moderate rise in the acknowledgement of the psychosocial factors that play a role in the treatment ...