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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 ... -
An evaluation of pain management post surgery
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Community Health and General Practice, 2001)Patients continue to suffer m oderate pain post surgery, much of which may be unnecessary with careful strategic pain management. The influence of routine and rituals in the management of pain is evident from the literature. ... -
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 ... -
Changing illness perceptions in poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes : a randomised controlled trial of a psychological, family-based intervention
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2009)Poor glycaemic (blood sugar) control in type 2 diabetes is associated with the development of microvascular and macrovascular complications, which have serious health and quality of life implications for patients themselves, ... -
Checking the weight of children in general practice
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2015)Childhood overweight is a serious health concern. Checking the weight of the child can be done in the primary care setting, where GPs have the opportunity to check the weight of children attending for routine care.It is ... -
Child health and survival in urban slums in Malawi : healthcare seeking practices and relative significance of health system factors in influencing care seeking decisions among care givers of under-five children
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2014)Despite significant improvements in child health indicators over the past few decades globally and in Malawi, various challenges remain. Globally, cost effective interventions to promote child health exist but coverage for ... -
Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of a Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Programme to prevent HIV
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Public Health & Primary Care, 2021)Introduction There has been an increase in HIV notifications in recent years in Ireland. PrEP is a form of HIV prevention whereby oral antiretrovirals are taken by HIV-negative individuals to prevent infection. The aim ... -
Cost and resource requirements for colorectal cancer screening in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Public Health & Primary Care, 2025)Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a global public health problem. CRC screening reduces the colorectal cancer burden through the removal of precursor lesions and identifying the disease at an early stage. CRC screening is ... -
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 ... -
Dysphagia in solid malignancies outside the head, neck and upper gastrointestinal tract
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Public Health & Primary Care, 2019)Background Dysphagia is often associated with head, neck, and upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract cancers. It also occurs in those with solid malignancies outside anatomic swallow regions. When present, it leads to clinical ... -
Facilitating readiness for advance care planning in Ireland: Informing the design of an innovative intervention for middle aged and older people in the community
Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is a process aiming to elicit, communicate, and document future care wishes, providing mechanisms through which individual preferences can be supported. Poor and fragmented ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Health insurance demand among formal sector employees in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 2014)Understanding and predicting consumer preferences for alternative health insurance design packages is important for a country striving to introduce health insurance. Historically health services and health insurance ... -
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 ... -
How can health systems make healthcare more accessible for populations experiencing homelessness? A realist and policy analysis
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Public Health & Primary Care, 2022)Problem Populations experiencing long-term homelessness and complex needs face difficulties accessing healthcare. Prior research has predominantly focused on the individual characteristics that contribute to those ... -
How Local Decision Making Works for Adaptations of Health Interventions During Scale-up: A Realist Review
Introduction: Scaling-up health interventions is a complex process with growing recognition of the need to make adaptations to interventions to address diverse contexts and populations encountered across multiple sites. ... -
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 ... -
Incorporating oral health collaborative practice into primary medical care in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Public Health & Primary Care, 2019)Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the opportunities for, and the barriers to, the integration of oral health into primary health care in Ireland, and to propose recommendations to support the development of sustainable ... -
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 ...