Browsing by Author "Domegan, Christine"
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Changing antibiotic prescribing in General Practice – The results of the SIMPle process evaluation
Duane, Sinead; Domegan, Christine; Callan, Aoife; Galvin, Sandra; Cormican, Martin; Murphy, Andrew W.; Vellinga, Akke (Sciedu Press, 2017)Objective: The Supporting the Improvement and Management of Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections (SIMPle) study, a cluster randomized trial, sought to improve the quality of antibiotic prescribing for Urinary Tract ... -
Collective intelligence for advancing ocean literacy
McCauley, Veronica; McHugh, Patricia; Davison, Kevin; Domegan, Christine (Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-12)Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean s influence on us and our influence on the ocean. A lack of ocean literacy presents a significant obstacle for citizens to engage in environmentally sustainable behaviour, ... -
A community ready for the future? A social marketing study of Meals on Wheels Services in Ireland
FitzGerald, Christine (2015-02-05)This research, undertaken in the Irish Meals on Wheels (MOW) community, seeks to address the challenges associated with MOW stakeholders' behaviours through the application of a community social marketing model: the Community ... -
Consulting with citizens in the design of wellbeing measures and policies: lessons from a systems science application
Hogan, Michael; Duggan, Jim; Leyden, Kevin M.; Domegan, Christine; Mc Hugh, Patricia; Hogan, Victoria; Harney, Owen; Groarke, Jenny; Noone, Chris; Groarke, Ann Marie (Springer Verlag, 2014-09-20)Internationally, there is increasing interest in, and analysis of, human wellbeing and the economic, social, environmental, and psychological factors that contribute to it. Current thinking suggests that to measure social ... -
The cost effectiveness of the SIMPle intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection in primary care
Gillespie, Paddy; Callan, Aoife; O'Shea, Eamon; Duane, Sinead; Murphy, Andrew W.; Domegan, Christine; Galvin, Sandra; Vellinga, Akke (Oxford University Press, 2016-09-27)Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health issue. This study examines the cost effectiveness of the SIMPle (Supporting the Improvement and Management of Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections ... -
The Development of Process Indicators for Science Communication using Social Marketing and Innovation Theory
McHugh, Patricia (2013-08-23)Science surrounds our daily lives and is an integral component to the development of sustainable communities and societies. Science also contributes to the competitiveness and advancement of economies through their governing ... -
Expansion and augmentation of social marketing theory and practice with systems science and mechanism, action, structure (MAS) theory to explore dynamic complexity and leverage points pertinent to the Galway cycling system
Brychkov, Dmitry (NUI Galway, 2019-05-08)Social marketing is confronted by serious challenges of both endogenous and exogenous character. If these challenges are not properly addressed, social marketing risks entering into a deep, intrinsic and ontological crisis. ... -
Intervention to improve the quality of antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection: a cluster randomized trial
Vellinga, Akke; Galvin, Sandra; Duane, Sinead; Callan, Aoife; Bennett, Kathleen; Cormican, Martin; Domegan, Christine; Murphy, Andrew W. (Canadian Medical Association, 2015-11-16)Background: Overuse of antimicrobial therapy in the community adds to the global spread of antimicrobial resistance, which is jeopardizing the treatment of common infections.Methods: We designed a cluster randomized complex ... -
Realising the management challenges for science communication outreach: a Social marketing perspective
Domegan, Christine; McCauley, Veronica; Davison, Kevin (2010)Social marketing recognises that neither government nor education alone can solve the growing range of complex and multifaceted social policy issues facing societies around the world. Social marketing is about behavioural ... -
A review of science outreach strategies north and south: with some recommendations for improvement
Davison, Kevin; Domegan, Christine; McCauley, Veronica; McClune, William (Centre for Cross Border Studies, 2008-10)No abstract available -
The role of social marketing in behavioural change for a circular economy: Exploring the value-action gap for routine purchases in a competitive retail setting
Mc Ardle, Maeve (NUI Galway, 2019-10-08)This research extends the social marketing agenda into the area of pro-environmental behaviour addressing the ultimate behavioural change challenge of achieving a circular economy. The successful transition to a circular ... -
A Social Marketing Partnership Framework: An Extension of Morgan and Hunt’s (1994) Commitment - Trust Key Mediating Variable Model
Duane, Sinead (2012-09-19)The type of transformational change needed to address the complex and wicked issues that permeate today's society cannot be facilitated without the adoption of multi-sectoral social marketing partnerships. This research, ... -
Social marketing: The role of Facebook as a digital technology for social mechanisms and behaviour change in the context of obesity and healthy lifestyles
Flaherty, Tina (NUI Galway, 2022-08-15)Tomorrow’s world is radically different to the one that social marketing was born into over 50 years ago (Taubenheim et al., 2008; Galiano-Coronil and MierTeran-Franco, 2019). Social marketing is propelling forward ... -
Supporting the improvement and management of prescribing for urinary tract infections (simple): protocol for a cluster randomized trial
Duane, Sinead; Callan, Aoife; Galvin, Sandra; Murphy, Andrew W; Domegan, Christine; O’Shea, Eamon; Cormican, Martin; Bennett, Kathleen; O’Donnell, Martin; Vellinga, Akke (Springer Nature, 2013-01-01)Background: The overuse of antimicrobials is recognized as the main selective pressure driving the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in human bacterial pathogens. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among ... -
A toolkit for improving hand hygiene compliance in intensive care
Lambe, Kathryn; Lydon, Sinéad; McSharry, Jenny; Byrne, Molly; Squires, Janet; Power, Michael; Domegan, Christine; O'Connor, Paul (National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-10-15)A toolkit to help intensive care units to identify how they can improve hand hygiene compliance. -
Using collective intelligence to identify barriers to teaching 12–19 year olds about the ocean in europe
Fauville, Géraldine; McHugh, Patricia; Domegan, Christine; Mäkitalo, Åsa; Friis Møller, Lene; Papathanassiou, Martha; Alvarez Chicote, Carla; Lincoln, Susana; Batista, Vanessa; Copejans, Evy; Crouch, Fiona; Gotensparre, Susan (Elsevier BV, 2018-05-01)Since the degradation of the marine environment is strongly linked to human activities, having citizens who appreciate the ocean's influence on them and their influence on the ocean is important. Research has shown that ... -
Using qualitative insights to change practice: exploring the culture of antibiotic prescribing and consumption for urinary tract infections
Duane, Sinead; Domegan, Christine; Callan, Aoife; Galvin, Sandra; Cormican, Martin; Bennett, Kathleen; Murphy, Andrew W.; Vellinga, Akke (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016-01-11)Objectives: The aim of this paper is to explore the culture of antibiotic prescribing and consumption in the community for urinary tract infections (UTI) from the perspective of the general practitioners (GPs) and community ... -
Using qualitative insights to change practice: exploring the culture of antibiotic prescribing and consumption for urinary tract infections
Duane, Sinead; Domegan, Christine; Callan, Aoife; Galvin, Sandra; Cormican, Martin; Bennett, Kathleen; Murphy, Andrew W; Vellinga, Akke (BMJ, 2016-01-01)Objectives: The aim of this paper is to explore the culture of antibiotic prescribing and consumption in the community for urinary tract infections (UTI) from the perspective of the general practitioners (GPs) and community ... -
A wicked problem and the SIMPle Solution
Duane, Sinead; Domegan, Christine; Callan, Aoife; Galvin, Sandra; Cormican, Martin; Bennett, Kathleen; Murphy, Andrew W.; Vellinga, Akke (Routledge, 2017-11-02)[No abstract available]