Browsing by Author "Kearns, Noreen"
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Domestic Violence in Ireland: an Overview of National Strategic Policy and Relevant International Literature on Prevention and Intervention Initiatives in Service Provision
Kearns, Noreen; Coen, Liam; Canavan, John (Child and Family Research Centre, School of Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway, 2008-02)Introduction In order to address the problem of domestic violence from a strategic and evidence based perspective it is necessary to have a broad understanding of the current national and international policy and practice ... -
Domestic violence in Ireland: an overview of national strategic policy and relevant international literature on prevention and intervention initiatives in service provision
Canavan, Liam; Coen, Liam; Kearns, Noreen (Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2008) -
Domestic violence in Ireland: an overview of national strategic policy and relevant international literature on prevention and intervention initiatives in service provision.
Kearns, Noreen; Coen, Liam; Canavan, John (Child and Family Research Centre, 2008-02)In order to address the problem of domestic violence from a strategic and evidence-based perspective it is necessary to have a broad understanding of the current national and international policy and practice initiatives ... -
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Barnardos Wizards of Words Reading Programme.
Fives, Allyn; Kearns, Noreen; Devaney, Carmel; Canavan, John; Lyons, Rena; Eaton, Patricia; O'Brien, Aoife; Russell, Daniel W. (Barnardo's, 2013)[no abstract available] -
Fostering social innovation in youth: Learning from a youth social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland
Kennan, Danielle; Canavan, John; Kearns, Noreen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)Wave Change was a youth social entrepreneurship initiative in Ireland, established to work directly with youth, aged 18-25, to develop the knowledge, skills and networks they needed to drive social change. Reflecting on ... -
Impacts of an HIA on inter-agency and inter-sectoral partnerships and community participation: lessons from a local level HIA in the Republic of Ireland
Pursell, Lisa; Kearns, Noreen (Oxford University Press, 2012-07-20)This study evaluates the impacts of a locally based health impact assessment (HIA) on community participation, inter-sectoral and inter-agency partnership in local decision and policy-making ... -
Recruiting and retaining older adult volunteers: Implications for practice
Devaney, Carmel; Kearns, Noreen; Fives, Allyn; Canavan, John; Lyons, Rena; Eaton, Pat (Taylor & Francis, 2015-10-13)There is an increased interest in the promotion of volunteering within nonprofit organizations. In this paper organizational supports for recruiting and managing volunteering among older adults are explored. The paper ... -
A review of the Teenage Health Initiative (THI) in the former Western Health Board
Canavan, John; Reddy, John; Kearns, Noreen (2008) -
A Review of the Teenage Health Initiative (THI) in the former Western Health Board - Final Report
Kearns, Noreen; Reddy, John; Canavan, John (Child and Family Research Centre, School of Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway, 2008-05) -
Time for a paradigm change? Tracing the institutionalisation of health impact assessment in the Republic of Ireland across health and environmental sectors
Kearns, Noreen; Pursell, Lisa (Elsevier, 2010-08)This paper presents a critical analysis of health impact assessment (HIA) in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) in the context of institutional policy and practice. It begins with a brief background to the origins and aims of ... -
Time4Us: evaluation report
Kearns, Noreen; Coen, Liam (Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2008) -
Understanding Youth Civic Engagement:Debates, discourses and lessons from practice
Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Pat; Kearns, Noreen; Kennan, Danielle; McGrath, Brian; Shaw, Aileen; Brennan, Mark (Unesco Child and Family Research Centre, 2012)This paper outlines key definitions and typologies that help to distinguish youth civic engagement activities from other forms of youth activity. It identifies five discourses that create a rationale for youth civic ... -
Youth Cafés in Ireland: A best practice guide
Devaney, Carmel; Forkan, Cormac; Canavan, John; Dolan, Pat; Bradley, Ciara; Brady, Bernadine; Carty, Catherine; Coen, Liam; Kearns, Noreen; Kenny, Anne; Merriman, Brian; O'Regan, Conor (Stationary Office, Dublin, 2010-04)[No abstract available]