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Accessing a hard to reach population: reflections on research with young carers in Ireland
Kennan, Danielle; Fives, Allyn; Canavan, John (Wiley Online Library, 2012-08)In keeping with developments in children's rights, research is increasingly including the views of children. Accessing a hard to reach population of children can, however, raise significant ethical and methodological ... -
A critical analysis of the implementation of service user involvement in primary care research and health service development using normalization process theory
Tierney, Edel; McEvoy, Rachel; O'Reilly-de Brún, Mary; de Brún, Tomas; Okonkwo, Ekaterina; Rooney, Michelle; Dowrick, Chris; Rogers, Anne; MacFarlane, Anne (Wiley, 2014-07-24)Background There have been recent important advances in conceptualizing and operationalizing involvement in health research and health-care service development. However, problems persist in the field that impact on the ... -
Do primary care professionals agree about progress with implementation of primary care teams: results from a cross sectional study
Tierney, Edel; O'Sullivan, M.; Hickey, L.; Hannigan, A.; May, C.; Cullen, W.; Kennedy, N.; Kineen, L.; MacFarlane, Anne (2016-11-22)Background Primary care is the cornerstone of healthcare reform with policies across jurisdictions promoting interdisciplinary team working. The effective implementation of such health policies requires understanding ... -
Early implementation of a family-centered practice model in child welfare: findings from an Irish study
Devaney, Carmel; McGregor, Caroline; Cassidy, Anne (Taylor & Francis, 2017-06-16)This article reports on the outcomes of a research study on the early implementation of a strengths-based family-centred model of practice in Ireland known as the Meitheal model. The paper aims to translate the key messages ... -
Enhancing family support in practice through postgraduate education
Devaney, Carmel (Taylor & Francis, 2014-12-06)Family Support as a named orientation is a relatively new concept in service provision for children and their families in the Republic of Ireland. Notwithstanding this, there are a number of practitioners across a range ... -
Exploring levers and barriers to accessing primary care for marginalised groups and identifying their priorities for primary care provision: a participatory learning and action research study
O'Donnell, Patrick; Tierney, Edel; O'Carroll, Austin; Nurse, Diane; MacFarlane, Anne (BioMed Central, 2016-12-03)Background The involvement of patients and the public in healthcare has grown significantly in recent decades and is documented in health policy documents internationally. Many benefits of involving these groups in primary ... -
'He told me to calm down and all that': a qualitative study of social support types in a youth mentoring programme
Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Patrick; Canavan, John (Wiley, 2015-05-06)The worldwide growth in formal youth mentoring programmes over the past two decades is partly a response to the perception that young people facing adversity do not have access to supportive relationships with adults and ... -
Youth Mentoring as a Tool for Community and Civic Engagement: Reflections on Findings of an Irish Research Study
Dolan, Pat; Brady, Bernadine (Taylor and Francis, 2009-12-07)Youth mentoring programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) are traditionally considered to be a vehicle for youth development rather than community development. In fact, the notion that the one-to-one engagement that ... -
Youth Mentoring in Ireland: Weighing up the Benefits and Challenges
Brady, Bernadine; Dolan, Pat (Irish Youth Work Press, 2007)Internationally, mentoring for young people has become increasingly attractive to policy makers as a micro-level response to the needs of young people deemed to be ¿at risk¿ or in need of support. The Big Brothers Big ...