Browsing School of Health Sciences by Author "Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse"
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Construction apprentices' attitudes to workplace drug testing in Ireland.
Hogan, Victoria; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Ingenta, 2006-03)Ireland has become one of the first European countries to legislate for workplace drug testing. However, little is known about the attitudes of Irish workers towards various aspects of workplace drug testing programmes. ... -
Contraceptive use by 15-year-old students at their last sexual intercourse: results from 25 countries.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (American Medical Association, 2008-01)Objectives: To identify and report cross-national patterns in contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents. Design: A cross-national cross-sectional survey. Setting: Data were collected in 2002 by self-report ... -
Correlates of increased risk of eating disorders in Irish School Children
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Corrigan, Helen; Kelleher, Cecily C. (Irish Medical Organisation, 2007-05)Currently there are no large-scale data on the prevalence of disordered eating behaviours in Irish children and adolescents. We examined the 2002 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study to estimate those Irish ... -
A cross-national study of violence-related behaviours in adolescents.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (American Medical Association, 2004-06)Background: Violent behavior among adolescents is a significant problem worldwide, and a cross-national comparison of adolescent violent behaviors can provide information about the development and pattern of physical ... -
Current practice in meeting child health needs in family support services: variation by service type and perspectives on future developments.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Dolan, Pat; Canavan, John; O'Higgins, Siobhan (Taylor & Francis, 2009-07)The needs of all service users include those related to physical, emotional, sexual and mental health. This article documents where child health needs are recognised and being met within family support services in the west ... -
Dance Is the new metal: Adolescent music preferences and substance use across Europe
ter Bogt, Tom F.M.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Simons-Morton, Bruce G.; Ferreira, Mafalda; Hublet, Anne; Godeau, Emmanuelle; Kuntsche, Emmanuel; Richter, Matthias (Taylor and Francis, 2012-01-17)This study examined relationships between music preferences and substance use (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis) among 18,103 fifteen-year-olds from 10 European countries. In 2005–2006, across Europe, preferences for mainstream ... -
The development of an annotated bibliography of Irish infant feeding related research.
De Róiste, Aingeal; Batt, Vivienne; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)In order to support the implementation of the 2005 National Breastfeeding Strategy, the Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway has produced a comprehensive and definitive bibliography of ... -
Diet and related behaviour of children from disadvantaged schools in Ireland: data from the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
Kelly, Colette; Gavin, Aoife; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Cambridge Journals Online / The Nutrition Society, 2008-07)In 2005 an action plan for educational inclusion, Delivery Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) was launched in Ireland to ensure the educational needs of children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities are ... -
Dieting patterns and related lifestyles of school aged children in the Republic of Ireland.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Nolan, Geraldine; Kelleher, Cecily C.; Friel, Sharon (Cambridge University Press, 2002)Objective: The aim of this study was to identify differences in food habits and lifestyle behaviours by dieting status among young people in Ireland. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Participants responded to a self-completion ... -
Early initiation of cannabis use: A cross-national European perspective
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Elsevier, 2006-11)This study reports on nationwide cross-sectional surveys in six European countries in 2001-2002, within the framework of the World Health Organization's collaborative study, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC). ... -
Economic and cultural correlates of cannabis use among mid-adolescents in 31 countries
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Wiley, 2006-02)Aims: To examine cannabis use among mid-adolescents in 31 countries and associations with per-capita personal consumer expenditure (PCE), unemployment, peer factors and national rates of cannabis use in 1999. Design, ... -
Effectiveness of a biopsychosocial e-learning intervention on the clinical judgements of medical students and GP trainees regarding future risk of disability in patients with chronic lower back pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Dwyer, Christopher P.; Durand, Hannah; MacNeela, Pádraig; Reynolds, Bronagh; Hamm, Robert M.; Main, Christopher J.; O’Connor, Laura L.; Conneely, Sinéad; Taheny, Darragh; Slattery, Brian W.; O’Neill, Ciaran; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Murphy, Andrew W .; Kropmans, Thomas; McGuire, Brian E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016-03-16)Introduction Chronic lower back pain (CLBP) is a major healthcare problem with wide ranging effects. It is a priority for appropriate management of CLBP to get individuals back to work as early as possible. Interventions ... -
Ethical review and childrens research in Ireland
Felzmann, Heike; Sixsmith, Jane; O'Higgins, Siobhan; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Ui Chonnachtaigh, Sorcha (OMCYA, 2010-03)A substantial increase in research into the lives of children has been experienced in Ireland over the last few years. This increase is not only in the amount of research undertaken but also in the multi-disciplinary range ... -
Evaluation in Health Promotion: principles and perspectives (book review)
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Irish Medical Organisation, 2002-05)This text is the laudable product of a substantial and far-reaching international collaboration under the auspices of the WHO. Stemming from the establishment of a European working party on evaluating health promotion, ... -
Evaluation of the Slí@School programme
Lennox, Olivia; Mathur, Ruchika Tara; Maloney, Rachael; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelly, Colette (Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Galway, 2023-05)The Slí@School programme is an adjunct programme to Slí na Sláinte, which translates to ‘path to health’, an initiative developed by the Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) to encourage walking. This study set out to evaluate ... -
Expanding the role of young people in research: towards a better understanding of their lives.
Daniels, Natasha; Burke, Lorraine; O’Donnell, Anne; McGovern, Olive; Kelly, Colette; D’Eath, Maureen; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Jagiellonian University Press, 2014)The participation of young people in the research process can be empowering for the participants and valuable for the research outcomes. This paper presents the methods used and outcomes of involving youth in the development ... -
Factors associated with bicycle helmet use among young adolescents in a multinational sample
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (BMJ Group, 2005-03-22)Bicycle helmet use among young adolescents varies greatly between countries; however, helmet use does not reach 50% in any country. Age is the most significant individual factor associated with helmet for helmet using ... -
Family structure and children's eating patterns: secondary analysis of the Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HBSC) study 2002.
Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-10)A variety of family and social factors influence children's eating behaviours such as availability of and preference for particular foods, portion size, cultural values regarding food types and preparation, parents' beliefs ... -
Family, peer and school relationships as predictors of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use in Irish adolescents: differences between sustained and experimental substance use.
Gavin, Aoife; Molcho, Michal; Kelly, Colette; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (2008-09)Adolescence is a vital period in shaping behaviour patterns. Substance use is one of the most commonly studies risk behaviours among adolescents. There are three mutually exclusive levels of substance use: non-use, ... -
Food consumption and dietary behaviour of children from the Traveller community: data from the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
Kelly, Colette; Gavin, Aoife; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Cambridge Journals Online / The Nutrition Society, 2008-06-20)The Travelling community are an indigenous ethnic group of Irish people with a distinct culture and history of nomadism. Travellers differ from the general population in many aspects, including their lifestyle, culture and ...