Browsing School of Health Sciences by Subject "Health Promotion"
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Achieving consensus in developing a national set of child well-being indicators.
(Springer, 2007-09)This paper provides an account of the methodology used to gain consensus around the development of a national set of child well-being indicators in the Republic of Ireland. This development was identified as a key objective ... -
Addressing the determinants of positive mental health: concepts, evidence and practice
(Clifford Beers Foundation, 2009-08)Positive mental health is recognised as a key resource for population well-being and the social and economic prosperity of society. This paper provides an overview of current concepts of positive mental health and its ... -
Adolescent place attachment, social capital, and perceived safety: a comparison of 13 countries.
(Springer, 2009-06-17)In adolescence, children become increasingly independent and autonomous, and spend more time in neighborhood settings away from home. During mid-to-late adolescence, youth often become more critical about the place they ... -
Adolescents' perceptions of the words 'health' and 'happy'
(Emerald, 2010-05)Purpose - The shared language of youth includes understandings of concepts that can be different from those of adults. Researchers, in their efforts to explore and illuminate the health behaviours and decision-making ... -
Adult health education materials
(Office of Health Gain, Northern Ireland, 2000)In this article we report the results of a survey of adult health education materials currently available and in use in Ireland, conducted as part of an EU collaborative project aiming to identify health education materials ... -
Ageism in health policy.
(Institute of Public Administration, 2004-05-01)This paper explores the extent to which health policy in Ireland can be said to be ageist. Following the identification of key pieces of legislation and related polcy and strategy documents, the documents were reviewed, ... -
An analysis of the systems of services in non-participating capitals.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)The focus of the PROMO project (Best Practice in Promoting Mental Health in Socially Marginalised People in Europe) is on the delivery of health and social care for people with mental health problems in 14 EU member states ... -
Assessing sobriety and successful membership of Alcoholics Anonymous
(Informa Healthcare, 2003-02)This study aimed to identify appropriate measures of successful membership of Alcoholics Anonymous and to investigate membership patterns and perceptions of sobriety across sociodemographic categories of AA membership. -
Assessing the use of the Family Affluence scale among Irish school children
(Irish Medical Organisation, 2007-09)The objective of this analysis was to examine the answering rates, internal reliability and external validity of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) employing data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children ... -
Body mass index, overweight and obesity in adolescents in Europe and the United States
(American Medical Association, 2004-06)Overweight and obesity have increased globally among children, adolescents, and adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) designates obesity as one of the most important public health threats because of the significant ... -
Building capacity for effective implementation of mental health promotion
(eContent Management Pty Ltd, 2007-05)In Ireland, a country of just over 4 million people, there is now a strong infrastructure for health promotion with over 300 dedicated health promotion specialists working at the national and regional levels implementing ... -
Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries
(Oxford Journals, 2005-03-08)Background: There have been no large-scale international comparisons on bullying and health among adolescents. This study examined the association between bullying and physical and psychological symptoms among adolescents ... -
Cannabis use by 15-year old schoolchildren. Data from the HBSC/WHO international survey in 32 countries.
(Princeps Editions, 2007)In the 32 western countries that participated in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC-2002) survey conducted in schools by means of an anonymous self-administered questionnaire among 45,848 schoolchildren, ... -
Capacity building for the future of health promotion.
(SAGE Journals Online, 2008-09)This commentary outlines the work plan of the Global Vice President for Capacity Building, Education and Training over the period 2007-10. Two key areas are prioritised for action: workforce development in countries with ... -
Child well-being: children's, parents' and teachers' perceptions.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-10)That chldren's lives be better understood is a necessary contributing step to the development of child centred quality supports, services and policies and it would appear logical that actively seeking out children's voices ... -
Children photographing well-being: facilitating participation in research
(Wiley, 2006-09)Children aged 8-12 years took 723 photographs representing well-being. Another group of children categorised the photographs, identified what was missing and discussed their inter-relationships. The largest categories were ... -
Childrens', parents' and teachers' perceptions of child wellbeing.
(2007)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an exploration of parents', teachers' and childrens' perspectives on children's understanding of wellbeing with the aim of illuminating and comparing the conceptualisation ... -
'Choose Safety'. An evaluation of a Health and Safety module for use in secondary schools. Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI, Galway
(Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2009-01)The overall aim of this project was to comprehensively evaluate the pilot of the 'Choose Safety' module developed by the H.S.A. The module is a teaching and learning pack for post-primary students. The main objectives of ... -
Cluster randomisation and design effects in school surveys: an exploration of the Irish Health Behaviours in School-aged Children data.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)School surveys are typically conducted in classrooms where children are clustered and thus each participating student is not fully independent of others. Such unavoidable cluster randomisation increases the size of standard ...