Browsing School of Health Sciences by Author "Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse"
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Absence of seasonal effects in HBSC data
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2006-01)Seasonality has been documented in the literature as an influence on health status and behaviours. On the basis of such associations, it was both necessary and opportunistic to use the dual intake of the Irish HBSC data ... -
Achieving consensus in developing a national set of child well-being indicators.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Sixsmith, Jane (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 ... -
Adolescents' perceptions of the words 'health' and 'happy'
O'Higgins, Siobhan; Sixsmith, Jane; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (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 ... -
Appendix 1: Nutrition behaviours and outcomes: a special analysis of the HBSC survey as part of the implementation of the National Strategy for Research and Data on Children's Lives, 2011-2016.
Callaghan, Mary; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Department of Children and Youth Affairs, 2013) -
Assessing sobriety and successful membership of Alcoholics Anonymous
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (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
Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelleher, Cecily C. (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 ... -
Attraction and love in schoolchildren in Ireland - Pilot
Költő, András; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018)[No abstract available] -
Body mass index, overweight and obesity in adolescents in Europe and the United States
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (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 ... -
Bullying and symptoms among school-aged children: international comparative cross sectional study in 28 countries
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (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.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (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, ... -
Child well-being: children's, parents' and teachers' perceptions.
Sixsmith, Jane; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (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
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Sixsmith, Jane (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 ... -
Children's exposure to ultraviolet radiation - a risk profile for future skin cancers in Ireland
McAvoy, H.; Rodriguez, Leonor; Költő, András; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Institute of Public Health in Ireland, 2020-06)Key points Why has this report been developed? Excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, sunburn and sunbed use in childhood are risk factors for developing skin cancer in adult life. This report presents data ... -
Children's research and ethical review: Executive Summary
Felzmann, Heike; Sixsmith, Jane; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; O'Higgins, Siobhan; Ni Chonnactaigh, Sorcha (2009) -
Childrens', parents' and teachers' perceptions of child wellbeing.
Sixsmith, Jane; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; O'Higgins, Siobhan (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 ... -
Children’s participation in school: a cross-sectional study of the relationship between school environments, participation and health and well-being outcomes
John-Akinola, Yetunde O.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (BMC, 2014-09-17)Background: Schools are a key setting for health promotion and improvement activities and the psycho-social environment of the school is an important dimension for promoting the health and well-being of children. The ... -
Cluster randomisation and design effects in school surveys: an exploration of the Irish Health Behaviours in School-aged Children data.
Molcho, Michal; Kelleher, Cecily C.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Walsh, Kieran (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 ... -
Comparing the clinical-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an internet-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention with a waiting list control among adults with chronic pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Hayes, Sara; Hogan, Michael; Dowd, Haulie; Doherty, Edel; O'Higgins, Siobhan; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; MacNeela, Padraig; Murphy, Andrew W.; Kropmans, Thomas; O'Neill, Ciaran; Newell, John; McGuire, Brian E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-07-02)Internet-delivered psychological interventions among people with chronic pain have the potential to overcome environmental and economic barriers to the provision of evidence-based psychological treatment in the Irish health ... -
Connected, respected and contributing to their world: The case of sexual minority and non-minority young people in Ireland
Költő, András; Gavin, Aoife; Vaughan, Elena; Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (MDPI, 2021-01-27)Outcome 5 of the Irish Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures national youth policy framework ( Connected, respected, and contributing to their world ) offers a suitable way to study psychosocial determinants of adolescent ... -
Consommation de cannabis par les élèves de 15 ans - Données issues de l'enquête internationale HBSC/OMS dans 32 pays occidentaux.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2006-03)In the 32 western countries that participated in the Health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC 2002) survey conducted in schools, about 20% of 15-year-olds declared that they had already used cannabis, which is ...