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Health professional-delivered obesity prevention interventions during the first 1,000 days: A systematic review of external validity reporting
(F1000Research, 2019-07-19)Background: Childhood obesity prevention interventions delivered by health professionals during the first 1,000 days show some evidence of effectiveness, particularly in relation to behavioural outcomes. External validity ... -
Food, connection and care: perspectives of service providers in alternative education and training settings
(Social Care Ireland, 2019)While the formal school system has been the focus for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers for food and nutrition-related research and interventions, there has been less attention to the Alternative Education and ... -
Time for complete transparency about conflicts of interest in public health nutrition research [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
(F1000Research, 2019-03-04)We are a group of researchers and academics with decades of experience in the protection and promotion of public health. We are writing to raise our concerns about how conflicts of interest are reported in public health ... -
Participants’ experiences of a sexual counseling intervention during cardiac rehabilitation: A nested qualitative study within the CHARMS pilot randomized controlled trial
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2018-09-01)BACKGROUND: International guidelines recommend sexual assessment and counseling be offered to all patients with cardiovascular disease during cardiac rehabilitation. However, sexual problems are infrequently addressed. ... -
Commonly prescribed anti-depressants: What clinicians need to know
(The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI), 2011-10)According to two Cochrane collaboration reviews (Moncrieff, Wessely, & Hardy, 2004; Turner, Mathews, Linardatos, Tell, & Rosenthal, 2008), the efficacy of modern antidepressants has yet to be conclusively demonstrated ... -
Smartphone apps for improving medication adherence in hypertension: patients’ perspectives
(Dove Medical Press, 2018-05-14)Purpose Digital interventions, such as smartphone applications (apps), are becoming an increasingly common way to support medication adherence and self-management in chronic conditions. It is important to investigate how ... -
“It’s your turn to step into their shoes”: The role of empathy in adolescents experiencing maternal cancer
(Emerald, 2019-01-04)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of empathy in adolescents coping with maternal cancer to identify passive and active empathy forms and the role of these in adolescent coping at a challenging ... -
Genetically predicted complement component 4A expression: effects on memory function and middle temporal lobe activation
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-01-09)Background The longstanding association between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) locus and schizophrenia (SZ) risk has recently been accounted for, partially, by structural variation at the complement component ... -
Early life experiences and social cognition in major psychiatric disorders: A systematic review.
(Elsevier, 2018-08-22)Objective To present a systematic review of the literature on the associations between early social environment, early life adversity, and social cognition in major psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar ... -
Computerised working memory‐based cognitive remediation therapy does not affect Reading the Mind in The Eyes test performance or neural activity during a Facial Emotion Recognition test in psychosis
(Wiley, 2018-05-27)Working memory-based cognitive remediation therapy (CT) for psychosis has recently been associated with broad improvements in performance on untrained tasks measuring working memory, episodic memory and IQ, and changes in ... -
Transparent and reproducible pain research: a critical review
(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins for International Association for the Study of Pain, 2018-09-01)Recently, the degree to which scientific publications provide a reliable source of information has come under intense scrutiny. Reports suggest that a substantial amount of published literature is likely to be biased,28 ... -
Addressing fidelity within complex health behaviour change interventions: A protocol of a scoping review of intervention fidelity frameworks and models
(Health Research Board, 2018-12-11)Intervention fidelity is crucial to facilitate accurate interpretation of research outcomes, but has been inadequately addressed within complex health behaviour change interventions. Recent research has highlighted a need ... -
Surveying knowledge, practice and attitudes towards intervention fidelity within trials of complex healthcare interventions
(BMC, 2018-09-19)Background Intervention fidelity is the degree to which interventions have been implemented as intended by their developers. Assessing fidelity is crucial for accurate interpretation of intervention effectiveness, but ... -
Listen to them! The challenge of capturing the true voice of young people within early intervention and prevention models; a youth work perspective
(Elsevier, 2018-11-14)This paper aims to explore the challenges to youth work in capturing the voices of young people in a meaningful way within Meitheal and the Child and Family Support Networks model (Meitheal). This is a prevention and early ... -
Individual predictors of adolescent adjustment to maternal cancer: The role of perceived stress, coping, social support, attachment and self-efficacy
(Wiley, 2018-10-30)Background Cancer is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality around the world. The National Cancer Registry of Ireland reported in 2015 that there were 9312 new cases of female cancers per year, breast cancer ... -
In-game motion dynamics provide a means of exploring the cognitive dynamics of deception
(IEEE, 2018-07-15)User interfaces that produce an immersive and intuitive in-game experience depend on a strong coupling between user input and the motion of game objects. Such user interfaces require a high sensitivity to user movement ... -
Selective sharing: The impact of patterns of communication in young people experiencing maternal cancer
(Wiley, 2018-10-09)Background Adolescents that experience parental cancer can have significant difficulties and may be at a greater risk of emotional and behavioural problems; however, some studies have found that this experience can also ... -
Mobile health technology interventions for suicide prevention: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(JMIR Publications, 2018-01-26)Background: Previous research has reported that two of the major barriers to help-seeking for individuals at risk of suicide are stigma and geographical isolation. Mobile technology offers a potential means of delivering ... -
The impact of attention on eyewitness identification and change blindness
(Ubiquity Press, 2015-08-03)The current study investigated whether differences exist in eyewitness identification and change blindness when manipulating attention. 126 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either a full or divided attention ... -
Gender differences in criminogenic needs among Irish offenders
(Probation Service, 2014-10)This study examined gender differences between offenders on criminogenic needs as measured by the Level of Service Inventory – Revised (LSIR). The LSI-R is the primary risk/needs assessment instrument used by the ...