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Enablers and challenges to occupational therapists’ research engagement: A qualitative study
(SAGE Publications, 2017-08-11)Introduction: To develop occupational therapy s evidence base and improve its clinical outcomes, occupational therapists must increase their research involvement. Barriers to research consumption and leadership are well ... -
A cognitive occupation-based programme for people with multiple sclerosis: a study to test feasibility and clinical outcomes
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2018-05-02)Cognitive impairments are common in MS and affect personal, social, and occupational functioning. There is a developing body of evidence highlighting the role of cognitive rehabilitation, but there is still no evidence for ... -
Promoting adolescents’ mental health and wellbeing: evidence synthesis
(Emerald, 2018-12-05)Purpose Evidence on implementing effective adolescent mental health promotion and prevention interventions in the European context is underdeveloped. The purpose of this paper is to identify evidence-based mental health ... -
A systematic review and narrative synthesis of occupational therapy-led interventions for individuals with anxiety and stress-related disorders
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-15)Anxiety and stress-related disorders are highly prevalent and impede participation in life activities. Occupational therapists work extensively with people diagnosed with these disorders but the effectiveness of their ... -
Where phonology meets morphology in the context of rapid language change and universal bilingualism: Irish initial mutations in child language
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-16)As one of the Celtic languages, Irish is among the few languages in the world that employ word initial mutations (IMs) in order to express grammatical functions. IMs express grammatical information by a way of systematic ... -
‘Just trying to talk to people … It’s the hardest’: Perspectives of adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder on their social communication skills
(SAGE Publications, 2018-10-14)Difficulty with social communication is the most pervasive difficulty experienced by individuals with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HF-ASD). Communication difficulties are often magnified in adolescence as ... -
The relevance of context in understanding health literacy skills: findings from a qualitative study
(Wiley, 2017-04-12)BackgroundConceptualizing health literacy as a relational concept, which involves how individuals interact with complex health and social systems, requires a greater understanding of the context of people's health ... -
Socio-demographic, health and lifestyle factors influencing age of sexual initiation among adolescents
(MDPI, 2018-08-27)Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early may be at an increased risk of adverse sexual health outcomes at the time of first sex and later in life. In an Irish ... -
Effects of an icon-based menu labelling initiative on consumer food choice.
(SAGE Publications, 2016-04-04)Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of an icon-based menu labelling initiative on consumer buying behaviour. Methods: This quasi-experimental study recruited a convenience sample of eight food ... -
Occupational therapy-led interventions for people with anxiety disorders - impact on functioning and mental health symptoms
(Royal College of Occupational Therapists, 2018-06-11)Anxiety is prevalent and is associated with loss of functioning in occupations like work and household management (Kessler et al, 2009). But the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions to improve functioning ... -
Statutory registration awareness amongst social care workers
(Social Care Ireland, 2018)Statutory registration for health and social care professionals has become an increasing feature of regulatory systems in many nations (Allsop & Saks, 2002; Cornes, Manthrope, Huxley & Sherrill, 2007; Byrne, 2016). In ... -
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of menu labelling interventions to support healthy food choices: a mixed methods systematic review protocol
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background Menu labelling is continuing to gather public and legislative support as one of the potential environmental strategies for addressing the obesity pandemic. However, issues relating to implementation have been ... -
Effects of an eight-week supervised, structured lifestyle modification programme on anthropometric, metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in severely obese adults
(BioMed Central, 2015-08-01)Background Lifestyle modification is fundamental to obesity treatment, but few studies have described the effects of structured lifestyle programmes specifically in bariatric patients. We sought to describe changes in ... -
A qualitative study of the development of health literacy capacities of participants attending a community-based cardiovascular health programme
(MDPI, 2018-06-02)Health literacy is a critical determinant of health, which can empower individuals and lead to engagement in collective health promotion action and is also a crucial component in the self-management of illness. The current ... -
What’s Consuming Ireland? Exploring expressed attitudes and reported behaviours towards the environment and consumption across three study sites on the island of Ireland
(Geographical Society of Ireland, 2016)Household consumption levels are escalating across the island of Ireland. Although emissions from transport and construction sectors have experienced a temporary decrease due to the economic downturn, overall emissions ... -
How subject animacy constrains motion event descriptions: Evidence from sequential and simultaneous bilinguals in French and English
(John Benjamins Publishing, 2017-08-09)Research has indicated that during sentence processing, French native speakers predominantly rely upon lexico-semantic cues (i.e., animacy) while native speakers of English rely upon syntactic cues (i.e., word order). The ... -
Communication as a human right: Citizenship, politics and the role of the speech-language pathologist
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-12-01)According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and ... -
Communication as a human right: Citizenship, politics and the role of the speech-language pathologist
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-12-01)According to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and ... -
Well-being and resilience in children with speech and language disorders
(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2018-01-25)Purpose Children with speech and language disorders are at risk in relation to psychological and social well-being. The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of these children from their own perspectives ... -
Caring about care planning: A survey of assessment and care planning tools, processes and perspectives from residential care settings for older people in the Republic of Ireland
(Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2012)Introduction: Throughout the developed world the ageing of populations has become a matter of increasing attention both for policy-makers and practitioners. Indeed, as far back as the late 1990s, the Organisation for ...