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A person perception study of the 'Healthy body-Healthy mind' stereotype
(Taylor & Francis, 1992)In a person-perception study, examining whether information regarding physical fitness leads to judgements about psychological well-being, 114 subjects were presented with aural descriptions of a fictitious character. Half ... -
Health and well-being in social care workers
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
HBSC 2010 full variable report: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland study 2010: Socio-demographic patterns in the health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people's lives
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HBSC 2006 full variable report: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland study 2006: Socio-demographic patterns in the health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people's lives
(Department of Health and Children, 2008-12)The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (Ireland) study is conducted by the HBSC Ireland research team at the Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc). ... -
A study of workaholism in Irish academics
(Oxford University Press, 2016-05-11)Background Workaholism is recognized as a health risk for academics given the open-ended nature of academic work; however, current prevalence rates of workaholism in the academic setting are unknown.Aims To assess the ... -
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland 2010: Middle Childhood Study: Socio-demographic patterns in health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people's lives
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An evaluation of the MindOut (2) programme in disadvantaged post-primary schools: A report on preliminary findings
(Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway., 2017-10)INTRODUCTION This report describes the evaluation of the MindOut (2) social and emotional wellbeing programme for senior level students in Irish post-primary schools. This programme, which was updated in 2015, is comprised ... -
A feasibility study report on the implementation of the revised MindOut programme in the youth sector in Ireland
(Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway., 2017-10)The MindOut programme was originally developed in 2004 to promote the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 15-18 years. Over the last eleven years it has been successfully implemented in post-primary schools ... -
Risk, science and the politics of the blood scandals in Ireland, Scotland, England and Finland
(Royal Irish Academy, 2016-11-07)This article examines the HIV/Hepatitis C disaster that engulfed those suffering from haemophilia in Ireland, Scotland, England/Wales and Finland during the 1980s and 1990s; the largest health scandal since the ... -
(re) Structuring the agency: Agency working arrangements and social care in the era of austerity and beyond
(Social Care Ireland, 2016-09-01)In Ireland, the austerity era of recent years brought (un)employment to the fore in a manner not seen since the 1980s. Within the arena of health and social care, this was epitomised by the embargo . Confined within an ...