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Secondhand smoke exposure and risk following the Irish smoking ban: an assessment of salivary cotinine concentrations in hotel workers and air nicotine levels in bars
(BMJ Group, 2005-12)
Objective:
To investigate whether the Irish smoking ban has had an impact on secondhand smoke (SHS) exposures for hospitality workers.
Design, setting, and participants:
Before and after the smoking ban a cohort of ...
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 ...
Standardising assessment instruments and care planning in Ireland
(Emerald, 2014)
There is wide variation in the use of standardised instruments for assessment. Within some domains, standardised instruments enjoy near universal usage. However, within other domains, standardised instruments are often ...
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 ...
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 ...
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). ...
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
(Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2012-02)
[No abstract available]
Indicators of deprivation, voting patterns, and health status at area level in the Republic of Ireland
(BMJ Group, 2002-01)
Study objective: To determine what relation, if any, exists between mortality patterns, indicators of deprivation, general lifestyle and social attitudes, as exemplified by general election voting pattern, in the Republic ...
Socio-demographic predictors of self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland: findings from the National Survey on Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition, SLAN
(Elsevier, 2003-02-21)
Though Ireland continues to have a poor health profile compared with other European Union countries, previous research on social variations has been limited. For the first time in the Republic of Ireland, the influence on ...