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Psychosocial interventions for problem alcohol use in illicit drug users
(Wiley, 2012-11-14)
Background
Problem alcohol use is common among illicit drug users and is associated with adverse health outcomes. It is also an important factor in poor prognosis among drug users with hepatitis C virus (HCV) as it ...
Early initiation of cannabis use: A cross-national European perspective
(Elsevier, 2006-11)
This study reports on nationwide cross-sectional surveys in six European countries in 2001-2002, within the framework of the World Health Organization's collaborative study, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC). ...
(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 ...
School health education and gender: an interactive effect
(Oxford Journals, 2000-03-04)
Post-primary school students (n = 2407) and young adults (n = 477) participated in a cross-sectional evaluation of a health education programme for schools. The Lifeskills programme is based on a philosophy of student ...
"Shut up and put up" - barriers to tackling workplace bullying in a public sector organisation.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-10)
Workplace health promotion, concerned as it is with promoting the health of those in the workplace setting, has paid suprisingly little attention to the phenomenon of workplace bullying, despite its prevalence and ...
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 ...
Problem alcohol use among problem drugs users in primary care: a qualitative study of what patients think about screening and treatment
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: Problem alcohol use is common and associated
with considerable adverse outcomes among patients who attend primary care in
Ireland and other European countries for opiate substitution treatment. This
paper ...
A scoping review of men, masculinities, and smoking behavior: The importance of settings
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-04-09)
Background: In many countries, smoking rates are higher among men than women, highlighting the importance of focusing on factors that influence smoking prevalence among men. Expressed masculinities occur within settings ...
Promotion, prevention and protection: interventions at the population- and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries
(BioMed Central, 2016-04-11)
In addition to services within the health system, interventions at the population and community levels are also important for the promotion of mental health, primary prevention of mental, neurological and substance use ...
Impacts of an HIA on inter-agency and inter-sectoral partnerships and community participation: lessons from a local level HIA in the Republic of Ireland
(Oxford University Press, 2012-07-20)
This study evaluates the impacts of a locally based health impact
assessment (HIA) on community participation, inter-sectoral
and inter-agency partnership in local decision and
policy-making ...