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The soundtrack of substance use: Music preference as a risk factor for adolescent smoking and drinking.
(Informa Healthcare, 2009-07)
A connection between preferences for heavy metal, rap, reggae, electronic dance music,and substance use has previously been established. However, evidence as to the gender specific links between substance use and a wider ...
Current practice in meeting child health needs in family support services: variation by service type and perspectives on future developments.
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-07)
The needs of all service users include those related to physical, emotional, sexual and mental health. This article documents where child health needs are recognised and being met within family support services in the west ...
Contraceptive use by 15-year-old students at their last sexual intercourse: results from 25 countries.
(American Medical Association, 2008-01)
Objectives: To identify and report cross-national patterns in contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents.
Design: A cross-national cross-sectional survey.
Setting: Data were collected in 2002 by self-report ...
Family, peer and school relationships as predictors of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use in Irish adolescents: differences between sustained and experimental substance use.
(2008-09)
Adolescence is a vital period in shaping behaviour patterns. Substance use is one of the most commonly studies risk behaviours among adolescents. There are three mutually exclusive levels of substance use: non-use, ...
Indicators of health promoting schools in Ireland: towards the participative inclusion of students.
(2008-06)
There is a political and practical need to develop appropriate indicators for health promoting schools. As key stakeholders in education, students have the right to be fully engaged in this process. This research proposed ...
Friendships and perceptions of place among rural, farm and urban children and adolescents in Ireland.
(Institute of Public Administration, 2007)
Some features of contemporary Irish life, such as the fast pace of (sub)urbanisation and the proliferation of scattered housing in the countryside (e.g. Corcoran, 2005; Peillon, 2005; Crowley, 2006) suggest that the ...
A national general practice census: characteristics of rural general practices
(Oxford Journals, 2001-07)
Objectives. The aim of the present study was to describe, using a national census, the characteristics of rural general practices and compare these with city and town general practices.
Methods. A previously piloted, ...
Diet and related behaviour of children from disadvantaged schools in Ireland: data from the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
(Cambridge Journals Online / The Nutrition Society, 2008-07)
In 2005 an action plan for educational inclusion, Delivery Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) was launched in Ireland to ensure the educational needs of children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities are ...
Family structure and children's eating patterns: secondary analysis of the Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HBSC) study 2002.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-10)
A variety of family and social factors influence children's eating behaviours such as availability of and preference for particular foods, portion size, cultural values regarding food types and preparation, parents' beliefs ...
Urban and rural patterns in adolescent alcohol consumption in Ireland.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)
Excessive alcohol consumption remains a substantial public health concern in Ireland. in the 2006 Irish HBSC survey, about half of students aged 15-17 reported that they were current drinkers and just over a third that ...