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Promoting social and emotional wellbeing in schools
(Emerald, 2017-08-07)
Purpose
This paper provides a critical perspective on the international evidence on promoting young people s social and emotional wellbeing in schools. The challenges of integrating evidence-based interventions within ...
Qualifications of non-nursing residential care staff in the Republic of Ireland.
(Emerald, 2011-03)
In response to the challenge of the ageing of societies and concerns over recruitment and quality of service delivery, many nations have introduced new educational and training pathways, as well as national standards that ...
Time for a paradigm change? Tracing the institutionalisation of health impact assessment in the Republic of Ireland across health and environmental sectors
(Elsevier, 2010-08)
This paper presents a critical analysis of health impact assessment (HIA) in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) in the context of institutional policy and practice. It begins with a brief background to the origins and aims of ...
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 of online youth mental health promotion and prevention interventions
(BMC Public Health, 2014)
This systematic review provides a narrative synthesis of the evidence on the
effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions for young people in low
and middle-income countries (LMICs). Commissioned by the WHO, ...
Social welfare, housing and health policy and the determinants of quality of life for older people in the Republic of Ireland
(2010)
Improving quality of life (QoL) for older people calls for public policy initiatives which have a positive impact on the determinants of quality of life.
This paper presents a review of current social welfare, housing and ...
Usefulness of a competency-based reflective portfolio for student learning on a Masters Health Promotion programme
(SAGE Journals Online, 2011)
Background: Efforts to identify core competencies within health promotion and health education have been on-going for a number of years. These efforts include work carried out by the International Union for Health Promotion ...
Food marketing in Irish schools
(Emerald, 2010)
Purpose - Schools are thought to represent a growing marketing opportunity for food advertisers in many countries. Marketing of unhealthy food to children is linked to the increased prevalence of obesity worldwide. This ...
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 ...