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Researching the implementation of community mental health programmes.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008)
Understanding the process of programme implementation plays a critical role in advancing research, practice and policy in mental health promotion. This paper focuses on theimplementation of community mental health promotion ...
Addressing the determinants of positive mental health: concepts, evidence and practice
(Clifford Beers Foundation, 2009-08)
Positive mental health is recognised as a key resource for population well-being and the social and economic prosperity of society. This paper provides an overview of current concepts of positive mental health and its ...
'It sort of widens the Health word': evaluation of a health promotion intervention in the youth work setting.
(Youth Studies Ireland, 2008-04)
Defined as a place or social context in which people enage in daily activities in which environmental, organisational and personal factors interact to effect health and well-being, youth organisations clearly qualify as ...
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 ...
"Shut up and put up" - barriers to tackling workplace bullying in a public sector organisation.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)
Workplace health promotion, concerned as it is with promoting the health of those in the workplace setting, has paid surprisingly little attention to the phenomenon of the workplace bullying, despite its prevalence and ...
Evaluation of a workplace cardiovascular health promotion programme in the Republic of Ireland
(Oxford Journals, 2002-02)
This paper describes a comprehensive evaluation of the organizational impact of a workplace health promotion programme, in the context of a framework devised by Nutbeam in 1998. The Happy Heart at Work programme, sponsored ...
Generic principles of effective mental health promotion
(Clifford Beers Foundation, 2007-05)
A knowledge base is emerging on the effectiveness of mental health promotion which may be used to guide effective policy and practice. This paper considers the generic principles underpinning the practice of effective ...
Perceived quality of life and mental health status of female prisoners
(Irish Medical Organisation, 2002-04)
Mental health status and quality of life of female prisoners were examined as part of a cross¿sectional, healthcare study of the Irish prisoner population. There is evidence that female prisoners have higher levels of ...
Childrens', parents' and teachers' perceptions of child wellbeing.
(2007)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an exploration of parents', teachers' and childrens' perspectives on children's understanding of wellbeing with the aim of illuminating and comparing the conceptualisation ...