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Intersectoral debate strengthens alliances, advocacy and action for maternal survival in Zambia.
(Oxford Journals, 2008-11-12)
The Health Promotion Research Centre of the National University of Ireland, Galway and the University of Zambia's School of Medicine conducted operational research to understand and address the socio-cultural and gender ...
The development of an annotated bibliography of Irish infant feeding related research.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)
In order to support the implementation of the 2005 National Breastfeeding Strategy, the Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway has produced a comprehensive and definitive bibliography of ...
Adult health education materials
(Office of Health Gain, Northern Ireland, 2000)
In this article we report the results of a survey of adult health education materials currently available and in use in Ireland, conducted as part of an EU collaborative project aiming to identify health education materials ...
Effect of social variation on the Irish diet.
(Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Both jurisdictions of Ireland have high rates of chronic degenerative diseases, particularly of the cardiovascular system, and Irish migrants have worse health profiles, often lasting at least two generations. The influence ...
Health and lifestyle inequalities: the emerging Ireland.
(Cambridge University Press, 2002-09)
The level of health inequalities has developed in Ireland in a similar way as in other Western developed countries. Socially disadvantaged people suffer worse health outcomes, some dietary related, throughout life compared ...
Consommation de cannabis par les élèves de 15 ans - Données issues de l'enquête internationale HBSC/OMS dans 32 pays occidentaux.
(French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2006-03)
In the 32 western countries that participated in the Health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC 2002) survey conducted in schools, about 20% of 15-year-olds declared that they had already used cannabis, which is ...
Self-esteem norms for Irish young people.
(Ammons Scientific, 2003-06)
Self-esteem scores from the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale collected from a large sample of Irish young people are presented as norms for this population.
Factors associated with bicycle helmet use among young adolescents in a multinational sample
(BMJ Group, 2005-03-22)
Bicycle helmet use among young adolescents varies greatly between countries; however, helmet use does not reach 50% in any country. Age is the most significant individual factor associated with helmet for helmet using ...
Where do young Irish women want Chlamydia-screening services to be set up? A qualitative study employing Goffman's impression management framework
(Elsevier, 2009-08-20)
We conducted interviews with 35 young women recruited from eight community healthcare rural and urban settings across two regions of Ireland. The aim of the study was to explore where these women thought Chlamydia-screening ...
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 ...