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Feasibility of a mens' health promotion programme in Irish primary care
(Springer, 2002-01)
Background To assess the feasibility of offering health promotion and preventive medicine initiatives in primary care. Aims A pilot study aimed at men in general practice to establish the uptake, acceptability and effectiveness ...
Care planning in long-stay care of the older person
(2006-12)
Every time that the author walks into a different long-stay care of the older person unit it is found that the staff are struggling with care plan introduction. Healthcare professionals are constantly looking for clarification ...
The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses.
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2005-07-29)
Background:
The aim of the SPHERE study is to design, implement and evaluate tailored practice and personal care plans to improve the process of care and objective clinical outcomes for patients with established coronary ...
Responses to language barriers in consultations with refugees and asylum seekers: a telephone survey of Irish general practitioners
(BioMed Central, 2008)
Background:
Refugees and asylum seekers experience language barriers in general practice. Qualitative studies have found that responses to language barriers in general practice are ad hoc with use of both professional ...
Inter-professional working: power and politics in the operating department
(The Clinical Services Journal, 2007-05)
No abstract available
Effects of Gamma Irradiation and Pasteurization on the Nutritive Composition of Commercially Available Animal Diets
(2008)
Gamma radiation is used to sterilize diets for specific pathogen-free (SPF) animals. Because a gamma-irradiated diet was linked to leukoencephalomyelopathy in SPF cats, we investigated the effects of 'typical' (28.9-34.3 ...
Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland.
(BioMed Central, 2008-04)
Background - Obesity is the cause of other chronic diseases, psychological problems, obesity shortens the lifespan and puts strain on health systems. The risk associated with childhood obesity in particular, which will ...
Social Diversity of Irish adults nutritional intake
(Nature, 2003-08)
The first health and lifestyle survey of Irish adults was carried out in 1998 and aimed to describe the health-related lifestyle behaviours of a cross-section of various population trata residing in the Republic of Ireland. ...
Testing the feasibility of implementing a pan-European framework for health promotion accreditation
(International Union for Health Promotion and Education, 2009)
SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyles, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Smoking patterns in Ireland: Implications for policy and services
(Brugha, R., Tully, N., Dicker, P., Shelley, E., Ward, M., McGee, H., Barry, M.M., Perry, I.J. & Watson, D. (2009). SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyles, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Smoking patterns in Ireland: Implications for policy and services. Department of Health and Children. Dublin: The Stationery Office, 2009)