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    Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (77)
    Kelly, Colette (20)Molcho, Michal (15)Gavin, Aoife (11)Sixsmith, Jane (10)... View MoreSubjectHealth Promotion (53)Ireland (15)Adolescents (11)HBSC (10)Health behaviour in school-aged children (7)... View MoreDate Issued2020 - 2021 (9)2010 - 2019 (12)2000 - 2009 (56)TypeArticle (55)Report (15)Conference Paper (4)Conference Poster (1)Review (1)

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    Cluster randomisation and design effects in school surveys: an exploration of the Irish Health Behaviours in School-aged Children data. 

    Molcho, Michal; Kelleher, Cecily C.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Walsh, Kieran (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)
    School surveys are typically conducted in classrooms where children are clustered and thus each participating student is not fully independent of others. Such unavoidable cluster randomisation increases the size of standard ...
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    Socio-demographic, health and lifestyle factors influencing age of sexual initiation among adolescents 

    Burke, Lorraine; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelly, Colette (MDPI, 2018-08-27)
    Behavioural and developmental factors mean that adolescents who initiate sexual intercourse early may be at an increased risk of adverse sexual health outcomes at the time of first sex and later in life. In an Irish ...
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    Influence on self-rated health of socio-demographic, lifestyle and affluence factors 

    Kelleher, Cecily C.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Irish Medical Association, 2007-09)
    In this analysis we employed the International Health Behaviour Among School Aged Children (HBSC) 1998 data, comprising 8326 Irish children and 115,327 children in the International dataset, to examine influences on self ...
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    Adolescents' perceptions of the words 'health' and 'happy' 

    O'Higgins, Siobhan; Sixsmith, Jane; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Emerald, 2010-05)
    Purpose - The shared language of youth includes understandings of concepts that can be different from those of adults. Researchers, in their efforts to explore and illuminate the health behaviours and decision-making ...
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    Socio-demographic predictors of self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland: findings from the National Survey on Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition, SLAN 

    Kelleher, Cecily; Friel, Sharon; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Tay, Joseph (Elsevier, 2003-02-21)
    Though Ireland continues to have a poor health profile compared with other European Union countries, previous research on social variations has been limited. For the first time in the Republic of Ireland, the influence on ...
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    A cross-national study of violence-related behaviours in adolescents. 

    Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (American Medical Association, 2004-06)
    Background: Violent behavior among adolescents is a significant problem worldwide, and a cross-national comparison of adolescent violent behaviors can provide information about the development and pattern of physical ...
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    Assessing sobriety and successful membership of Alcoholics Anonymous 

    Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Informa Healthcare, 2003-02)
    This study aimed to identify appropriate measures of successful membership of Alcoholics Anonymous and to investigate membership patterns and perceptions of sobriety across sociodemographic categories of AA membership.
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    Interpersonal relationships as predictors of positive health among Irish youth: The more the merrier. 

    Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelleher, Cecily C. (Irish Medical Organisation, 2007)
    ciations with supportive relationships with friends and family members, we conducted an analysis of data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC); a cross-sectional survey of 8,424 Irish ...
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    Construction apprentices' attitudes to workplace drug testing in Ireland. 

    Hogan, Victoria; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Ingenta, 2006-03)
    Ireland has become one of the first European countries to legislate for workplace drug testing. However, little is known about the attitudes of Irish workers towards various aspects of workplace drug testing programmes. ...
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    How well protected are sexually active 15 year olds? Cross national patterns in condom and contraceptive pill use 2002 - 2006. 

    Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Springer, 2009)
    Objectives - To present comparative data on sexual initiation, and condom use and contraceptive pill use at last intercourse among adolescents in Europe, Israel and Canada. Methods - Data were collected by self-report ...
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