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Exploring the feasability of developing internet-based Health Promotion materials for third-level students
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008-09)
This is the first phase of a joint initiative between the Health Service Executive,
University College Cork (UCC), Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) and NUI Galway (NUIG). It
is a nine month research study exploring the ...
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 ...
Temporal and spatial distribution of human cryptosporidiosis in the west of Ireland 2004-2007
(2009)
Background
Cryptosporidiosis is increasingly recognised as a cause of gastrointestinal infection in Ireland and has been implicated in several outbreaks. This study aimed to investigate the spatial and temporal distribution ...
Dieting patterns and related lifestyles of school aged children in the Republic of Ireland.
(Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify differences in food habits and lifestyle behaviours by dieting status among young people in Ireland.
Design: Cross-sectional survey. Participants responded to a self-completion ...
Sixsmith, J. (2002). . Maintaining Health in Primary Care: guidelines for wellness in the 21st Century (book review). Irish Medical Journal, 95(3), 152
(Irish Medical Organisation, 2002)
As a practitioners guide, this recently published handbook on maintaining health for
primary care practitioners provides a comprehensive resource for health information
which may prove useful as a framework for ill health ...
Mental Health Promotion: Perspectives and Practices.
(Clifford Beers Foundation, 2001)
There is growing recognition in Ireland, as in other countries, of the importance of addressing mental health as part of improving overall health and well-being. Each year, the Centre for Health Promotion Studies at the ...
Worldviews apart? Perceptions of place among rural, farm and urban young people in Ireland.
(Irish Youth Work Centre, 2007)
In this paper, we report findings from a national survey of 8,316 Irish young people in 2002,which reveals the ways in which socio-spatial context impacts on young people's perceptions of the places in which they live and ...
Interpersonal relationships as predictors of positive health among Irish youth: The more the merrier.
(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 ...
Assessing the use of the Family Affluence scale among Irish school children
(Irish Medical Organisation, 2007-09)
The objective of this analysis was to examine the answering rates, internal reliability and external validity of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) employing data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children ...