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Family, peer and school relationships as predictors of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use in Irish adolescents: differences between sustained and experimental substance use.
(2008-09)
Adolescence is a vital period in shaping behaviour patterns. Substance use is one of the most commonly studies risk behaviours among adolescents. There are three mutually exclusive levels of substance use: non-use, ...
The influence of social, demographic and physical factors on positive mental health in children , adults and older people.
(Government Office of Science and Innovation (UK), 2008)
Mental health is fundamental to good health and quality of life and also infl uences social and economic outcomes across the lifespan. In the UK, Europe and globally, there has been an increasing recognition of the importance ...
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 ...
'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 ...
Diet and related behaviour of children from disadvantaged schools in Ireland: data from the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
(Cambridge Journals Online / The Nutrition Society, 2008-07)
In 2005 an action plan for educational inclusion, Delivery Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) was launched in Ireland to ensure the educational needs of children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities are ...
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 ...
Capacity building for the future of health promotion.
(SAGE Journals Online, 2008-09)
This commentary outlines the work plan of the Global Vice President for Capacity Building, Education and Training over the period 2007-10. Two key areas are prioritised for action: workforce development in countries with ...
Exposure assessment to airborne contaminants in the indoor environment of Irish swine farms.
(Institute of Agricultural Medicine (Lublin), 2008)
Agricultural workers have higher rates of long-term sick leave associated with respiratory disease than any other worker groups. There is currently no published data on the extent to which Irish agricultural workers are ...