College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences: Recent submissions

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    • Love and dating patterns for same‐ and both‐gender attracted adolescents across Europe 

      Költő, András; Young, Honor; Burke, Lorraine; Moreau, Nathalie; Cosma, Alina; Magnusson, Josefine; Windlin, Béat; Reis, Marta; Saewyc, Elizabeth M.; Godeau, Emmanuelle; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Wiley, 2018-04-15)
      Sexual orientation is a multidimensional phenomenon, which includes identity, behavior, and attraction. The attraction component, however, is less studied than the other two. In this article, we present the development of ...

    • Health and well-being of young people in Donegal 

      Költő, András; Ravikumar, Divya; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-06-30)
      This short report presents indicators of health and well-being in young people from Donegal, compared to the same findings from other counties of Republic of Ireland (ROI). The indicators included in this analysis are the ...

    • Niven and Scott (2003): Sixteen years of hindsight 

      Scott, P Anne (Wiley, 2019-05-28)
      This paper revisits a 2003 publication in Nursing Philosophy: The need for accurate perception and informed judgement in determining the appropriate use of the nursing resource: hearing the patient's voice. The author ...

    • Visibility of nursing in policy documents related to health care priorities 

      Tønnessen, Siri; Christiansen, Karin; Hjaltadóttir, Ingibjörg; Leino‐Kilpi, Helena; Scott, Philomena Anne; Suhonen, Riitta; Öhlén, Joakim; Halvorsen, Kristin (Wiley, 2020-02-09)
      Aim To explore the visibility of nursing in policy documents concerning health care priorities in the Nordic countries.Background Nurses at all levels in health care organisations set priorities on a daily basis. Such ...

    • Safe and competent nursing care: An argument for a minimum standard? 

      Tønnessen, Siri; Scott, Anne; Nortvedt, Per (SAGE Publications, 2020-05-18)
      There is no agreed minimum standard with regard to what is considered safe, competent nursing care. Limited resources and organizational constraints make it challenging to develop a minimum standard. As part of their ...

    • Resource allocation and rationing in nursing care: A discussion paper 

      Scott, P Anne; Harvey, Clare; Felzmann, Heike; Suhonen, Riitta; Habermann, Monika; Halvorsen, Kristin; Christiansen, Karin; Toffoli, Luisa; Papastavrou, Evridiki (SAGE Publications, 2018-04-01)
      Driven by interests in workforce planning and patient safety, a growing body of literature has begun to identify the reality and the prevalence of missed nursing care, also specified as care left undone, rationed care or ...

    • Modes of transport to or from school and mental wellbeing of schoolchildren in Ireland 

      Költő, András; Gavin, Aoife; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (National University of Ireland Galway, 2020)
      Introduction: Active transport is a priority area within the Physical Activity Strategy for the WHO European Region 2016 2025. Active transport (walking and cycling) is associated with better physical health indicators. ...

    • Romantic attraction and substance use in 15-year-old adolescents from eight European countries 

      Költő, András; Cosma, Alina; Young, Honor; Moreau, Nathalie; Pavlova, Daryna; Tesler, Riki; Thorsteinsson, Einar B.; Vieno, Alessio; Saewyc, Elizabeth M.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (MDPI, 2019-08-23)
      Sexual minority youth are at higher risk of substance use than heterosexual youth. However, most evidence in this area is from North America, and it is unclear whether the findings can be generalized to other cultures and ...

    • Occupational therapy interventions for multiple sclerosis: A scoping review 

      Quinn, Éle; Hynes, Sinéad M. (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-07-09)
      We reviewed the evidence regarding the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions in improving outcomes for adults with multiple sclerosis. Method We completed a scoping review of literature in the area of ...

    • Self-reported health and patterns of romantic love in adolescents from eight European countries and regions 

      Költő, András; Cosma, Alina; Moreau, Nathalie; Young, Honor; Thorsteinsson, Einar B.; Gobina, Inese; Godeau, Emmanuelle; Saewyc, Elizabeth M.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Mary Ann Liebert, 2020-02-24)
      Purpose: Sexual minority youth (SMY) are at increased risk of poor health, but it remains unclear whether this phenomenon is universal. In this study, nationally representative samples of 15-year olds from eight European ...

    • Using vignette methodology to study comfort with consensual and nonconsensual depictions of pornography content 

      Dawson, Kate; Noone, Chris; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; MacNeela, Padraig (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-05-18)
      Spanking, whipping, and choking are examples of aggressive behaviours that can be performed in consensual sexual encounters. However, within the pornography research literature, such behaviours are often perceived as being ...

    • Facilitators and barriers to the development of health literacy capacities over time for self-management 

      McKenna, Verna B.; Sixsmith, Jane; Barry, Margaret M. (SLACK Incorporated, 2020-05-12)
      Health literacy is a dynamic construct that is content and context specific. An understanding of the facilitators and barriers involved in the development of health literacy over time can provide important insights for the ...

    • Experiences of stigma in healthcare settings by people living with HIV in Ireland: a qualitative study 

      Vaughan, Elena; Power, Martin; Sixsmith, Jane (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2020-06-16)
      Stigma in healthcare settings remains a barrier to accessing screening, treatment and care for HIV and is a driver of the global HIV epidemic. This study examined the stigma experiences in healthcare settings of people ...

    • Weight reduction behaviors among European adolescents—Changes from 2001/2002 to 2017/2018. 

      Dzielska, Anna; Kelly, Colette; Ojala, Kristiina; Finne, Emily; Spinelli, Angela; Furstova, Jana; Fismen, Anne-Siri; Ercan, Oya; Tesler, Riki; Melkumova, Marina; Canale, Natale; Nardone, Paola; Gudelj Rakic, Jelena; Dalmasso, Paola (Elsevier, 2020-05-20)
      The purpose of this study was to analyze changes in the prevalence of weight reduction behaviors (WRBs) among European adolescents from 26 countries between 2001/2002 and 2017/2018. The impact of the perception of body ...

    • Neuroanatomical dysconnectivity underlying cognitive deficits in bipolar disorder 

      McPhilemy, Genevieve; Nabulsi, Leila; Kilmartin, Liam; O’Hora, Denis; O’Donoghue, Stefani; Tronchin, Giulia; Costello, Laura; Najt, Pablo; Ambati, Srinath; Neilsen, Gráinne; Creighton, Sarah; Byrne, Fintan; McLoughlin, James; McDonald, Colm; Hallahan, Brian; Cannon, Dara M. (Elsevier, 2019-09-18)
      BACKGROUND: Graph theory applied to brain networks is an emerging approach to understanding the brain's topological associations with human cognitive ability. Despite well-documented cognitive impairments in bipolar disorder ...

    • Bipolar disorder and gender are associated with frontolimbic and basal ganglia dysconnectivity: A study of topological variance using network analysis 

      Nabulsi, Leila; McPhilemy, Genevieve; Kilmartin, Liam; O'Hora, Denis; O'Donoghue, Stefani; Forcellini, Giulia; Najt, Pablo; Ambati, Srinath; Costello, Laura; Byrne, Fintan; McLoughlin, James; Hallahan, Brian; McDonald, Colm; Cannon, Dara M. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2019-12-16)
      Well-established structural abnormalities, mostly involving the limbic system, have been associated with disorders of emotion regulation. Understanding the arrangement and connections of these regions with other functionally ...

    • Frontolimbic, frontoparietal, and default mode involvement in functional dysconnectivity in psychotic bipolar disorder 

      Nabulsi, Leila; McPhilemy, Genevieve; Kilmartin, Liam; Whittaker, Joseph R.; Martyn, Fiona M.; Hallahan, Brian; McDonald, Colm; Murphy, Kevin; Cannon, Dara M. (Elsevier, 2019-11-11)
      BACKGROUND: Functional abnormalities, mostly involving functionally specialized subsystems, have been associated with disorders of emotion regulation such as bipolar disorder (BD). Understanding how independent functional ...

    • The value of lost productivity from workplace bullying in Ireland 

      Cullinan, John; Hodgins, Margaret; Hogan, Victoria; Pursell, Lisa (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-05-18)
      Background Workplace bullying is a pervasive problem with significant personal, social and economic costs. Estimates of the resulting lost productivity provide an important societal perspective on the impact of the problem. ...

    • The effects of implementation quality of a school-based social and emotional well-being program on students outcomes 

      Dowling, Katherine; Barry, Margaret M. (MDPI, 2020-05-22)
      School-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs can be effective in producing positive outcomes for students. However, when the implementation quality is poor, these programs often lose their effectiveness and ...

    • Youth participation in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study 

      Kelly, Colette; Branquinho, Cátia; Dzielska, Anna; Gaspar de Matos, Margarida; Melkumova, Marina; Pavlova, Daria; Pickett, William; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Elsevier, 2020-06-01)
      [No abstract available]