Browsing Child and Family Research Centre by Author "Tierney, Edel"
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Children’s participation in practice: comparing the views of managers and practitioners in an early intervention and prevention programme
Tierney, Edel; Rodriguez, Leonor; Kennan, Danielle; Devaney, Carmel; Brady, Bernadine; Canavan, John; Forkan, Cormac; Cassidy, Anne; Malone, Pat; McGregor, Caroline (Emerald, 2022-03-17)Purpose Participation is the active involvement of children and young people in decision-making regarding issues that affect their lives. It is crucial in the context of child protection and welfare systems and how they ... -
Collective participation of children in care: a formative evaluation of the Tusla / EPIC foster care action groups
Jackson, Rebecca; Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac; Tierney, Edel; Kennan, Danielle (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-10)Children’s participation has been defined as ‘the process by which children and young people have active involvement and real influence in decision-making on matters affecting their lives, both directly and indirectly’ ... -
A critical analysis of the implementation of service user involvement in primary care research and health service development using normalization process theory
Tierney, Edel; McEvoy, Rachel; O'Reilly-de Brún, Mary; de Brún, Tomas; Okonkwo, Ekaterina; Rooney, Michelle; Dowrick, Chris; Rogers, Anne; MacFarlane, Anne (Wiley, 2014-07-24)Background There have been recent important advances in conceptualizing and operationalizing involvement in health research and health-care service development. However, problems persist in the field that impact on the ... -
Developing, implementing and critiquing an evaluation framework to assess the extent to which a child’s right to be heard is embedded at an organisational level
Kennan, Danielle; Brady, Bernadine; Forkan, Cormac; Tierney, Edel (Springer, 2021-08-10)The national Child and Family Agency in Ireland, in 2015, undertook an ambitious three-year programme of work to embed a child s right to be heard in its culture and operations. In parallel to its implementation, the authors ... -
Do primary care professionals agree about progress with implementation of primary care teams: results from a cross sectional study
Tierney, Edel; O'Sullivan, M.; Hickey, L.; Hannigan, A.; May, C.; Cullen, W.; Kennedy, N.; Kineen, L.; MacFarlane, Anne (2016-11-22)Background Primary care is the cornerstone of healthcare reform with policies across jurisdictions promoting interdisciplinary team working. The effective implementation of such health policies requires understanding ... -
Exploring levers and barriers to accessing primary care for marginalised groups and identifying their priorities for primary care provision: a participatory learning and action research study
O'Donnell, Patrick; Tierney, Edel; O'Carroll, Austin; Nurse, Diane; MacFarlane, Anne (BioMed Central, 2016-12-03)Background The involvement of patients and the public in healthcare has grown significantly in recent decades and is documented in health policy documents internationally. Many benefits of involving these groups in primary ... -
The participation of children and young people in care: insights from an analysis of national inspection reports in the Republic of Ireland
Brady, Bernadine; Kennan, Danielle; Forkan, Cormac; Tierney, Edel; Jackson, Rebecca; Holloway, Rowan (Taylor & Francis, 2018-11-27)The term participation is widely used to refer to the involvement of children and young people in decision-making on issues that affect their lives. The Health and Information Quality Authority (HIQA) is the national ... -
'Speak Up': Participation of children and young people in decisions about their lives in Tusla Services
Tierney, Edel; Kennan, Danielle; Forkan, Cormac; Brady, Bernadine (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-11)The UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre at NUI Galway carried out a study to find out to what extent the voice of children and young people are being heard in decisions made about their lives by Tusla. This study ... -
Tusla's programme for prevention, partnership and family support: Children's participation work package final report
Tierney, Edel; Kennan, Danielle; Forkan, Cormac; Brady, Bernadine; Jackson, Rebecca (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2018-09)Introduction 1.1 Background to the Overall Study. The Development and Mainstreaming Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) is a programme of action being undertaken by Tusla, the Child and Family ... -
Tusla's programme for prevention, partnership and family support: Children's participation work package final report: Key findings
Tierney, Edel; Kennan, Danielle; Forkan, Cormac; Brady, Bernadine; Jackson, Rebecca (UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2018-09)[No abstract available]