Browsing School of Health Sciences by Author "Department of Health and Children"
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A national general practice census: characteristics of rural general practices
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Murphy, Andrew W.; Kelleher, Cecily (Oxford Journals, 2001-07)Objectives. The aim of the present study was to describe, using a national census, the characteristics of rural general practices and compare these with city and town general practices. Methods. A previously piloted, ... -
Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study.
Kelly, Colette (Birkhäuser Verlag, 2009-07-01)Objectives - To examine overweight prevalence and its association with demographic and lifestyle factors in 11-15 year olds in the HBSC 2005-2006 survey. Methods - Self-reports of height, weight, eating patterns, physical ... -
The relationship between parental socio-economic status and episodes of drunkenness among adolescents: findings from a cross-national survey
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (BioMed Central, 2006-11-28)Behavioral factors such as (excessive) alcohol consumption play a major role in the explanation of social inequalities in health. The unequal distribution of health risk behaviors among socio-economic groups has important ... -
School health education and gender: an interactive effect
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelleher, Cecily C. (Oxford Journals, 2000-03-04)Post-primary school students (n = 2407) and young adults (n = 477) participated in a cross-sectional evaluation of a health education programme for schools. The Lifeskills programme is based on a philosophy of student ... -
Self-esteem and health-risk behaviours: is there a link?
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Psychology Society of Ireland, 2003-02)Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale scores from 7706 Irish young people were analysed in order to determine if self-esteem is related to incidence of smoking, drinking, drunkenness and drug use. In addition, age, sex and social ... -
Social Diversity of Irish adults nutritional intake
Friel, S.; Kelleher, Cecily; Nolan, G; Harrington, J. (Nature, 2003-08)The first health and lifestyle survey of Irish adults was carried out in 1998 and aimed to describe the health-related lifestyle behaviours of a cross-section of various population trata residing in the Republic of Ireland. ... -
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 ...