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Social welfare, housing and health policy and the determinants of quality of life for older people in the Republic of Ireland
Hodgins, Margaret; McKenna, Verna (2010)Improving quality of life (QoL) for older people calls for public policy initiatives which have a positive impact on the determinants of quality of life. This paper presents a review of current social welfare, housing and ... -
Standardising assessment instruments and care planning in Ireland
Power, Martin; Van Lente, Eric (Emerald, 2014)There is wide variation in the use of standardised instruments for assessment. Within some domains, standardised instruments enjoy near universal usage. However, within other domains, standardised instruments are often ... -
A systematic review of online youth mental health promotion and prevention interventions
Clarke, Aleisha M.; Barry, Margaret M. (BMC Public Health, 2014)This systematic review provides a narrative synthesis of the evidence on the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions for young people in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Commissioned by the WHO, ... -
A systematic review of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions for young people in low and middle income countries.
Barry, Margaret M.; Clarke, Aleisha M.; Patel, Vikram; Jenkins, Rachel (BioMed Central, 2013)BackgroundThis systematic review provides a narrative synthesis of the evidence on the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions for young people in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Commissioned by the ... -
Taking a Health Promotion Approach to the Problem of Bullying
Hodgins, Margaret (2008)Health promotion is an emerging, multidisciplinary, endeavour that has much to offer the study of bullying. The negative health impacts of bullying are well documented, and indicate that having been bullied is associated ... -
Towards building healthy school communities through healthy food access.
Callaghan, Mary; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelly, Colette (Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2014)One of the goals of health promotion is to make it easier for people to make the healthy choice. Enabling students to make the healthy choice by improving access to, and availability of, healthy foods is essential in ... -
Usefulness of a competency-based reflective portfolio for student learning on a Masters Health Promotion programme
McKenna, Verna; Connolly, Claire; Hodgins, Margaret M. (SAGE Journals Online, 2011)Background: Efforts to identify core competencies within health promotion and health education have been on-going for a number of years. These efforts include work carried out by the International Union for Health Promotion ... -
Vegetable consumption among schoolchildren in Ireland. HBSC Ireland Research Factsheet No. 19
Callaghan, Mary (2012)HBSC Ireland 2010 has found that 20.0% of schoolchildren in Ireland report eating vegetables everyday, more than once (18.7% of boys and 21.5% of girls). This figure represents a slight increase since 2006 (17.9%). There ...