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'Choose Safety'. An evaluation of a Health and Safety module for use in secondary schools. Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI, Galway
(Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2009-01)The overall aim of this project was to comprehensively evaluate the pilot of the 'Choose Safety' module developed by the H.S.A. The module is a teaching and learning pack for post-primary students. The main objectives of ... -
Cluster randomisation and design effects in school surveys: an exploration of the Irish Health Behaviours in School-aged Children data.
(National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)School surveys are typically conducted in classrooms where children are clustered and thus each participating student is not fully independent of others. Such unavoidable cluster randomisation increases the size of standard ... -
"Come for the weight-loss, stay for the enjoyment" - exploring attributions for initiating and maintaining exercise.
(Psychological Society of Ireland, 2001-05)The potential benefits from engaging in physical activity and exercise in terms of both physical and mental health are well established. Regular exercise has been demonstrated to have preventative effects for several chronic ... -
A community needs assessment for rural mental health promotion.
(Oxford Journals, 2000-06)This paper describes the needs assessment phase of a mental health promotion programme for rural communities in Ireland. As part of a larger study encompassing four rural communities, a cross-sectional study of the mental ... -
Comparing the clinical-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an internet-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention with a waiting list control among adults with chronic pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-07-02)Internet-delivered psychological interventions among people with chronic pain have the potential to overcome environmental and economic barriers to the provision of evidence-based psychological treatment in the Irish health ... -
CompHP Developing competencies and professional standards for health promotion capacity building in Europe: literature review
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Concepts of illness causation and attitudes to health care among older people in the Republic of Ireland.
(Elsevier, 2002-01)Fifty-one older people (26 of them women) in the Republic of Ireland were interviewed using a semi-structured schedule on their health and illness experiences at three different time points in their lives; as children, as ... -
Connected, respected and contributing to their world: The case of sexual minority and non-minority young people in Ireland
(MDPI, 2021-01-27)Outcome 5 of the Irish Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures national youth policy framework ( Connected, respected, and contributing to their world ) offers a suitable way to study psychosocial determinants of adolescent ... -
Consommation de cannabis par les élèves de 15 ans - Données issues de l'enquête internationale HBSC/OMS dans 32 pays occidentaux.
(French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2006-03)In the 32 western countries that participated in the Health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC 2002) survey conducted in schools, about 20% of 15-year-olds declared that they had already used cannabis, which is ... -
Construction apprentices' attitudes to workplace drug testing in Ireland.
(Ingenta, 2006-03)Ireland has become one of the first European countries to legislate for workplace drug testing. However, little is known about the attitudes of Irish workers towards various aspects of workplace drug testing programmes. ... -
Consulting with citizens in the design of wellbeing measures and policies: lessons from a systems science application
(Springer Verlag, 2014-09-20)Internationally, there is increasing interest in, and analysis of, human wellbeing and the economic, social, environmental, and psychological factors that contribute to it. Current thinking suggests that to measure social ... -
Contraceptive use by 15-year-old students at their last sexual intercourse: results from 25 countries.
(American Medical Association, 2008-01)Objectives: To identify and report cross-national patterns in contraceptive use among sexually active adolescents. Design: A cross-national cross-sectional survey. Setting: Data were collected in 2002 by self-report ... -
Correlates of increased risk of eating disorders in Irish School Children
(Irish Medical Organisation, 2007-05)Currently there are no large-scale data on the prevalence of disordered eating behaviours in Irish children and adolescents. We examined the 2002 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study to estimate those Irish ... -
Correlates of self-related health in a geriatric day care centre
(British Geriatrics Society, 2001-10)Old people and physicians perceive health in old age differently. Self-rated halth is a strong predictor of mortality, independent of objective measures of health, and can be more predictive than a physician's assessment. ... -
The country profile of Ireland
(European Communities, 2006)Within the Republic of Ireland, there has been increasing recognition in recent years, at both policy and practice level, of the importance of mental health promotion and prevention of mental disorders for overall population ... -
Critical actions for mental health promotion
(International Union for Health Promotion and Education - IUHPE, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on population mental health globally1-4, including rising rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and increases in suicidal thoughts and behaviours5-7. ... -
A cross-border approach to mental health promotion.
(Office of Health Gain, 2001)This paper reports on preliminary findings from a project commissioned by the Centre for Cross Border Studies, Armagh. The project is concerned with cross border co-operation in the development of mental health promotion ... -
A cross-national profile of bullying and victimisation among adolescents in 40 countries
(Springer, 2009-07-21)Objectives: (1) To compare the prevalence of bullying and victimization among boys and girls and by age in 40 countries. (2) In 6 countries, to compare rates of direct physical, direct verbal, and indirect bullying by ... -
A cross-national study of violence-related behaviours in adolescents.
(American Medical Association, 2004-06)Background: Violent behavior among adolescents is a significant problem worldwide, and a cross-national comparison of adolescent violent behaviors can provide information about the development and pattern of physical ... -
Cross-national time trends in bullying behaviour 1994-2006: findings from Europe and North America
(Springer, 2009-06-04)Objectives: To identify trends over 12 years in the prevalence of bullying and associated victimization among adolescents in North American and European countries. Methods: Cross-sectional self-report surveys were obtained ...