Browsing Health Promotion by Author "Molcho, Michal"
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Adolescent place attachment, social capital, and perceived safety: a comparison of 13 countries.
Molcho, Michal (Springer, 2009-06-17)In adolescence, children become increasingly independent and autonomous, and spend more time in neighborhood settings away from home. During mid-to-late adolescence, youth often become more critical about the place they ... -
Assessing the use of the Family Affluence scale among Irish school children
Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelleher, Cecily C. (Irish Medical Organisation, 2007-09)The objective of this analysis was to examine the answering rates, internal reliability and external validity of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) employing data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children ... -
Cluster randomisation and design effects in school surveys: an exploration of the Irish Health Behaviours in School-aged Children data.
Molcho, Michal; Kelleher, Cecily C.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Walsh, Kieran (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 ... -
Connected, respected and contributing to their world: The case of sexual minority and non-minority young people in Ireland
Költő, András; Gavin, Aoife; Vaughan, Elena; Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (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 ... -
A cross-national profile of bullying and victimisation among adolescents in 40 countries
Molcho, Michal (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 ... -
Cross-national time trends in bullying behaviour 1994-2006: findings from Europe and North America
Molcho, Michal (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 ... -
Daring, substance use and involvement in violence among school children
Molcho, Michal (Haworth Press (Taylor & Francis), 2006-09-22)This study explores whether the association between substance use and involvement in youth violence is a unique association resulting from the properties of the drugs, or whether it is part of a larger behavioral cluster. ... -
Diet and related behaviour of children from disadvantaged schools in Ireland: data from the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
Kelly, Colette; Gavin, Aoife; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Cambridge Journals Online / The Nutrition Society, 2008-07)In 2005 an action plan for educational inclusion, Delivery Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) was launched in Ireland to ensure the educational needs of children and adolescents from disadvantaged communities are ... -
The epidemiology of non-fatal injuries among 11-, 13- and 15-year old youth in 11 countries: findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey.
Molcho, Michal (Taylor & Francis, 2007-02-16)The primary objective was to present a cross-country comparison of injury rates, contexts and consequences. The research design was the analysis of data from the 1998 cross-national Health Behaviour in School-aged Children ... -
Family structure and children's eating patterns: secondary analysis of the Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HBSC) study 2002.
Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-10)A variety of family and social factors influence children's eating behaviours such as availability of and preference for particular foods, portion size, cultural values regarding food types and preparation, parents' beliefs ... -
Family, peer and school relationships as predictors of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use in Irish adolescents: differences between sustained and experimental substance use.
Gavin, Aoife; Molcho, Michal; Kelly, Colette; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (2008-09)Adolescence is a vital period in shaping behaviour patterns. Substance use is one of the most commonly studies risk behaviours among adolescents. There are three mutually exclusive levels of substance use: non-use, ... -
Food consumption and dietary behaviour of children from the Traveller community: data from the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
Kelly, Colette; Gavin, Aoife; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Cambridge Journals Online / The Nutrition Society, 2008-06-20)The Travelling community are an indigenous ethnic group of Irish people with a distinct culture and history of nomadism. Travellers differ from the general population in many aspects, including their lifestyle, culture and ... -
Food poverty and health among schoolchildren: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.
Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelly, Colette; Friel, Sharon; Kelleher, Cecily C. (Cambridge Journals Online / The Nutrition Society, 2007)Objectives - To investigate the relationships between food poverty and food consumption, health and life satisfaction among schoolchildren. Design - Analysis of the 2002 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) ... -
Foreign-born children in Europe : an overview of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study
Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (2009) -
HBSC 2010 full variable report: Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland study 2010: Socio-demographic patterns in the health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people's lives
Walker, Lorraine; Gavin, Aoife; Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Awobiyi, Damilola; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2012-12)[No abstract available] -
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland 2006 Middle Childhood Study: Socio-demographic patterns in the health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people¿s health.
Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (2009) -
Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland 2010: Middle Childhood Study: Socio-demographic patterns in health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people's lives
Walker, Lorraine; Gavin, Aoife; Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Awobiyi, Damilola; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, 2012-02)[No abstract available] -
Interpersonal relationships as predictors of positive health among Irish youth: The more the merrier.
Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelleher, Cecily C. (Irish Medical Organisation, 2007)ciations with supportive relationships with friends and family members, we conducted an analysis of data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC); a cross-sectional survey of 8,424 Irish ... -
Investigating active travel to primary school in Ireland
Daniels, Natasha; Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Sixsmith, Jane; Byrne, Molly; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Emerald, 2014-09-30)Abstract Purpose Active travel to school, by walking or cycling, can positively influence children's health and increase physical activity. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the context and promoters and barriers ... -
The Irish health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC) study 2014
Gavin, Aoife; Keane, Eimear; Callaghan, Mary; Kelly, Colette; Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Department of Health, 2015)This report presents data from HBSC Ireland 2014, the Irish Health Behaviour in Schoolaged Children survey. The 2014 HBSC survey is the fifth time that data of this kind have been collected from young people across the ...