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A feasibility study report on the implementation of the revised MindOut programme in the youth sector in Ireland
(Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway., 2017-10)The MindOut programme was originally developed in 2004 to promote the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 15-18 years. Over the last eleven years it has been successfully implemented in post-primary schools ... -
Food consumption and dietary behaviour of children from the Traveller community: data from the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey.
(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 marketing in Irish schools
(Emerald, 2010)Purpose - Schools are thought to represent a growing marketing opportunity for food advertisers in many countries. Marketing of unhealthy food to children is linked to the increased prevalence of obesity worldwide. This ... -
Food poverty among schoolchildren in Ireland. HBSC Ireland Research Factsheet No. 13.
(HBSC Ireland, 2012)HBSC Ireland 2010 has found that 20.9% of schoolchildren in Ireland report going to school or bed hungry because there is not enough food at home. This figure represents a slight increase from 16.6% in 2006. More boys ... -
Food poverty and health among schoolchildren: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.
(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) ... -
Food poverty in rural Ireland.
(Cambridge University Press, 2002-06)One of the main characteristics of poverty in rural ireland is its seemingly invisible nature. Rural areas, unlike some urban areas, do not present homogenous areas of advantage and disadvantage, they are diverse and the ... -
For whom the endocannabinoid tolls: Modulation of innate immune function and implications for psychiatric disorders
(Elsevier, 2015-03-17)Toll-like receptors (TLRs) mediate the innate immune response to pathogens and are critical in the host defence, homeostasis and response to injury. However, uncontrolled and aberrant TLR activation can elicit potent effects ... -
Fostering the resilience of people with dementia: A narrative literature review
(Frontiers Media, 2020-02-25)Background: Resilience is a process through which people use resources to adapt to adversity. Interventions aiming to support resilience in people with dementia have been developed. However, the optimal content, structure ... -
A framework for promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in the European youth sector
(World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research, National University of Ireland Galway, 2020-10)Introduction As part of the European Youth Goals, young people in Europe have identified better mental health and wellbeing as one of their main concerns for young people today (www.youthgoals.eu). The youth sector setting ... -
Free water elimination and mapping from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in chronic schizophrenia
(NUI Galway, 2017-06-11)Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) acquisitions allows the comparison of diffusion characteristics in vivo and gives a unique insight into tissue structure and pathology. However, a limitation of DTI post-processing is the ... -
Friendships and perceptions of place among rural, farm and urban children and adolescents in Ireland.
(Institute of Public Administration, 2007)Some features of contemporary Irish life, such as the fast pace of (sub)urbanisation and the proliferation of scattered housing in the countryside (e.g. Corcoran, 2005; Peillon, 2005; Crowley, 2006) suggest that the ... -
From Husserl to van Manen: A review of different phenomenological approaches
(Elsevier, 2006-01-18)This paper traces the development of phenomenology as a philosophy originating from the writings of Husserl to its use in phenomenological research and theory development in nursing. The key issues of phenomenological ... -
From science to policy: experience of the Breastfeeding in Ireland Strategic Action Plan
(Cambridge University Press, 2007)Healthcare decisions and policy-related issues are increasingly being made on research-based evidence. However, translating evidence into practice and policy can prove difficult and time consuming, not least because ... -
Frontolimbic, frontoparietal, and default mode involvement in functional dysconnectivity in psychotic bipolar disorder
(Elsevier, 2019-11-11)BACKGROUND: Functional abnormalities, mostly involving functionally specialized subsystems, have been associated with disorders of emotion regulation such as bipolar disorder (BD). Understanding how independent functional ... -
Fruit consumption among schoolchildren in Ireland. HBSC Ireland Research Factsheet No. 18
(HBSC Ireland, 2010)HBSC Ireland 2010 has found that 20.1% of schoolchildren in Ireland report consuming fruit every day more than once (18.0% of boys and 22.2% of girls). This figure has remained stable since 2006 (19.4%). The percentage of ... -
The Galway Consensus Conference: international collaboration on the development of core competencies for health promotion and health education
(SAGE Journals Online, 2009-06)Developing a competent health promotion workforce is a key component of capacity building for the future and is critical to delivering on the vision, values and commitments of global health promotion. This paper reports ... -
The Galway Consensus Conference: International collaboration on the development of core competencies for health promotion and health education.
(SAGE Journals Online, 2009-05)Developing a competent health promotion workforce is a key component of capacity building for the future and is critical to delivering on the vision, values and commitments of global health promotion. This paper reports ... -
GDNF Schwann cells in hydrogel scaffolds promote regional axon regeneration, remyelination and functional improvement after spinal cord transection in rats
(Wiley, 2017-03-10)Positively-charged oligo[poly(ethylene glycol)fumarate] (OPF+) is a biodegradable hydrogel used for spinal cord injury repair. We compared scaffolds containing primary Schwann cells (SCs) to scaffolds delivering SCs ... -
Gender-specific abnormalities in the serotonin transporter system in panic disorder
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)The central serotonergic system has been implicated in the pathophysiology of panic disorder (PD) by evidence of abnormally elevated serotonin-turnover, reduced pre- and post-synaptic 5-HT(1A-)receptor sensitivity and ...