Browsing College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences by Author "Department of Health and Children (Health Promotion Unit)"
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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 ... -
Childrens', parents' and teachers' perceptions of child wellbeing.
Sixsmith, Jane; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; O'Higgins, Siobhan (2007)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present an exploration of parents', teachers' and childrens' perspectives on children's understanding of wellbeing with the aim of illuminating and comparing the conceptualisation ... -
Correlates of increased risk of eating disorders in Irish School Children
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Corrigan, Helen; Kelleher, Cecily C. (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 ... -
The development of an annotated bibliography of Irish infant feeding related research.
De Róiste, Aingeal; Batt, Vivienne; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)In order to support the implementation of the 2005 National Breastfeeding Strategy, the Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway has produced a comprehensive and definitive bibliography of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Indicators of health promoting schools in Ireland: towards the participative inclusion of students.
Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Sixsmith, Jane (2008-06)There is a political and practical need to develop appropriate indicators for health promoting schools. As key stakeholders in education, students have the right to be fully engaged in this process. This research proposed ... -
Influence on self-rated health of socio-demographic, lifestyle and affluence factors
Kelleher, Cecily C.; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (Irish Medical Association, 2007-09)In this analysis we employed the International Health Behaviour Among School Aged Children (HBSC) 1998 data, comprising 8326 Irish children and 115,327 children in the International dataset, to examine influences on self ... -
Researching health inequalities in adolescents: The development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Family Affluence Scale.
Molcho, Michal (Elsevier, 2008)Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health have been little studied until recently, partly due to the lack of appropriate and agreed upon measures for this age group. The difficulties of measuring adolescent socioeconomic ... -
Towards understanding food poverty among Irish Children.
Molcho, Michal; Kelly, Colette (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-04)Food proverty and food insufficiency are important public health issues, frequently linked to poverty and deprivation. However, research on the nature, extent, epidemiology and etiology of food poverty in childhood is ... -
Urban and rural patterns in adolescent alcohol consumption in Ireland.
De Róiste, Aingeal; Gavin, Aoife; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse (National Institute of Health Sciences, 2008-09)Excessive alcohol consumption remains a substantial public health concern in Ireland. in the 2006 Irish HBSC survey, about half of students aged 15-17 reported that they were current drinkers and just over a third that ...