Social Work and Social Policy (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Negotiating Uncertainity and Earning Respect: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Study of Young People Ageing Out of State Care in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)This thesis is an exploration of the lived experience of the transition out of care at the age of 18 in Ireland. There is a plethora of research demonstrating the marginalisation and disadvantage experienced by care leavers ... -
A Qualitative Life Course Study of the Educational Pathways of Care-experienced Adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)The central role of education in relation to promoting positive outcomes in adulthood is well-established in existing literature (Hammond & Feinstein, 2006; Nicaise, 2012). However, a growing body of evidence points to ... -
Domestic violence and pregnancy in Ireland: women's routes to seeking help and safety
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)This PhD research study explores the factors associated with the disclosure of domestic violence (DV) and subsequent positive service utilisation during and after pregnancy by women in Ireland. The study aimed to address ... -
Social and physical ecologies of childhood : a case study of children's perspectives on their neighbourhood
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2009)This study set out to gain a greater understanding of children's lived experience in their neighbourhood informed by ecological models of Bronfenbrenner (1979) and Gibson (1979) and taking a constructivist, exploratory ... -
An exploratory study of club-based sports participation by older people in Ireland, Australia and Japan
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2013)Older people's sports participation is a conspicuous trend in the world today. However, most research studying older people's physical activities concentrate on physiological aspects, rather than socio-gerontological ... -
Cui bono? : the development of the Irish National Quality Standards for Residential Care Standards for Older People
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)Over the last fifteen years, it has become popular for governments to develop regulations through "regulatory negotiation", i.e. with input from key stakeholders of the regulated sector in question. Proponents have argued ... -
Marriage is not an anti-viral agent' : the transformation of sexual health policy in the initial decade of HIV/AIDS in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2014)The aim of this thesis, based on archival records and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders, was to assess the extent to which HIV/AIDS may be said to have had a transformative effect on Irish sexual health ... -
Renegotiating family practices post separation an Irish case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)This study explores changing personal relationships in the aftermath of separation and divorce. Post separation family lives in an Irish context can enlighten us about family life and parenting generally in the 21st century. ... -
Work-related decision-making among older workers in the Irish civil service
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2010)This thesis is an exploratory study of work-related decision-making among mid-life to older workers in the Irish Civil Service. The issue of older workers is under-researched generally and is of significant policy interest ... -
A study of the management and treatment of substance mususe problems in a Regional Health Board in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2009)This study presents the findings of a research project conducted within a Regional Health Board in Ireland and aimed at evaluating the way in which the public health service responds to alcohol-related problems; the study ... -
It's been a good move - transitions into care : family caregivers', persons' with dementia, and formal staff members' experiences of specialist care unit placement
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2013)Specialist care units (SCUs) are segregated purpose-built long-term care (LTC) settings specifically designed to cater for the complex needs of people with dementia (PwDs). Whilst beneficial outcomes of these units for ... -
Multiple perspectives on the police response to children present at a domestic violence incident: an Irish case study
The expanding recognition of the negative impact that exposure to domestic violence can have on children, has led to a focus on the response of professionals, in particular the police, who have been identified as first ... -
Peasantry and the search for the Irish welfare state
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2007)This thesis attempts to provide a reconceptualisation of the origins of Irish social policy. It begins by trying to place Ireland in the comparative debates on 'worlds of welfare'. It proceeds further by using established texts ... -
Exploring older adults' intergenerational friendships: from homophily to an all-age identity
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2019)Intergenerational friendship is a friendship between a chronologically old and a significantly younger adult. Influenced by the principle of homophily ('birds of a feather flock together'), research has predominately focused ... -
"Why would straight people think of it if we don't?" Intimate partner abuse amongst women in same sex relationships
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2019)This thesis presents an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of intimate partner (IPA) between an adult sample of non-heterosexual women living in Ireland who experienced IPA in a female-to-female relationship. The ... -
Hoping and coping: Understanding the experience of people with malignant glioma
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2019)Overall median survival for malignant glioma or ‘brain tumour’ is limited; few patients will survive longer than two years, while many will live in a prolonged state of dependency with high attendant care needs, early ... -
The housing paths and residential experiences of Polish newcomers to Dublin, Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2012)Dublin city’s economic expansion and retraction have a cyclical effect with the housing market which is also impacted by the migration patterns of citizens from new member states of the European Union. Little is known about ... -
Reminiscence work in four dementia care settings in Ireland : the experience of the person with dementia and the facilitator
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2015)This thesis explores the experience of taking part in reminiscence work for people with dementia [PwD] and facilitators in Ireland. It focuses on four dementia care environments which are typical of the settings in which ... -
Sexual addiction : an investigation of a contested concept
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2014)The aim of this research is to gather detailed information on how two different sets of actors, those who self-identify as ‘sexual addicts’ and those involved in treating ‘sexual addiction’, conceptualise the phenomenon ... -
Coming to terms with loss : explaining how people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis engage with healthcare services
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2014)Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND), is a rapidly progressive and terminal neurological condition. ALS is a highly disabling condition and people with ALS ordinarily engage with ...
