School of Medicine: Recent submissions
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Community Health Profiles
(World Health Organisation. Regional Office for Europe, 1998)The health and wellbeing of any population requires a holistic approach that includes the involvement of many agencies and gives ownership to the communities involved. The traditional notion of top-down delivery of health ... -
A Health Impact Assessment of Traffic and Transport in Ballyfermot. Dublin: Eastern Regional Health Authority
(Eastern Regional Health Authority, 2004)The World Health Organisation defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease". Using this broad definition of health, a wide range of economic, social ... -
Radiotherapy: Seizing the opportunity in cancer care
(ESTRO, 2019)The incidence of cancer is increasing, resulting in a rising demand for high‑quality cancer care. In 2018, there were close to 4.23 million new cases of cancer in Europe, and this number is predicted to rise by almost ... -
Small-bowel capsule endoscopy and device-assisted enteroscopy for diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel disorders: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline - Update 2022.
(2023)This Guideline is an official statement from the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE). It is an update of the previously published 2015 ESGE Clinical Guideline addressing the role of small-bowel ... -
Key research questions for implementation of artificial intelligence in capsule endoscopy.
(2022)Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly infiltrating multiple areas in medicine, with gastrointestinal endoscopy paving the way in both research and clinical applications. Multiple challenges associated with ... -
A food service industry perspective on the barriers and facilitators to menu labelling implementation: A review of the evidence.
(2022)Evidence suggests menu labelling interventions should form part of a comprehensive approach to improve dietary habits; however, implementation challenges have arisen. This review highlights key factors that are most ... -
Factors influencing adherence to a calorie posting policy in Irish public hospitals. SPHeRE Policy Brief
(SPHeRE, 2022)Evidence shows calorie posting has positive effects on consumer food choice and industry/catering practices; however, few studies report the extent to which calorie posting is implemented as designed. The current study ... -
Policy brief We Can Quit2 Trial
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Factors Influencing Fidelity to a Calorie Posting Policy in Public Hospitals: A Mixed Methods Study
(2021)Background: Labelling menus with nutrition information has increasingly become an important obesity policy option. While much research to-date has focused on determining its effectiveness, few studies report the extent to ... -
An investigation of kicking kinematics in female rugby players
Background: Women’s rugby is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Yet, there is a dearth of research in the game and how it compares to men’s rugby. Anecdotal evidence indicates that female players do not follow ... -
L-Plastin Expression in HCT 116 Colorectal Cells increases migration and ROS in an NADPH Oxidase-dependent manner
(2022)Objective: L-plastin is an action-bundling protein normally expressed in cells of haemopoietic origin but is also associated with malignant transformation. Aberrant expression of L-plastin expression correlates with tumour ... -
Frail by four different measures and new adverse events from lower blood pressure control in hypertensive older adults: a 2-year prospective study in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2022)Background: The 2018 European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (ESC/ESH) guidelines for management of hypertension in adults aged ≥65 years recommend a blood pressure (BP) treatment target of 130–139/70–79 ... -
Physical activity, physical health and clinical phenotype in adults with moderate and severe haemophilia
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Medicine. Discipline of Physiotherapy, 2022)Haemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in procoagulant Factor VIII (Haemophilia A) or Factor IX (Haemophilia B). Disease severity is stratified according to basal clotting factor levels, as ...
