Public Health & Primary Care (Scholarly Publications): Recent submissions
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A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking
(2010)Background: Irish teenagers demonstrate high rates of drunkenness and there has been a progressive fall in age of first drinking in recent decades. International research indicates that parents exert substantial influence ... -
Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in Irish Prisoners: prevalence and risk
(The Stationery Office, 1999)A cross sectional survey of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV prevalence in the Irish prisoner population was undertaken. The study was carried out in nine prisons, five of which had been classified as high risk and four ... -
Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2005)Objectives: To compare exposure to secondhand smoke and respiratory health in bar staff in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before and after the introduction of legislation for smoke-free workplaces in the ... -
Prevalence of problem alcohol use among patients attending primary care for methadone treatment.
(2009)BACKGROUND: Problem alcohol use is associated with adverse health outcomes among current or former heroin users and primary care is providing methadone treatment for increasing numbers of this population. This study aimed ... -
Identifying strategies to maximise recruitment and retention of practices and patients in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of an intervention to optimise secondary prevention for coronary heart disease in primary care.
(BioMed Central, 2009)BACKGROUND: Recruitment and retention of patients and healthcare providers in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is important in order to determine the effectiveness of interventions. However, failure to achieve recruitment ... -
Primary medical care in Irish prisons
(BioMed Central, 2010)BACKGROUND: An industrial dispute between prison doctors and the Irish Prison Service (IPS) took place in 2004. Part of the resolution of that dispute was that an independent review of prison medical and support services ... -
Retention of health workers in Malawi: perspectives of health workers and district management.
(2009)Background Shortage of human resources is a major problem facing Malawi, where more than 50% of the population lives in rural areas. Most of the district health services are provided by clinical health officers specially ... -
Measuring and managing the work environment of the mid-level provider - the neglected human resource.
(2009)Background Much has been written in the past decade about the health workforce crisis that is crippling health service delivery in many middle-income and low-income countries. Countries having lost most of their highly ... -
Market competition in European hospital care
(World Health Organisation, 2009)This chapter investigates some elements of market competition in European hospital care. We use the term market competition as a broad concept, covering a diverse and hard to demarcate range of changes or reforms, such ... -
Health economics made easy: guiding the initiated and uninitiated.
(2008)For many years it was a challenge in teaching health economics to find a textbook that exactly fits the needs of a class, not least because the needs of student are so diverse. To an extent, this remains the case despite ... -
The impact of banning smoking in workplaces. What are the early effects?
(2008)Smoke-free workplace legislation reduces the exposure to second-hand smoke of both the general public and the workforce without evidence of increased exposure of children in the home. The reductions in exposure are linked ... -
Prevalence of smoking among bar workers prior to the Republic of Ireland smokefree workplace legislation
(2008)Background Few studies have examined smoking behaviour among bar workers, an occupational group traditionally exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke. This study set out to: (1) establish baseline prevalence of smoking ... -
The contribution of qualitative research in designing a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in two different healthcare systems
(BioMed Central, 2006)Background Developing complex interventions for testing in randomised controlled trials is of increasing importance in healthcare planning. There is a need for careful design of interventions for secondary prevention of ... -
Development of a complex intervention to test the effectiveness of peer support in type 2 diabetes
(BioMed Central, 2007)Background: Diabetes is a chronic illness which requires the individual to assume responsibility for their own care with the aim of maintaining glucose and blood pressure levels as close to normal as possible. Traditionally ... -
Peer support in type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial in primary care with parallel economic and qualitative analyses: pilot study and protocol
(BioMed Central, 2007)Background Diabetes is a chronic illness, which requires the individual to assume responsibility for their own care with the aim of maintaining glucose and blood pressure levels as close to normal as possible. Traditionally ... -
Adapting developing country epidemiological assessment techniques to improve the quality of health needs assessments in developed countries
(BioMed Central, 2005)Background: We were commissioned to carry out three health assessments in urban areas of Dublin in Ireland. We required an epidemiologically robust method that could collect data rapidly and inexpensively. We were dealing ... -
Multimorbidity in younger deprived patients: an exploratory study of research and service implications in general practice
(BioMed Central, 2008)Multimorbidity has been defined as the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions. It has a profound impact on both the individuals affected and on their use of healthcare services. The limited research to date has ... -
Writing Henry: The moralities of representation
(2011)Extreme human suffering and death has the potential to bring about a paralysing discomfiture, not merely about situations witnessed, but about how they should be represented. Should it be enough to tell the story, free ...
