• 'How can we know the dancer from the dance?' Understanding professional identity formation through workplace discursive practices: a collective case study of ‘new-to-practice’ social care workers 

  McHugh, John (University of Limerick, 2016)

  The focus of this study is on the Professional Identity Formation (PIF) of Social Care Workers. The timespan of the research coincided with the progression towards registration and regulation of Social Care as a profession ...
• Negotiating the curriculum: an integrated approach supporting meaningful learning through learner and professional agency 

  Fitzpatrick, Joanne (University of Limerick, 2016)

  Nationally, and internationally, there is a lack of student voice in the curriculum and a relative absence of the role of teachers as curriculum-makers. Furthermore, a dilemma that most national education systems face is ...
• The influence of psychosocial factors on the health of parents caring for children with disabilities 

  Cantwell, Joanne (University of Limerick, 2016)

  The focus of this thesis was to identify psychosocial factors associated with the variance in health outcomes for parents of children with disabilities. The approach taken was in line with a recent paradigm shift from ...
• Space for emotions: an investigation into an arts therapy service working with at-risk children within the school system in Limerick City 

  Brown, Antonia (University of Limerick, 2016)

  This research, was undertaken to explore reasons why seventeen primary and secondary schools in Limerick city were accessing in-school therapeutic interventions from a non-statutory, arts therapy organisation. The Blue Box ...
• Observing the use of RLOs in the English post-primary classroom 

  Marcus-Quinn, Ann (University of Limerick, 2011)

  Despite the attempts to integrate ICT across the curriculum of all post-primary education systems in the developed world there remains low levels of use. One of the major reasons for this low level of use is the availability ...
• The development and evaluation of a palliative care admission assessment tool 

  O'Reilly, Martina (University of Limerick, 2015)

  Effective palliative care intervention is contingent upon a comprehensive multidimensional assessment of the patient’s experience of illness. Assessment in palliative care settings must be focused, sensitive, specific and ...
• Towards early intervention for youth mental health in primary care: a mixed methods investigation 

  Leahy, Dorothy (University of Limerick, 2015)

  In Ireland, psychological morbidity has been reported in 21-27% of young people and recent data has indicated that the youth suicide rate in Ireland is now the second highest (of 26 countries) in the European Union, for ...
• A model of continuous professional development for registered pre-hospital practitioners in Ireland 

  Knox, Shane (University of Limerick, 2015)

  The introduction of a Regulatory body in Ireland with responsibility for ensuring high standards of education and professionalism for ambulance, and other pre-hospital, practitioners was a welcomed initiative in 2001 due ...
• A social identity approach to acquired brain injury (ABI) 

  Walsh, Stephen R (University of Limerick, 2014)

  The central argument put forward in this thesis is that, in the context of acquired brain injury (ABI) social identity matters. The first article is a theoretical paper which reviews an emerging literature that is trying ...
• Classed identities in adolescence 

  Jay, Sarah (University of Limerick, 2015)

  The central argument of this thesis is that social class remains a persistent system of inequality in education, health, life chances and opportunities. Therefore class matters. But why is it that so little attention has ...
• A critical examination of talent development systems in high performance sport 

  Algar, Lynne (University of Limerick, 2015)

  Talent development (TD) in high performance sport is a complex process of interacting genetic and experiential factors (Farrow, Baker, & MacMahon, 2013). In current practice, there appears to be a considerable gap between ...
• 'Practice" makes perfect: locating young people in golf club culture 

  Kitching, Niamh (University of Limerick, 2011)

  Given its long history, conservative image, explicit norms and gendered, class-associated practices, golf has been acknowledged as a site for rich sociological investigation. Research demonstrates how golf club culture ...
• Development and application of a nutrient support to age related lean tissue mass loss in an Irish population (50-70 years); Validation of methods used to investigate cross sectional observations of the intake of nutrients implicated, and a longitudinal intervention applying a nutrient support to age related lean tissue mass loss 

  Norton, Catherine (University of Limerick, 2014)

  Prevention of the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength (sarcopaenia) is fundamental to conserving functional capability in older age and enabling independent living. To develop preventive strategies, a better ...
• National strategy for service user involvement in the Irish health services: a case study analysis of policy implementation 

  McEvoy, Rachel Margaret (University of Limerick, 2014)

  National and international health policies recognise that communities should be centrally involved in shaping primary healthcare services. Using Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) this study is designed to critically explore ...
• Generic medicines: a holistic assessment of stakeholder perceptions and online information provision 

  Dunne, Suzanne S. (University of Limerick, 2014)

  Background: Generic medicines result from expired intellectual property protection and the ability of pharmaceutical producers, other than originator companies, to manufacture analogous medicines containing identical ...
• Age-related change in muscle mass, strength and function in healthy adult Irish women 

  Francis, Peter (University of Limerick, 2014)

  Sarcopenia refers to the age-related decline in muscle mass. The criteria for the identification of sarcopenia lag some way behind the established criteria for the diagnosis of bone health (osteoporosis). European and ...
• Is that my memory? Effects of interpersonal relationships on shared memory 

  Condon, Candice E (University of Limerick, 2014)

  This thesis documents the results of a research project investigating the relationship between interpersonal relationship factors and shared memory. Although shared memory and the factors that influence it have been ...
• Musculoskeletal pain and injury in elite adult Irish dancers 

  Cahalan, Róisín Máire (University of Limerick, 2014)

  Background: The popularity of Irish dancing (ID) has increased enormously since the success of “Riverdance, The Show”. The last two decades have seen the evolution of ID to professional status as well as the elongation and ...
• From policy to practice: a sociological study of Gaelic games in Irish primary schools 

  Bowles, Richard G (University of Limerick, 2014)

  The teaching of Gaelic games during physical education (PE) and extra-curricular sport features prominently in Irish primary schools. There is a long tradition of teacher commitment to the promotion of these games with a ...
• Whole body vibration to address motor and sensory impairments in people with multiple sclerosis 

  Uszynski, Marcin Kacper (University of Limerick, 2014)

  Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a progressive degenerative condition of the central nervous system which affects both motor and sensory components. Common symptoms include muscle weakness, balance and mobility problems, fatigue, ...

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