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Facilitating effective initiation of breastfeeding - a review of the recent evidence base

Barry, Maebh; Murphy-Tighe, Sylvia (Mark Allen Healthcare, 2013)

Midwives are in a unique position to support mothers in the initiation of breastfeeding. In order to advise and support mothers effectively it is important that midwives have a sound understanding of the evidence base ...
The factors affecting the use and integration of information communications technology in an Irish adult education and training centre: a case study approach.

O'Shaughnessy, Kathleen T. (University of Limerick, Department of Education and Professional Studies, 2011)

ICT use in the classroom is very important to provide the opportunities for adult students to learn in this information communications technology (ICT) age. Studying the barriers to the use of ICT in education may assist ...
Failing gym is like failing lunch or recess: two beginning teachers' struggle for legitimacy

O'Sullivan, Mary (Human Kinetics, 1989)

It is generally recognized that the first year of teaching is a critical time in the professional life of a teacher. It is a major life change from the role of student to teacher and working adult, from one who is guided ...
Families’ views on their relatives with intellectual disability moving from a long-stay psychiatric institution to a community-based intellectual disability service: an Irish context.

Doody, Owen (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)

The pattern of residential services for people with intellectual disability in Ireland has seen many positive developments in recent years, with more places made available in residential homes within both community- and ...
Family identification: a beneficial process for young adults who grow up in homes affected by parental intimate partner violence

Naughton, Catherine M; O'Donnell, Aisling T; Muldoon, Orla T (Frontiers, 2015)

Exposure to parental intimate partner violence (parental IPV) is a complex trauma. Research within social psychology establishes that identification with social groups impacts positively on how we appraise, respond to and ...
Fear and everyday life in rural Nepal

Pettigrew, Judith; Adhikari, Kamal (Springer, 2009)

This paper analyses fear in a village in central Nepal during the ‘People’s War’. Spanning the years from 1999 to 2008, the paper illustrates how the different phases of the insurgency and individual circumstances resulted ...
Feasibility of alcohol screening among patients receiving opioid treatment in primary care

Henihan, Anne Marie; McCombe, Geoff; Klimas, Jan; Swan, Davina; Leahy, Dorothy; Anderson, Rolande; Bury, Gerard; Dunne, Colum; Keenan, Eamon; Lambert, John S; Meagher, David; O'Gorman, Clodagh S; O'Toole, Tom P; Saunders, Jean; Shorter, Gillian W; Smyth, Bobby P; Kaner, Eileen; Cullen, Walter (BioMed Central, 2016)

Background: Identifying and treating problem alcohol use among people who also use illicit drugs is a challenge. Primary care is well placed to address this challenge but there are several barriers which may prevent this ...
“Feeling good through what we do”: evaluating occupation based workshops on self-esteem for women who use mental health services in Ireland

Wallace, Niamh (University of Limerick, 2016)

Background: Mental health occupational therapists claim to be strongly person-centred and recovery-oriented in their service provision. The design, delivery and evaluation of occupational therapy practice needs to reflect ...
Female travellers’ experiences of guidance counselling in adult education: observations from the field

Doyle, Anne; Hearne, Lucy (AONTAS, 2012)

The proposed changes in the further education sector, including the rationalisation of the VEC’s into Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) and the closures of the Senior Traveller Training Centres (STECs, have ...
Fibrocytes contribute to mesenteric manifestations in Crohn s disease

Kiernan, Miranda G; Sahebally, S.M; Jarrar, A; Burke, J.P; Hogan, J; Kiely, Patrick A; Shen, B; Moloney, M; Skelly, M; Leddin, D; Hedayat, H; Faul, P.N; Healy, V; O'Connell, Ronan P; Martin, S; Shanahan, Fergus; Dunne, Colum; Coffey, John C (Springer, 2016)

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The fifth dimension: extending the physical education program

Jones, Diana L; Tannehill, Deborah; O'Sullivan, Mary; Stroot, Sandra A (Human Kinetics, 1989)

Although many professionals do not agree on the goals of physical educaion programs for children, they can acknowledge when a program is succes fuI in eaching its stated goals. Thus, quality refers to the attainment of ...
Final-year student nurses’ perceptions of role transition

Doody, Owen; Tuohy, Dympna; Deasy, Christine (Mark Allen Healthcare, 2012)

Role transition can be both challenging and exciting. This study presents the findings of phase one of a two-part study conducted by Deasy et al (2011), which explored final-year student nurses’ (n=116) perceptions and ...
Finding evidence for talking therapies

Klimas, Jan (ICGP (Irish College of General Practitioners), 2014)

In an attempt to prove that counselling works for reducing drinking in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users, Jan Klimas ended up on a journey through research and review
Finishing post-primary education: a systematic review of contextual factors which contribute to student retention in alternative education.

O'Gorman, Eva (University of Limerick, 2014)

Background: The EU set a target of reducing early school leaving to no more than 10% by the year 2020. Previous research indicates that the school context contributes to early school leaving. This systematic review aims ...
The first occurence of a CTX-M ESBL-producing Escherichia coli outbreak mediated by mother to neonate transmission in an Irish neonatal intensive care unit.

O'Connor, Ciara; Philip, Roy K; Kelleher, John; Powell, James; O'Gorman, Alan; Slevin, Barbara; Woodford, Neil; Turton, Jane F; McGrath, Elaine; Finnegan, Cathriona; Power, Lorraine; O'Connell, Nuala H; Dunne, Colum (BioMed Central, 2017)

Background: Escherichia coli (E. coli) comprise part of the normal vaginal microflora. Transfer from mother to neonate can occur during delivery resulting, sometimes, in neonatal bacterial disease. Here, we aim to report ...
The first reported case of Burkholderia contaminans in patients with cystic fibrosis in Ireland: from the Sargasso Sea to Irish children

Power, Rachel; Linnane, Barry; Martin, Ruth; Power, Noelle; Harnett, Peig; Casserly, Brian; O'Connell, Nuala H; Dunne, Colum (BioMed Central, 2016)

Background: Burkholderia contaminans is an emerging pathogen in the cystic fibrosis (CF) setting. Included in the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), B. contaminans is a Gram negative, motile, obligate aerobe previously ...
Fluidity of language profiles in a follow-up study :is early gesture predictive of later language profile?

MacNally, Catriona (University of Limerick, 2015)

Many studies have investigated whether non-verbal skills such as gesture are reliable early markers of later language delay, for example, Rowe and Goldin-Meadow (2009); Chiat and Roy (2008). Researchers such as Reilly et ...
Focus group interviews in nursing research: part 1

Doody, Owen; Slevin, Eamonn; Taggart, Laurence (Mark Allen Healthcare, 2012)

Focus groups are used by researchers in the social and behavioural sciences to explore phenomena and are accepted as a legitimate qualitative methodology. The primary goal of focus groups is to use interaction data resulting ...
Focus group interviews part 3: Analysis

Doody, Owen; Slevin, Eamonn; Taggart, Laurence (Mark Allen Healthcare, 2013)

The use of focus group interviews as a means of qualitative data collection has gained popularity in health service research in recent years. Despite their popularity, analysing qualitative data—particularly focus-group ...
A focus group study of students perceptions of reflection

Roche, Adam; Coote, Susan (HSE, 2006)

Reflective practice is a learning strategy that involves thinking critically about one’s actions and is a recognised cornerstone of continuing professional development or CPD.1 With the present climate of accountability, ...

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