Since its emergence at an international level in the 1980s, health promotion in Ireland has developed and grown, with significant achievements in the areas of cardiovascular health, healthy public ...
The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform/ policy initiatives in progress or under development i...
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative study of people aged 50 and over in Ireland. It is the most ambitious study of ageing ever carried out in ...
If the health of older people is to be addressed appropriately, then it is essential that there be support for older people to live at home by providing appropriate community-based services to meet...
Each year cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes over 4.3 million deaths in Europe and over 2.0 million deaths in the European Union (EU).CVD causes nearly half of all deaths in Europe (48%) and in th...
All children have needs, e.g. physical, safety and security, love and belonging, praise and encouragement. Children with special needs have these same needs together with some additional ones. Spec...
This work presented the findings of a two phase study carried out to address the research objectives. The primary aim of this research was to explore autonomy for older people in residential care. ...
What is Child Protection?Child Protection can be defined as the protection of children from any form of abuses, violence and neglect. It can also be defined as protecting the right of children from...
Social care has been a growth area in Ireland. It is demanding but rewarding, as social care practitioners make a real difference in the lives of others. Formal social care had humble beginnings, l...
The book consists of the following research reports, such as:1. Managing Informatics Challenges across Distributed Drug Discovery Projects;2. Application Guide. Handbook of Assays for Developing Ta...
Child protection and welfare has achieved an unprecedented position on the public agenda over the past decade, and the services set up to deal with it have been put under particular scrutiny. Polic...