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• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Health Behavior

Your search returns 22 documents

• 1.   A Survey of parental knowledge of paediatric oral health in Ireland [1]

  The aim of this study was to examine parental knowledge of pediatric oral health in Ireland

  

  International Classification:

  Dental

  Categories:

  Pediatric Oral Health

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Medical Journal, Vol: 97 Page: 53-55 2004
  A. C. Lau; R. R. Agarwal; T. Banerjee; P. Gallagher; Y. Naughton; A. C. O'Connell

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• 2.   Assessing the use of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) among Irish schoolchildren

  This study examined the answering rates, internal reliability and external validity of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) employing data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study HBSC;

  

  Abstract:

  The objective of this analysis was to examine the answering rates, internal reliability and external validity of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) employing data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study HBSC; a cross-sectional survey of 8,424 Irish schoolchildren aged 10-18. Father's occupation was reported by 80.6% of the schoolchildren and 60.6% reported on more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool (questionaire/scale) - Family Affluence Scale

  Categories:

  internal reliability; external validity; Family Affluence Scale

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 37-9 September 2007
  M. Molcho; S. N. Gabhainn; C. C. Kelleher

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• 3.   Childhood obesity--why should we be worried?

  This article discusses concerns over childhood obesity

  

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 96 Page: 100-2 April 2003
  E. F. Roche

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• 4.   Complementary and alternative medicine use in Irish paediatric patients

  This aim of this study was to determine the nature and prevalence of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) use in our paediatric population

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Although very little scientific data exists on the efficacy and side effects of complementary and alternative medicines, their profile and availability is increasing. Use among Irish children is unknown. AIMS: To determine the nature and prevalence of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) use in our paediatric population. METHODS: Parental questionnaires were more...

  International Classification:

  Other - alternative medicines

  Categories:

  complementary and alternative medicines

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir J Med Sci, Vol: 177 Page: 147-50 June 2008
  E. Low; D. M. Murray; O. O'Mahony; O'B Hourihane J

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• 5.   Correlates of increased risk of eating disorders in Irish school children

  The aim of this study was to estimate those Irish children who are potentially at risk of developing an eating disorder from the 2002 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children

  

  Abstract:

  Currently there are no large-scale data on the prevalence of disordered eating behaviours in Irish children and adolescents. We examined the 2002 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study to estimate those Irish children who are potentially at risk of developing an eating disorder. Body Mass Index (BMI) data, based on self-reported height and weight were available for 2,469 more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors - eating disorders -

  Categories:

  eating disorder

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 40-2 September 2007
  C. Murrin; F. McNicholas; L. Keogh; F. Shiely; H. Corrigan; S. N. Gabhainn; C. C. Kelleher

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• 6.   Dental caries, age and anxiety: factors influencing sedation choice for children attending for emergency dental care

  This study aimed to explore how physical (dental caries) and psychosocial (age, dental anxiety and dental health behaviour) factors, associated with child and parent, influenced dentists' sedation choice when a child presents in pain

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to examine how physical (dental caries) and psychosocial (age, dental anxiety and dental health behaviour) factors, associated with child and parent, influenced dentists' sedation choice when a child presents in pain. METHODS: 600 parents whose children were aged between 5 and 11 years took part: 200 attended for routine dental care (RDC); the more...

  International Classification:

  Practice/knowledge - dental caries

  Categories:

  dental caries

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, Vol: 29 Page: 30-6 February 2001
  P. Carson; R. Freeman

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• 7.   Dieting patterns and related lifestyles of school-aged children in the Republic of Ireland

  The aim of this study was to identify differences in food habits and lifestyle behaviours by dieting status among young people in Ireland

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify differences in food habits and lifestyle behaviours by dieting status among young people in Ireland. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. Participants responded to a self-completion questionnaire designed by researchers on the World Health Organization's collaborative study - Health Behaviour in School Aged Children. Pupils were selected by more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  food habits; lifestyle behaviours; dieting status

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 5 Page: 457-62 June 2002
  S. N. Gabhainn; G. Nolan; C. Kelleher; S. Friel

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• 8.   Evaluation of a 5-year school-based county-wide smoking education programme

  The aim of this study was to assess a 5-year school-based county-wide smoking education programme

  

  Abstract:

  Reports on an evaluation of Smoke Free Leitrim (SFL): a five-year (1996-2001) school-based county-wide smoking education programme that was offered to all fourth class students in all county Leitrim primary schools (n = 450). By programme end 208 (59%) SFL students and 147 (55%) of the control group had tried smoking. Sixty-six (19%) of the SFL group and 63 (24%) of the control group more...

  International Classification:

  Evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions of smoking prevention programme

  Categories:

  smoking education programme

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Medical Journal, Vol: 97 Page: 264-267 2004
  M. Share; M. Quinn; C. Ryan

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• 9.   Evaluation of the Nutrition Education at Primary School (NEAPS) programme

  This study aimed to assess the impact and suitability of a pilot dietary educational programme for primary school pupils

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact and suitability of a pilot dietary educational programme for primary school pupils. The Nutrition Education at Primary School (NEAPS) programme aimed to build awareness of the benefits of healthy eating, induce positive behaviour change and increase the children's knowledge. DESIGN: A comparative quasi-experimental study with follow-up after 3 months. more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  dietary educational programme

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 2 Page: 549-55 December 1999
  S. Friel; C. Kelleher; P. Campbell; G. Nolan

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• 10.   Familial and cultural perceptions and beliefs of oral hygiene and dietary practices among ethnically and socio-economicall diverse groups

  The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable psychometric measure to examine the extent to which parents' attitudes about engaging in twice-daily tooth brushing and controlling sugar snacking predict behaviours in children

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE; The aim of this international study was to develop a valid and reliable psychometric measure to examine the extent to which parents' attitudes about engaging in twice-daily tooth brushing and controlling sugar snacking predict these respective behaviours in their children. A supplementary objective was to assess whether ethnic group, culture, level of deprivation or more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  psychometric testing

  Geography:

  International

  Community Dent Health, Vol: 21 Page: 102-11 March 2004
  P. M. Adair; C. M. Pine; G. Burnside; A. D. Nicoll; A. Gillett; S. Anwar; Z. Broukal; I. G. Chestnutt; D. Declerck; F. X. Ping; R. Ferro; R. Freeman; D. Grant-Mills; T. Gugushe; J. Hunsrisakhun; M. Irigoyen-Camacho; E. C. Lo; M. H. Moola; S. Naidoo; U. Nyandindi; V. J. Poulsen; F. Ramos-Gomez; N. Razanamihaja; S. Shahid; M. S. Skeie; O. P. Skur; C. Splieth; T. C. Soo; H. Whelton; D. W. Young

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• 11.   Food poverty and health among schoolchildren in Ireland: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study

  The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between food poverty and food consumption, health and life satisfaction among school children

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationships between food poverty and food consumption, health and life satisfaction among schoolchildren. DESIGN: Analysis of the 2002 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, a cross-sectional survey that employs a self-completion questionnaire in a nationally representative random sample of school classrooms in the Republic of Ireland. more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  food poverty; food consumption; health; life satisfaction

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 10 Page: 364-70 April 2007
  M. Molcho; S. N. Gabhainn; C. Kelly; S. Friel; C. Kelleher

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• 12.   Frequent use of sugar products by schoolchildren in 20 European countries, Israel and Canada in 1993/1994

  The aim of this study was to describe the daily use of certain between-meal sugar products (soft drinks and sweets) of schoolchildren in 20 European countries, Israel and Canada

  

  Abstract:

  The aim of this study was to describe the daily use of certain between-meal sugar products (soft drinks and sweets) of schoolchildren in 20 European countries, Israel and Canada as a part of the Cross-National Survey on Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children--a WHO Collaborative Study. The data were collected using standardised anonymous questionnaires in school classrooms during the more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  between-meal sugar products;

  Geography:

  International

  Int Dent J, Vol: 49 Page: 105-14 April 1999
  S. Kuusela; L. Kannas; J. Tynjala; E. Honkala; C. Tudor-Smith

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• 13.   Hard boys, attractive girls: expressions of gender in young people's conversations on smoking in Northern Ireland

  This study examines ways in which 10- to 11-year-olds in Northern Ireland expressed perceptions of gender ideology while discussing the topic of smoking

  

  Abstract:

  Health behaviour and attitudes among young people can be interpreted within the context of personal and social identity. This paper explores ways in which 10- to 11-year-olds in Northern Ireland expressed perceptions of gender ideology while discussing the topic of smoking. The data were gathered by means of in-depth interviews (n=85). Although few had tried smoking, the positive more...

  International Classification:

  Drugs - smoking

  Categories:

  children's smoking behaviour

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Health Promot Int, Vol: 18 Page: 307-14 December 2003
  J. Rugkasa; B. Stewart-Knox; J. Sittlington; P. S. Abaunza; M. P. Treacy

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• 14.   How active are we? Levels of routine physical activity in children and adults

  This article discusses how research should focus on refining methodology for physical activity assessment to make it more sensitive to the different dimensions and contexts of activity in different age-groups

  

  Abstract:

  The accurate measurement of physical activity is fraught with problems in adults, but more especially in children because they have more complex and multi-dimensional activity patterns. In addition, the results of different studies are often difficult to interpret and compare, because of the diversity of methodological approaches, differences in data analysis and reporting, and the more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Proc Nutr Soc, Vol: 62 Page: 681-701 August 2003
  M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson; J. M. Wallace; M. C. McKinley

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• 15.   Infant-feeding attitudes of expectant mothers in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between infant-feeding attitudes and feeding intention and outcome in expectant mothers

  

  Abstract:

  Northern Ireland (NI) has one of the lowest rates of breast-feeding initiation and duration in both the UK and the industrialized world. This study therefore aimed to explore the relationship between infant-feeding attitudes and feeding intention and outcome in expectant mothers within NI. Expectant mothers (n = 200) were recruited from hospital antenatal booking clinics. Each completed more...

  International Classification:

  Breastfeeding +/- formulae milk

  Categories:

  infant-feeding

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Health Educ Res, Vol: 22 Page: 561-70 August 2007
  J. Sittlington; B. Stewart-Knox; M. Wright; I. Bradbury; J. A. Scott

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• 16.   Influence on self-rated health of socio-demographic, lifestyle and affluence factors: an analysis of the Irish and International Health Behaviours Among School-Aged Children (HBSC) datasets 1998

  The aim of this study was to examine influences on self reported health among young people

  

  Abstract:

  In this analysis we employed the International Health Behaviour Among School Aged Children (HBSC) 1998 data, comprising 8326 Irish children and 115,327 children in the International dataset, to examine influences on self reported health among young people. Factors were similar for both boys and girls and between countries. Daily smokers, those reporting intoxication at least once, those more...

  International Classification:

  Other - self reported health

  Categories:

  self reported health

  Geography:

  International

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 43-6 September 2007
  C. C. Kelleher; J. Tay; S. N. Gabhainn

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• 17.   Interpersonal relationships as predictors of positive health among Irish youth: the more the merrier?

  The aim of this study was to investigate positive health and its associations with supportive relationships with friends and family members, we conducted an analysis of data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study

  

  Abstract:

  To investigate positive health and its associations with supportive relationships with friends and family members, we conducted an analysis of data from the 2002 Irish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study (HBSC); a cross-sectional survey of 8,424 Irish schoolchildren aged 10-18. 36.0% and 63.4% of the students reported lack of emotional and physical symptoms respectively, more...

  International Classification:

  Other - supportive relationships

  Categories:

  positive health; supportive relationships

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: suppl 33-6 September 2007
  M. Molcho; S. N. Gabhainn; C. C. Kelleher

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• 18.   It's good to talk: children's views on food and nutrition

  The aim of this study was to gain an insight into children's views about food and nutrition

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To gain an insight into children's views about food and nutrition. DESIGN: Data were collected in focus group discussions; two focus group sessions were undertaken with each school group. SETTING: A total of 11 postprimary schools in Northern Ireland and England. SUBJECTS: In all, 106 children aged 11-12-y-old (n = 52 boys, n = 54 girls). RESULTS: Focus group transcripts were more...

  International Classification:

  Focus groups - diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  food; nutrition;

  Geography:

  the United Kingdom

  Eur J Clin Nutr, Vol: 59 Page: 542-51 April 2005
  M. C. McKinley; C. Lowis; P. J. Robson; J. M. Wallace; M. Morrissey; A. Moran; M. B. Livingstone

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• 19.   Self-esteem norms for Irish young people

  The aim of this study was to describe self-esteem norms for Irish young people

  

  Abstract:

  Self-esteem scores from the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale collected from a large sample of Irish young people are presented as norms for this population. more...

  International Classification:

  Psychology - self-esteem

  Categories:

  self-esteem

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Psychol Rep, Vol: 92 Page: 829-30 June 2003
  S. Nic Gabhainn; E. Mullan

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• 20.   Socio-economic position and coronary heart disease risk factors in youth. Findings from the Young Hearts Project in Northern Ireland

  This study examined socioeconomic differentials in behavioural and biological risk factors for coronary heart disease in young people from Northern Ireland, taking into account differences in biological maturation

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: This study investigates the existence of socioeconomic differentials in behavioural and biological risk factors for coronary heart disease in young people from Northern Ireland, taking into account differences in biological maturation. METHODS: A school-based prospective study, with measurements in 1989/1990 and 1992/1993. Socio-economic position was based on occupational more...

  International Classification:

  Longitudinal - coronary heart disease

  Categories:

  coronary heart disease

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Eur J Public Health, Vol: 11 Page: 43-50 March 2001
  F. J. Van Lenthe; C. A. Boreham; J. W. Twisk; J. J. Strain; J. M. Savage; G. D. Smith

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• 21.   The effect of physical activity on body fatness in children and adolescents

  The article discusses how to turn research into effective obesity prevention strategies - a clearer understanding of the psycho-social, behavioural and environmental factors that influence activity is needed

  

  Abstract:

  With the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity, there is an urgent need to identify risk factors that are amenable to preventative action. However, there is a remarkable lack of consistency between studies that have investigated the relationships between measurements of physical activity and energy expenditure and body fatness in children. This disparity could be because energy more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Proc Nutr Soc, Vol: 65 Page: 393-402 November 2006
  K. L. Rennie; J. C. Wells; T. A. McCaffrey; M. B. Livingstone

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• 22.   The use of the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ-CF87) in a rural Irish context

  The aim of this study was assess the reliability of the Child Health Questionnaire in a rural Irish context

  

  Abstract:

  Re-analysis of 815 Child Health Questionnaires (CHQ-CF87) originally collected from secondary school children in the Mid-Western Health Board as part of an environmental pollution investigation has produced normative data for this questionnaire in a rural Irish context. Analysis supports the use of the CHQ-CF87 in an Irish population. Given significant differences detected between the more...

  International Classification:

  Measurement tool - Child Health Questionnaire

  Categories:

  Child Health Questionnaire

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Irish Journal of Psychology, Vol: 24 Page: 35-45 2003
  Frank Houghton; Marian Gleeson; Kevin Kelleher

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