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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

Database Search

How to use this database.

• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• 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.

Developed Countries

Your search returns 5 documents

• 1.   FERTILITY AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS

  This article discusses fertility and women's employment in industrialized nations

  

  Abstract:

  The article comments on fertility and women's employment in industrialized nations. The association between fertility and women's labor force activity reflects the incompatibility between caring for children and participating in economically productive work that typifies industrialized societies. Prior to industrialization, work and child rearing tasks could be performed more or less more...

  Geography:

  United States of America

  Annual Review of Sociology, Vol: 26 Page: 271 2000
  Karin L. Brewster; Ronald R. Rindfuss

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• 2.   Inequality and mortality: long-run evidence from a panel of countries

  The aim of the study was to investigate whether changes in economic inequality affect mortality in rich countries

  

  Abstract:

  We investigate whether changes in economic inequality affect mortality in rich countries. To answer this question we use a new source of data on income inequality: tax data on the share of pretax income going to the richest 10% of the population in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US between 1903 and more...

  International Classification:

  Deaths - economic inequality

  Categories:

  mortality

  Geography:

  International

  J Health Econ, Vol: 26 Page: 1-24 January 2007
  A. Leigh; C. Jencks

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• 3.   Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus: evidence for preventable peripartum transmission

  The aim of this study was to examine the effect of risk factors, including mode of delivery, on the vertical transmission rate of hepatitis C

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Little information is available about the timing of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), and no interventions to decrease transmission rates have been identified. We examined the effect of risk factors, including mode of delivery, on the vertical transmission rate. METHODS: Data from HCV-infected women and their infants from three hospitals in Ireland and more...

  International Classification:

  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Viral hepatitis - hepatitis C

  Categories:

  hepatitis C

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

  Lancet, Vol: 356 Page: 904-7 September 2000
  D. M. Gibb; R. L. Goodall; D. T. Dunn; M. Healy; P. Neave; M. Cafferkey; K. Butler

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• 4.   Narratives of Irishness and the problem of abortion: the X case 1992

  This article discusses the ramifications of the 1992 "X Case" in which an Irish High Court rescinded the constitutional right to travel of a 14-year-old rape victim who intended to obtain an abortion in England

  

  Abstract:

  PIP: This article explores the ramifications of the 1992 "X Case" in which an Irish High Court rescinded the constitutional right to travel of a 14-year-old rape victim who intended to obtain an abortion in England. The article opens by noting that this decision made the subordinate role of women in Ireland painfully visible, thus allowing Irish feminists to win a degree of more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Fem Rev, 1998 Autumn
  L. Smyth

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• 5.   Social capital, life expectancy and mortality: a cross-national examination

  This article analyses the relationship between social capital and population health.

  

  Abstract:

  This paper analyses the relationship between social capital and population health. The analysis is carried out within an econometric model of population health in 19 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries using panel data covering three different time periods. Social capital is measured by the proportion of people who say that that they more...

  Geography:

  International

  Soc Sci Med, Vol: 56 Page: 2367-77 June 2003
  B. Kennelly; E. O'Shea; E. Garvey

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