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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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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.

Psychology

Your search returns 5 documents

• 1.   Complexity and evidence in protecting children

  This article discusses the narratives of survivors of child sexual abuse with professional and societal narratives

  

  Abstract:

  The article discusses various manuscripts published within the issue, including one by Sue Richardson, which compares the narratives of survivors of child sexual abuse with professional and societal narratives and another by John Devaney on a research study evaluating the opinions of child welfare professionals on families with long term needs in Northern Ireland. more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child Abuse Review, Vol: 17 Page: 211-214 2008
  Jane V. Appleton; Nicky Stanley

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• 2.   Mentoring Masculinities: Race and Class in the (Re-)Construction of Gender in the US and Britain

  This article discusses the empirical and political debates surrounding boys' academic experiences in America, Ireland, and England.

  

  Abstract:

  This article explores the empirical and political debates surrounding boys' academic experiences in America, Ireland, and England. It unearths the ways in which boys' problems in school have been blamed on feminism, and how race and class are ignored in both debates. Additionally, this article addresses same-sex mentoring as a remedial, gender-based strategy for the 'problem' of boys in more...

  Geography:

  United States of America

  Conference Papers -- American Sociological Association, 2005/08/13/2005 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia
  Michael Kimmel; Amy Traver

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• 3.   Prayer and psychological health: A study among sixth-form pupils attending Catholic and Protestant schools in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the association between psychological health and prayer using Eysenck's dimensional model of personality

  

  Abstract:

  Eysenck's dimensional model of personality includes two indicators of psychological health, defined as neuroticism and psychoticism. In order to examine the association between psychological health and prayer, two samples of sixth-form pupils in Northern Ireland (16- to 18-year-olds) attending Catholic (N = 1246) and Protestant (N = 1060) schools completed the abbreviated Revised more...

  International Classification:

  Other - psychological health

  Categories:

  psychological health; Eysenck's dimensional model of personality

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Mental Health, Religion & Culture, Vol: 11 Page: 85-92 2008
  Leslie J. Francis; Mandy Robbins; Christopher Alan Lewis; L. Philip Barnes

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• 4.   Psychosocial wellbeing and psychiatric care in the European Communities: analysis of macro indicators

  The aim of this study was to review macro indicators capable of providing a synthetic description of mental health status and the availability of psychiatric care in European countries

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: This paper reports the findings of an analytical comparison of several macro indicators collected routinely from institutional sources in Europe. METHODS: We carried out a review of macro indicators capable of providing a synthetic description of mental health status and the availability of psychiatric care in European countries. These were collected routinely from sources more...

  International Classification:

  Mental and behavioural disorders - mental health status

  Categories:

  mental health status; psychiatric care

  Geography:

  International

  Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, Vol: 39 Page: 883-92 November 2004
  M. G. Carta; V. Kovess; M. C. Hardoy; T. Brugha; T. Fryers; V. Lehtinen; M. Xavier

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• 5.   Resilience in Practice Interventions

  This paper discusses the concept of resilience in practice interventions including resilience in the practitioner and how the practitioner fosters resilient interventions

  

  Abstract:

  Resilience is normally sought in the child, family and the community. It is a complex term that needs to be understood in context. This paper seeks to locate and trace resilience in the practitioner. It also examines how practitioners foster resilient interventions. A number of practice examples, taken from the author's own practice experience, are interlaced throughout the text; it is more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 14 Page: 45-54 2008
  Gerard Phillips

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