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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.

Protestants

Your search returns 7 documents

• 1.   Children of the Troubles: The Impact of Political Violence in Northern Ireland

  This article explores the effects of political violence on children and young people in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This article explores the effects of political violence on children and young people in Northern Ireland. The article begins with a brief historical account of the Northern Irish conflict and the recently negotiated Belfast Good Friday Agreement of 1998. This account illustrates, as is the case with many conflicts, its basis is religious, national, economic, and political, despite its more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Social Issues, Vol: 60 Page: 453-468 2004
  Orla T. Muldoon

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• 2.   Children's conceptions of characteristic features of category members

  The aim of this study was to examine children's conceptions of the characteristic features of category members (e.g. religion) and found that their conceptions underwent qualitative developmental changes

  

  Abstract:

  Examined children's conceptions of the characteristic features of category members and found that their conceptions underwent qualitative developmental changes. The authors hypothesized that children initially tend to perceive category members in terms of individual characteristics (i.e., internal dispositions and behavioral patterns) and only later do they conceive of category members more...

  International Classification:

  Other - religion

  Categories:

  religion

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Social Psychology, Vol: 140 Page: 227-239 2000
  Fabio Sani; Mark Bennett; Luisa Agostini; Lucilla Malucchi; Nicola Ferguson

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• 3.   'It's Better to Stick to Your Own Kind': Teenagers' Views on Cross-Community Marriages in Northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of 80 teenagers growing up in one of the most contested localities in Northern Ireland to cross-community marriages, i.e. those between Catholics and Protestants.

  

  Abstract:

  This article presents the attitudes of 80 teenagers—growing up in one of the most contested localities in Northern Ireland—to cross-community marriages, i.e. those between Catholics and Protestants. Research suggests that adults in interface areas continue to exhibit ethno-sectarian prejudices despite wider political developments such as the Good Friday Agreement. The more...

  International Classification:

  Other - cross-community marriage

  Categories:

  cross-community marriages

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies, Vol: 35 Page: 97-113 2009
  Madeleine Leonard

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• 4.   Locality Matters: Ethnic Segregation and Community Conflict the Experience of Protestant Girls in Belfast

  This case report discusses the significance of locality and of girls experience of sectarian residential segregation and community conflict in Belfast

  

  Abstract:

  Research continues to illustrate the resonance and intensity of feeling that attachment to a locality can generate, within this highlighting the gender-specific impacts created by the intersection of ethnicity and locality. Within the ethnically segregated working class communities of Belfast, the importance of locality takes on added significance. By focusing on a case study of more...

  International Classification:

  Other - Community-segration and conflict

  Categories:

  sectarian residential segregation

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Children & Society, Vol: 20 Page: 105-115 2006
  Julie Healy

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• 5.   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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• 6.   Understanding and negotiating identity: Children from cross-community families in public care in northern Ireland

  The aim of this study was to examine the gap in knowledge of children in the public care system from cross-community families who have one parent from a Catholic background and one from a Protestant background

  

  Abstract:

  In Northern Ireland, most research on the impact upon children of living through the 'troubles' and in a divided society has assumed that children are from either the Catholic or Protestant community. There has been very little research with children from cross-community families who have one parent from a Catholic background and one from a Protestant background. It is known, however, more...

  International Classification:

  Other - religion

  Categories:

  community knowledge of diverse religious backgrounds

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Child & Family Social Work, Vol: 10 Page: 331-342 2005
  Berni Kelly; Ruth Sinclair

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• 7.   Young Men as Victims and Perpetrators of Violence in Northern Ireland: A Qualitative Analysis

  The aim of this study was to discuss issues of masculinity and violence in the lives of young men in disadvantaged areas in Northern Ireland.

  

  Abstract:

  This article explores issues of masculinity and violence in the lives of young men in disadvantaged areas in Northern Ireland. Qualitative data were collected in four focus groups, one group of young men from the Catholic community, one group of young men from the Protestant community, one group of community representatives, and one group of Young Offenders (N=28). Themes were extracted more...

  International Classification:

  Focus groups - issues of masculinity in disadvantaged areas

  Categories:

  masculinity; violence

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Journal of Social Issues, Vol: 60 Page: 469-484 2004
  Jacqueline Reilly; Orla T. Muldoon; Clare Byrne

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