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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.

Public Policy

Your search returns 9 documents

• 1.   Addressing children's oral health inequalities in Northern Ireland: a research-practice-community partnership initiative

  This study aimed to develop a policy to promote and facilitate healthier eating, researchers, practitioners, and the school community formed a partnership, together creating the Boost Better Breaks (BBB) school-based policy

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: Northern Ireland has a high prevalence of childhood dental caries, reflecting heavy consumption of cariogenic snack foods. To develop a policy to promote and facilitate healthier eating, researchers, practitioners, and the school community formed a partnership, together creating the Boost Better Breaks (BBB) school-based policy. The policy was developed with and supported by more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  healthier eating programme

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Public Health Rep, Vol: 116 Page: 617-25 2001 Nov-Dec
  R. Freeman; M. Oliver; G. Bunting; J. Kirk; W. Saunderson

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• 2.   Cheap listening?--Reflections on the concept of wrongful disability

  This article investigates the concept of wrongful disability. That concept suggests that parents are morally obligated to prevent the genetic transmission of certain conditions and so, if they do not, any resulting disability is 'wrongful'

  

  Abstract:

  This paper investigates the concept of wrongful disability. That concept suggests that parents are morally obligated to prevent the genetic transmission of certain conditions and so, if they do not, any resulting disability is 'wrongful'. In their book From Chance to Choice, Buchanan, Brock, Daniels and Wikler defend the concept of wrongful disability using the principle of avoidability more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Bioethics, Vol: 20 Page: 55-63 April 2006
  R. J. Hull

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• 3.   Child Poverty as Public Policy: Direct Provision and Asylum Seeker Children in the Republic of Ireland

  This article discusses an evaluation of the responses to asylum seeker children in Ireland from a child poverty perspective

  

  Abstract:

  This paper evaluates responses to asylum seeker children in Ireland from a child poverty perspective and from that of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It draws upon research undertaken in early 2001 on behalf of the Irish Refugee Council among asylum seeker families with children in Cork, Limerick and Ennis on their experiences of poverty and social exclusion. more...

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Child Care in Practice, Vol: 10 Page: 241-251 2004
  Bryan Fanning; Angela Veale

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• 4.   Epidemiologic approaches to identifying environmental causes of birth defects

  This article discusses epidemiology consideration in elucidating environmental causes of birth defects.

  

  Abstract:

  Epidemiology can be used to elucidate environmental causes of birth defects. This paper discusses 1) different types of environmental causes; 2) the difficulties in comparing the prevalence of birth defects between populations, including the need for a population base and the implications of prenatal diagnosis; 3) the main study designs for observational epidemiological studies and the more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet, Vol: 125C Page: 4-11 February 2004
  H. Dolk

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• 5.   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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• 6.   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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• 7.   Overwhelming support for the smoking ban amongst parents in the Mid-West

  The aim of this study was to describe supports for the smoking ban among parents of primary school children

  

  International Classification:

  Drugs - tobacco

  Categories:

  smoking

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Ir Med J, Vol: 100 Page: 443 April 2007
  F. Houghton; H. Cowley; F. Meehan; K. Kelleher

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• 8.   Psychological distress and the asylum process: a longitudinal study of forced migrants in Ireland

  The aim of this study was to describe psychological distress and the asylum process

  

  Abstract:

  Although asylum seeking has become a major political issue in the Western world, research on its psychological impact is still in its infancy. This study examined levels and predictors of distress among a community sample of persons who have sought asylum in Ireland. A key aim was to provide a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between legal status security and psychological more...

  International Classification:

  Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system - Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems - epistaxis

  Categories:

  psychological distress; the asylum process

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  J Nerv Ment Dis, Vol: 196 Page: 37-45 January 2008
  D. A. Ryan; C. A. Benson; B. A. Dooley

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• 9.   Raising children to be bilingual in the Gaeltacht: Language preference and practice

  The aim of this study was to examine aspects of public policy that encourage Gaeltacht Irish speakers to use only Irish with their children

  

  Abstract:

  The popular and official description of the Gaeltacht as Irish-speaking rather than bilingual areas reflects the historically dominant discourse on language ideology in Ireland. While there is little evidence that the Gaeltacht people want to learn English at the expense of their Irish, as may have been the case throughout Ireland in the past, there is no doubt that all do want their more...

  International Classification:

  Language

  Categories:

  Gaeltacht Irish speakers

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Vol: 10 Page: 510-528 2007
  Tadhg Ó hIfearnáin

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