Structured Population and Health-services Research Education
The rationale for menu labelling Prevention of obesity is a public health priority both globally and in Ireland. While the causes of obesity are complex and multifaceted, poor diet is a leading risk factor. Foods prepared outside the home (e.g., fast food outlets, restaurants, worksite canteens) represent increasing proportions of […]
What is the CDP-CDP? The Collaborative Doctoral Programme in Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP-CDP) is a structured doctoral programme training six SPHeRE scholars to become future leaders in chronic disease research, implementation, and policy development. We are Eanna (Health Psychologist), Pauline (Dietitian), Irene (Nurse), Márcia (Health Psychologist), Clair (Physiotherapist), and Edel […]
Geraldine O’Callaghan, Clare Fitzgerald and Patricia Hall, three second year SPHeRE PhD scholars, who are part of the iPASTAR (improving pathways for acute stroke and rehabilitation) CDA, were delighted to represent Irish Stroke Research at this year’s European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) in beautiful Lyon, France. This was a hybrid […]
An account of a SPHeRE national placement in the National Ambulance Service Clinical Directorate Edel Burton is a second year SPHeRE Scholar and Clinical Pharmacist who carried out her SPHeRE national placement in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) Clinical Directorate, in Dooradoyle, Limerick from March-May 2022. Edel’s placement supervisor was […]
There is ample evidence which shows that populations who experience social exclusion and deprivation have poorer health outcomes than populations who do not. We also know that there is a gradient in health where wealthy populations experience significantly better health than those at the other end of the spectrum. This […]
Diabetes is estimated as posing a 24 – 33% increased risk of new depression cases (1,2). This is thought due to shared underlying biological mechanisms (3–6) as well as the psychosocial burden of living with diabetes, due to unhelpful cognitions and beliefs related to diabetes (7) and/or poor access to […]
Health information relates to information on a person’s health; care that is being, has been or may be provided; and any other information required for the provision of care. Health information is invaluable both for managing direct patient care and also for reasons beyond direct care, such as health services […]
The role of the NCPE, the HTA process and European collaborations Dr Caroline Walsh, SPHeRE cohort 2016-2020 Health Technology Assessor, National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) involves the assessment of evidence of comparative effectiveness, safety, cost-effectiveness and potential budget impact of health technologies for use by […]
The benefits of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) are widely appreciated; well conducted HTAs facilitate patient access to cost-effective technologies that can improve health outcomes, minimise the introduction of ineffective technologies, and contribute to value for money decisions in the context of limited healthcare resources. However, the HTA process does not […]
The study of infectious disease represents a complex, multi-disciplinary, data-driven pursuit to better understand the patterns and drivers of these infections. In recent years, the role of the natural environment and socio-dynamics have added another lens through which to elucidate the epidemiology of disease. In the Republic of Ireland, diverse […]