Introducing Health Research in Action 2021
This year’s Health Research in Action highlights some of the many notable impacts and outcomes of the Health Research Board's work during 2021. This includes a snapshot in numbers of all work completed in 2021, followed by 20 success stories about wide-ranging health and social care research across four themes
We will be adding each of these success stories to this page over the coming months. You can also download the full publication at the link above, or at the bottom of this page.
Theme one: Strengthening Ireland's health and social care
Success stories
1) Matching nursing levels to patient needs leads to safer care
2) TeamTalk: Training healthcare teams to work collectively for patient safety
3) A serious game to support older people’s healthcare decisions
We will be adding further success stories from this theme over the coming months.
Theme two: Emerging discoveries to improve health
Success stories
1) Compost, time and grass - how to tackle drug-resistant bacteria
2) Parasite's trick has potential to calm inflammatory bowel disease
We will be adding further success stories from this theme over the coming months.
Theme three: Spotlight on dementia
Success stories
1) Preparing Ireland to support 'personhood' in dementia care
2) A network in Ireland to boost research into dementia
We will be adding further success stories from this theme over the coming months.
Theme four: HRB evidence reviews for better outcomes
Success stories
1) The benefits of person-centered drug treatment services
2) Care bands - a useful way to allocate resources for healthcare at home?
We will be adding further success stories from this theme over the coming months.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to science writer Dr Claire O’Connell and our valued HRB and HRB-funded researchers for helping us compile Health Research in Action 2021. Sincere acknowledgement also to the public, patients and carers, as well as the health and social care professionals, that make so much of our work possible.
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