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Published: 12 July 2010
Drugnet Ireland 34
Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland.
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Publication (PDF, 2 MB) Published: 13 June 2010
Drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users in Ireland, 1998 to 2007: data from the National Drug-Related Deaths Index
This paper presents new NDRDI figures on drug-related deaths and deaths among drug users in 2006 and 2007, and updates previously published figures for the years 1998-2005.
Published: 18 April 2010
Drugnet Ireland 33
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Publication (PDF, 1 MB) Published: 24 March 2010
Health Research Board Annual Report 2008
Annual report and accounts of the Health Research Board 2008.
Published: 09 February 2010
Reconnecting with life: personal experiences of recovering from mental health problems in Ireland
The study provides a deeper level of understanding of what recovery is (i.e. reconnection with life) and guidance on how it can happen (through an active reconnection with self, others and time). Preferred individual strategies of reconnecting with life can be effectively combined with therapies and supports available in...
Published: 26 January 2010
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 4
Participation and ageing: the experience of people on the NPSDD
This issue of the MAP bulletin looks at participation restrictions, barriers and challenges and the WHODAS for people with a disability as they age.
Published: 20 January 2010
Towards the development of a resource allocation model for primary, continuing and community care in the health services. Volume 2: Technical Report
This study was conducted by a research team lead by Professor Anthony Staines at DCU and was commissioned by the HRB and HSE. The report of this study proposes a resource allocation model for the Irish health services based on the principle that each Irish resident should be provided with access to health services funded...
Published: 20 January 2010
Towards the development of a resource allocation model for primary, continuing and community care in the health services. Volume 1: Executive Summary
This study was conducted by a research team lead by Professor Anthony Staines at DCU and was commissioned by the HRB and HSE. The report of this study proposes a resource allocation model for the Irish health services based on the principle that each Irish resident should be provided with access to health services funded...
Published: 19 January 2010
Treated problem alcohol use in Ireland: 2008 figures from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System
Significant improvements in the NDTRS data-collection processes and procedures mean that the HRB is now able to report on the information collected from treatment centres on an a more regular basis. From 2009, the figures on the extent of treated drug and alcohol use will be published within a year of collection. Trends...
Published: 19 January 2010
Treated problem drug use in Ireland: 2008 figures from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System
Significant improvements in the NDTRS data-collection processes and procedures mean that the HRB is now able to report on the information collected from treatment centres on a more regular basis. From 2009, the figures on the extent of treated drug and alcohol use will be published within a year of collection. Trends papers...
Published: 31 December 2009
Drugnet Ireland 32
Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland.
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Publication (PDF, 533 KB) Published: 20 December 2009
Projecting the impact of demographic change on the demand for and delivery of health care in Ireland
Health and health care are particularly sensitive to the size and make-up of the population. Increasing life expectancy in Ireland has resulted in an increasing elderly population, who require both more health care, on average, than younger people and a different combination of services. Population ageing is not the only...
Published: 15 December 2009
Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2008
This report presents data obtained from the National Psychiatric In-patient Reporting System (NPIRS) in 2008 on all admissions to, discharges from, and deaths in, Irish psychiatric units and hospitals. Data are presented nationally, regionally, by HSE area, and locally, by county, by hospital type, and by individual...
Published: 26 November 2009
Social consequences of harmful use of alcohol in Ireland
The purpose of this overview is to compile and analyse the available data on the social consequences of harmful use of alcohol in Ireland. The methods involve a combination of archival data, survey research results and research literature.
Published: 19 November 2009
Trends in deaths among drug users in Ireland from traumatic and medical causes, 1998 to 2005
The analysis presented in this paper is the first national report on non-poisoning deaths among drug users in Ireland. The data presented describe trends in non-poisoning deaths (deaths due to traumatic or medical causes) among drug users between 1998 and 2005. This paper is a companion to HRB Trends Series 4, which...
Published: 10 November 2009
A Picture of Health 2009
In 2008, 107 different Health Research Board funded research projects were completed. The Picture of Health 2009 represents a snap shot of the outcomes from just some of those projects. The stories come from 55 researchers working in nine universities, eight hospitals and four research Institutes. The topics included range...
Published: 04 November 2009
HRB Strategic Business Plan 2010 - 2014
Contents
- Introduction and summary
- Strategic context
- Vision, mission, goals and overarching principles
- Goal 1: Driving the development of excellent clinical research, including applied biomedical research, within a coherent health research system
- Goal 2:...
Published: 06 October 2009
Drugnet Ireland 31
Drugnet Ireland is the Health Research Board's quarterly drug and alcohol research and policy newsletter. It provides summaries and analysis of recent publications and policy developments and well as overviews of particular issues relating to the drug and alcohol situation Ireland.
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Publication (PDF, 645 KB) Published: 01 September 2009
Trends in treated problem cocaine use in Ireland, 2002 to 2007
The data presented in this paper describe trends in treated problem cocaine use in Ireland between 2002 and 2007. The paper describes treated problem cocaine use in relation to person, place and time. The analysis presented is based on data reported to the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS). It is important to...
Published: 01 September 2009
Trends in treated problem opiate use in Ireland, 2002 to 2007
The data presented in this paper describe trends in treated problem opiate use in Ireland between 2002 and 2007. The paper describes treated problem opiate use in relation to person, place and time. The analysis presented is based on data reported to the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS). It is important to...
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