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Published: 21 April 2008
Drugnet Ireland 25
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, 550 KB) Published: 18 March 2008
Trends in treated problem alcohol use in Ireland, 2004 to 2006
The data presented in this paper describe trends in treated problem alcohol use in Ireland and the analysis is based on data reported to the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS). In this paper, treated problem alcohol use is described in relation to person, place and time. This paper will assist policy makers,...
Published: 31 December 2007
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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.ive an electronic
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Publication (PDF, 512 KB) Published: 20 December 2007
Health Research Board Annual Report 2006
Annual report and statement of accounts for 2006.
Published: 18 December 2007
Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2006
This report presents data on all admissions to, and discharges from, psychiatric in-patient facilities in Ireland in 2006.
Published: 05 December 2007
National Physical and Sensory Disability Database Committee annual report 2007
No lay summary available at this time.
Published: 04 December 2007
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 2
The World Health Organisation’s Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)
This issue of the bulletin provides an outline of the World Health Organisation’s Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS II), one of the MAP measures. The bulletin provides an overview of functional ability, as measured by the WHODAS II,...
Published: 12 November 2007
Re-admissions to Irish psychiatric units and hospitals 2001-2005. HRB research series 3
The aims of this study were threefold. Firstly, it attempted to identify frequent users (i.e. those with four or more re-admissions) of the in-patient services as a subgroup of all re-admissions. Secondly, it sought to identify factors which may predict re-admissions to Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, and...
Published: 06 November 2007
Social reintegration as a response to drug use in Ireland
Social exclusion, in the form of homelessness and insecure accommodation, inadequate education and poor employment skills, is closely associated with problematic drug use. As a response, social reintegration has emerged as a key aspect of drug treatment and rehabilitation in order to provide responses to accommodation,...
Published: 02 November 2007
Annual report of the National Intellectual Disability Database Committee 2007
This report presents data on the demographic profile of those who are registered on the National Intellectual Disability Database, their current useage of day and residential services, and a range of multidisciplinary supports.
It also presents information on the needs of people with...
Published: 01 November 2007
Health-related consequences of problem alcohol use
This report, from the Health Research Board, shows strong evidence of the increase of alcohol-related illness presenting to Irish hospital services. Against a background of previous reports on alcohol use in Ireland, this report shows that alcohol consumption in the Irish population has increased over the past 11 years,...
Published: 10 October 2007
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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, 1 MB) Published: 19 July 2007
A bibliometric study of Irish health research in an international context
The study is based on a quantitative analysis of scientic articles published in journals and serials processed for the internet version of the Science Citation Index and associated indices, the Web of Science. It assesses the publication output and impact of Ireland-based health researchers by using bibliometric...
Published: 12 July 2007
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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, 746 KB) Published: 28 March 2007
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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, 892 KB) Published: 11 January 2007
Primary Care R&D in Ireland
This report was prepared in response to a request to the HRB in early 2006 from the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI) to commission an independent report on research and development in primary care in Ireland. This report was commissioned by the Health Research Board of Ireland....
Published: 20 December 2006
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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, 1 MB) Published: 05 December 2006
Measure of Activity and Participation (MAP) - Issue 1
An overview
This bulletin provides an overview of the MAP as a measure that has been developed using the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) which provides a holistic framework of disability. The MAP measure covers 3 main elements;...
Published: 08 November 2006
Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2005
This report presents data on all admissions to, and discharges from, psychiatric in-patient facilities in Ireland in 2005.
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