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27 December 2023

Independent programme of evaluation of the State’s investment in The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) – Main Report

This report utilises a mixed-methods approach comprising both quantitative and qualitative tools to assess the outputs, outcomes and impacts of the TILDA programme. The methods used to collect data involved desk research (including bibliometric analysis), individual and focus group qualitative interviews, an in-depth organisational case study, and narrative analysis of TILDA’s outputs in various media. In […]

19 December 2023

Primary prevention of dental caries: An evidence review

The purpose of this overview of reviews was to provide evidence to assist with the development of clinical guidelines on the primary prevention of dental caries in primary, permanent, and mixed dentition. Caries (dental decay) is a disease of the hard tissues of the teeth caused by an imbalance in this process over time, where […]

19 December 2023

Health Research in Action

This year’s Health Research in Action highlights some of the many notable impacts and outcomes of the Health Research Board’s work. It includes a snapshot in numbers of our activity during 2022, followed by 29 success stories from our wide-ranging health and social care research portfolio. The stories include HRB-funded projects about examining healthcare complaints […]

12 September 2023

Cost, safety, and environmental impact of reprocessing single-use medical devices. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Since May 2021, European Union member states were required to adopt a legislative stance on single use medical device (SUD) reprocessing i.e. a process including cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation and related procedures, as well as testing and restoring the technical and functional safety of the used device. The main objective of this review was to determine […]

4 September 2023

Drugnet Ireland 86

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. Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute […]

25 August 2023

Health Research Board Annual Report 2022 – Part One

Contents include: Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of important HRB activities during 2022; key deliverables(in line with the HRB Strategy 2021-2025, Health research – making an impact) and Appendices. Part 2 contains the corporate governance and financial statements. This will be published later in 2023 once those accounts are approved by the Office […]

1 August 2023

Alcohol treatment demand in Ireland 2022

This is the annual, updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland. This bulletin covers the period 2016 to 2022, in which 50,107 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem during this seven-year period.

17 July 2023

Drugnet Ireland 85

Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute content to the newsletter.Experts from the EMCDDA national focal point and from the HRB Evidence Centre contribute content to the newsletter.

11 July 2023

Overview of people engaging with disability services in Ireland, 2022

Bulletin from the National Ability Supports System (NASS) on data provided by disability service providers for people engaging with services through the HSE disability budget in 2022.

7 July 2023

Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2022

The 2022 report provides data presented nationally as well as: – CHO – county – hospital type – individual psychiatric units/hospitals

6 July 2023

Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2022 infographic and tables

The Census 2022 infographic and tables present findings from the eleventh national psychiatric census of patients in Irish psychiatric units and hospitals (IPUH). It is the latest in a series of censuses first carried out in 1963, and is a count of all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of […]

19 June 2023

Drug treatment demand 2022 in Ireland

This is the annual, updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem drug use (excluding alcohol) in Ireland. This bulletin includes a detailed summary of 12,009 cases treated for drug use as a main problem in 2022. Trends cover a seven-year period 2016 to 2022.

17 May 2023

Deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland, 2019

This feasibility study was commissioned by the Department of Health to address the need to improve understanding of premature mortality among people who are homeless nationally, and to provide more complete and accurate national data to inform policy. This retrospective review collates data on all deaths in persons categorised as homeless at time of death […]

27 March 2023

Drugnet Ireland 84

27 March 2023

Drugnet Ireland 84 (insert)

Drugnet Ireland 84 insert.

1 March 2023

Health Research Board Annual Report 2021 – Part Two

This publication contains the 2021 corporate governance and financial statements of the Health Research Board, which have been approved by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Part one is also available for download (below), and contains the Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of other important HRB activities in the year and key deliverables […]

19 December 2022

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 across health and social care in Ireland, all of which made a real difference to people’s health, the health system, society, and the economy.

10 November 2022

Impact of community water fluoridation on systemic health excluding oral health. An evidence review

Community water fluoridation was introduced in Ireland in 1964 as a public health measure to prevent tooth decay. It is important for policymakers to keep up to date with the international research on the effects of community water fluoridation, so that the benefits and possible harms are known. In 2015, the Health Research Board’s Evidence […]

28 October 2022

Drugnet Ireland 83

28 October 2022

HRB drug and alcohol evidence reviews

An integrative evidence review on service user participation in the design and delivery of drug treatment, recovery and harm reduction services

12 October 2022

Problematic opioid use in Ireland, 2015–2019

In this report, we present the results of a study that aimed to estimate the prevalence of problematic opioid use in Ireland from 2015 to 2019 using a four-source capture-recapture method. Three of the four data sources used for the analysis were derived from opioid substitution treatment records from the Central Treatment List (CTL) (clinics, […]

4 October 2022

Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2021

The 2021 report provides data presented nationally as well as: CHO county hospital type individual psychiatric units/hospitals

16 September 2022

Drugnet Ireland 82

31 August 2022

Health Research Board Annual Report 2021 – Part One

Contents include: Chairperson and Chief Executive’s report; a snapshot of important HRB activities during 2021; key deliverables in line with the HRB Strategy 2021-2025, Health research – making an impact; and Appendices. Part 2 contains the corporate governance and financial statements which have been approved by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. This will […]

4 August 2022

European web survey on drugs 2021: Irish results

Irish results for the European web survey 2021

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