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Infectious disease legislation – legislation overview and lessons learned. An evidence review

The aim of this evidence review was to identify countries that had implemented new overarching public health legislation for infectious diseases, to identify the legislation they enacted, and to identify lessons learned from national experiences of introducing new legislation. This evidence review was designed as a systematic review. Fourteen jurisdictions were eligible for inclusion. Overall, […]

Out-of-hours specialist and generalist palliative care service provision. An evidence review

Inadequate community supports and deficiencies in access to services outside of regular office hours have been linked to poor outcomes for patients with life-limiting illness. Policy-makers, researchers, providers, patients, and carers in Ireland have all identified out-of-hours care as a key deficit in current service provision. The Department of Health commissioned this review to inform […]

Treatment services for people with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems. A rapid realist synthesis

The scope of this rapid realist review was developed through a high-level review of relevant literature and early engagement of knowledge users in Ireland. The Health Research Board (HRB) proposed three research questions to guide the rapid realist review. Keeping in line with the realist approach, the research team carried out a process to refine […]

A case-study of policy change in residential service provision for adult persons with intellectual disability in Ireland

In Europe, many people with intellectual disabilities continue to live in congregated settings. In 2012, Ireland formally introduced a resettlement policy with people moving to live in more personalised arrangements. This longitudinal country case-study aimed to monitor the implementation of this policy and the intra-country variations that arose using the records maintained in the National […]