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Published: 13 July 2021
Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2014 to 2020
This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland. It covers the period 2014 to 2020. In this seven-year period, 51,205 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug.
Published: 01 July 2021
The 2019–20 Irish National Drug and Alcohol Survey. Main findings
The National Drug and Alcohol Survey (NDAS) collects information on alcohol and tobacco consumption, and drug use among the general population in Ireland. The extent and pattern of drug use in the general population is one of the five key indicators developed by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction...
Published: 15 April 2021
Alcohol consumption, alcohol-related harm and alcohol policy in Ireland
Although half of the world’s population does not drink, alcohol use is the seventh leading risk factor for both deaths and disability-adjusted life years globally, and the leading risk factor among those aged 15–49 years. Alcohol is a modifiable risk factor; reductions in alcohol consumption would lead to an associated...
Published: 29 July 2020
Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2013 to 2019
This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland. It covers the period 2013 to 2019. In this seven-year period 53,200 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug.
Published: 17 December 2019
Outputs, outcomes and emerging impacts
Outputs, outcomes and emerging impacts: Results from HRB awards completed in 2016/2017
This report presents a snapshot of, and provides trend analysis over 10 years for, the outputs, outcomes and some emerging impacts from 187 HRB awards (combined value of €47.2 million) that completed in 2016 and...
Published: 19 November 2019
Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2012 to 2018
This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland. It covers the period 2012 to 2018. In this seven-year period, 54,263 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug.
Published: 01 August 2019
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...
Published: 20 March 2019
Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2011 to 2017
This is the annually updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland. It covers the period 2011 to 2017. In this seven-year period 55,675 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem drug. The number of cases treated has fallen slightly...
Published: 30 August 2018
Alcohol treatment in Ireland 2010 - 2016
This is the updated bulletin from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) on cases of treated problem alcohol use in Ireland from 2010 to 2016. In this seven-year period 53,763 cases were treated for alcohol as a main problem. The number of cases has plateaued in the last four years.
Published: 07 April 2017
Outputs and outcomes of HRB awards completed in 2014 and 2015
This report presents an analysis of the outputs, outcomes and some emerging impacts across a range of evaluation metrics and indicators, arising from 198 HRB grants (combined value of €55 million) that completed in 2014 and 2015. The analysis presented is a snapshot at the point of end-of-grant (EOG). Further outputs,...
Published: 21 June 2016
Alcohol in Ireland: consumption, harm, cost and policy response
In 2009, the Government established a steering group to formulate an alcohol policy. The steering group published their recommendations in 2012 and, following on from this, the government approved an extensive package of evidence based measures in 2013 to deal with alcohol use. These were incorporated into the Public Health...
Published: 28 January 2015
Outputs and outcomes of HRB awards completed in 2012 and 2013
This report presents an analysis of 134 HRB grants (combined spend of €44 million) that completed in 2012 and 2013. It provides an overview of the initial outputs and some outcomes arising from these grants across a range of metrics and indicators. An important proviso in considering this report is that the...
Published: 22 June 2014
Alcohol consumption in Ireland 2013
The main objective of the National Alcohol Diary Survey was to estimate personal consumption of, and expenditure on, alcohol among the general population aged 18–75 years living in private households in Ireland. The survey included a comprehensive series of questions on both the rates and patterns of alcohol consumption in...
Published: 04 March 2014
Outputs, outcomes and impacts arising from the HRB's 2000-09 grants portfolio
This report presents an analysis of the key outputs, outcomes and impacts that have arisen to date from HRB research grants awarded in the period from 2000 to 2009. Throughout this ten year period, the HRB broadened its investment beyond biomedical research towards a greater emphasis on clinical research, population health...
Published: 28 January 2013
Analysis and outputs of HRB grants completed in 2010 and 2011
This report presents an analysis of the 196 HRB grants (combined spend of €54.5 million) that completed in 2010 and 2011 and provides an overview of the initial outputs and outcomes arising from these grants. The purpose of the report is to provide HRB Management and the Board with strategically useful information on the...
Published: 10 July 2012
Alcohol: public knowledge, attitudes and behaviours
The Department of Health asked the Health Research Board (HRB) to ascertain the knowledge, opinions and behaviours of the general public in relation to alcohol consumption and whether they agreed or disagreed with some of the measures proposed in the recently published Report of the Working Group on a National Substance...
Published: 13 June 2011
Review of population health research and health services research in Ireland - Volume 2
This review was carried out in the context of the national health strategy, Quality and fairness: A health system for you (DoHC, 2001), which aims to "deliver a healthier population and a world-class health system", and in response to national momentum to make Irish research world class and to use the knowledge...
Published: 13 June 2011
Review of population health research and health services research in Ireland - Volume 1
This review was carried out in the context of the national health strategy, Quality and fairness: A health system for you (DoHC, 2001), which aims to "deliver a healthier population and a world-class health system", and in response to national momentum to make Irish research world class and to use the knowledge...
Published: 29 July 2010
The identification of research priorities for therapy professions in Ireland - main report
The therapy professions make up a significant and growing proportion of the health-care workforce in Ireland. In December 2008, the Therapy Advisory Unitof theDepartment of Health and Children published A Research Strategy for the Therapy Professions (DoHC, 2008b). One of its strategic...
Published: 29 July 2010
The identification of research priorities for therapy professions in Ireland - summary report
The therapy professions make up a significant and growing proportion of the health-care workforce in Ireland. In December 2008, the Therapy Advisory Unitof theDepartment of Health and Children published A Research Strategy for the Therapy Professions (DoHC, 2008b). One of its strategic...
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