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Published: 31 July 2008
The Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003: Some implications for public health and medical research
This discussion document examines some of the legal and practice ramifications of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 for public health and medical research. This document covers:
- Chapter 1: The general issues of law that pertain to privacy and confidentiality in relation to medical information. ...
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: 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: 15 October 2006
Blood-borne viral infections among injecting drug users in Ireland, 1995 to 2005
This publication includes known data on blood-borne viral infections among drug users in Ireland. There is a description of current and potential sources of such data in Ireland. The analysis presented is based on disease notifications reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre between 1995 and 2005 and data from...
Published: 30 May 2006
Drugs and crime in Ireland
Although the link between drug use, addiction and crime has been established by international and Irish research, identifying the precise causative connection between drugs and crime has been a primary preoccupation of many writers in this area. For the purpose of this Overview, we will review the available research...
Published: 20 December 2005
The illicit drug market in Ireland
The purpose of this Overview is to compile and analyse existing data sources and available research, to identify gaps in knowledge and to inform future research needs in this important area of drug policy. The study concludes the following:
• The total number of drug seizures reported in the annual reports of the...
Published: 26 September 2001
Overview of drug issues in Ireland 2000: a resource document
This publication provides an overview of issues related to drug misuse in Ireland, focusing on information available up to mid-2000. The term ‘drug misuse’, as used in this report, refers to the taking of a legal and/or illegal drug that harms the physical, mental or social well being of the individual, the group or...
Published: 30 June 2001
Drug use among prisoners: an exploratory study
The aims of this exploratory study were to explore the nature of drug use among prisoners; the impact of incarceration on drug use; perceptions of services within the prison setting; and to examine the experiences of non-drug-users within a prison setting. Qualitative methodology was used to collect the data. In-depth...
Published: 01 January 2001
A collection of papers on drug issues in Ireland
This book includes
Chapter 1: National drugs strategy and structural mechanisms
Chapter 2: Drug-related infectious diseases
Chapter 3: Cocaine use in ireland: an exploratory study
Chapter 4: Women, children and drug use
Published: 01 January 2000
Annotated bibliography of drug misuse in Ireland
The Drug Misuse Research Division of the Health Research Board has compiled this bibliography of drug misuse in Ireland as part of its information and dissemination activities. The objective is to provide a comprehensive historical and current annotated bibliography of research and information relating to illegal drug use...
Published: 01 January 2000
Drug-related knowledge, attitudes and beliefs in Ireland: report of a nation-wide survey
This report presents the findings of a nation-wide survey of public attitudes towards, and perceptions of, aspects of the drug issue in Ireland. The questionnaire on which the research was based constituted a module of the 1998 Irish Social Omnibus Survey. A total of 1,000 individuals, randomly selected from the 1997...
Published: 25 September 1999
The availability, use and evaluation of the provision of creche facilities in association with drug treatment
The issue of childcare in drug treatment facilities has implications for the equality of access to treatment (mostly for women), quality of treatment, quality of working life for staff in the treatment centres and emotional and educational development of children of drug misusers. This report aims to bridge the gap in...
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