• Individuals’ experiences of hope in mental health recovery: an interpretative phenomenological analysis 

  Murphy, Johanna Carmel (University College Cork, 2019)

  Background: Mental health services both nationally and internationally have embraced the philosophy and practice of mental health recovery. Service users have consistently identified hope as the catalyst of their mental ...
• The effect of simultaneous implementation of an advance care planning program and a palliative care initiative on end of life care in long term care 

  McGlade, Ciara (University College Cork, 2018)

  Introduction: International research suggests care at the end of life in long term care is suboptimal, but quality improvement initiatives incorporating advance care planning have shown promising results. Little is known ...
• Reconfiguration of emergency and urgent care systems in Ireland from 2006: analysis of quantitative performance indicators at a population level 

  Lynch, Brenda (University College Cork, 2019)

  Background: Since the mid-2000s, the regional emergency and urgent care systems in Ireland have experienced a period of reconfiguration, with some regions undergoing more significant changes than others. Reasons for these ...
• Disrupting routines, facilitating control: exploring a change towards healthier food purchasing behaviour using a health app 

  Flaherty, Sarah-Jane (University College Cork, 2019)

  Background: Unhealthier food consumption patterns constitute a leading risk factor for ill health. As an important step in the food consumption process, changing food purchasing may improve the healthfulness of dietary ...
• Early milk diet of infants and the effect on their body composition and growth and development in the first two years of life 

  Smith, Hazel Ann (University College Cork, 2018)

  Background: Nutrition in the first few months of life has important effects on long-term growth. The aim of this PhD was to investigate the effect of an infant’s milk diet (both formula and breastmilk intake) in the first ...

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