• A qualitative study investigating the barriers to returning to work for breastfeeding mothers in Ireland 

  Desmond, Deirdre; Meaney, Sarah (BioMed Central, 2016-06-10)

  Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that mothers exclusively breastfeed for the first 6 months of an infant’s life. In Ireland, currently paid maternity leave is 26 weeks and the expectant mother is ...
• General practitioner views on the determinants of test ordering: A theory-based qualitative approach to the development of an intervention to improve immunoglobulin requests in primary care 

  Cadogan, Sharon L.; McHugh, Sheena M.; Bradley, Colin P.; Browne, John P.; Cahill, M. R. (BioMed Central, 2016-07-19)

  Background: Research suggests that variation in laboratory requesting patterns may indicate unnecessary test use. Requesting patterns for serum immunoglobulins vary significantly between general practitioners (GPs). This ...
• Evaluating the implementation of a national clinical programme for diabetes to standardise and improve services: A realist evaluation protocol 

  McHugh, Sheena; Tracey, M. L.; Riordan, F.; O’Neill, K.; Mays, N.; Kearney, Patricia M. (BioMed Central, 2016-07-28)

  Background: Over the last three decades in response to the growing burden of diabetes, countries worldwide have developed national and regional multifaceted programmes to improve the monitoring and management of diabetes ...
• Sleep duration trajectories and body composition in adolescents: Prospective birth cohort study 

  Schäfer, Antônio Augusto; Domingues, Marlos Rodrigues; Dahly, Darren L.; Meller, Fernanda Oliveira; Gonçalves, Helen; Wehrmeister, Fernando César; Assunção, Maria Cecília Formoso (PLoS, 2016-03-24)

  We aimed to estimate the association between sleep duration trajectories and body composition in adolescents. We used data from participants of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study who were later followed up at age ...
• Barriers to and facilitators of implementing complex workplace dietary interventions: Process evaluation results of a cluster controlled trial 

  Fitzgerald, Sarah; Geaney, Fiona; Kelly, Clare; McHugh, Sheena; Perry, Ivan J. (BioMed Central, 2016-04-21)

  Background: Ambiguity exists regarding the effectiveness of workplace dietary interventions. Rigorous process evaluation is vital to understand this uncertainty. This study was conducted as part of the Food Choice at Work ...

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