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Healthy eating, food safety and food legislation A guide supporting the Healthy Ireland Food Pyramid

Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) food, Healthy eating The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) published the updated Healthy eating, food safety and food legislation – a Guide Supporting the Healthy Ireland Food Pyramid. The Guide describes in c ...

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Review of the New Strategic Direction for Alcohol and Drugs – Phase 2

Purdy, J. Cummins, H. and McAvoy, H. Institute of Public Health in Ireland. The New Strategic Direction for Alcohol and Drugs Phase 2 (NSD-2) is a cross-departmental strategy led by the Department of Health, which aims to reduce the level of alcohol and d ...

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New Strategic Direction for Alcohol and Drugs: Phase 2 Final Review

Department of Health (RoI) Substance Misuse, Alcohoil, Drugs The cross-departmental strategy to reduce the harm related to substance misuse in Northern Ireland, known as the New Strategic Direction for Alcohol and Drugs (NSD) Phase 2, was launched in 2012 ...

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Welfare Reforms in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO) Social Welfare Payment, Chronic Conditions, Ill Health, Food Poverty The report presents the expected impact of changes in social welfare payments in Northern Ireland as they increasingly align with the system introduc ...

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National Service Plan 2019

Health Service Executive (HSE) Healthcare, Child Health, Children's Hospital, Mental Health, Cancer, Vaccination, Primary Care The HSE published its National Service Plan 2019, following approval from Government. In the plan, the HSE confirms the le ...

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Healthy Ireland Survey Results

Department of Health (RoI) Health, Wellbeing, Smoking, Alcohol consumption, Lifestyle The Healthy Ireland Survey is an annual survey of the health and wellbeing of the population, furnishing data which provide an up-to-date picture of the nation’s health. ...

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Global Alcohol Report: Ireland- 2010

World Health Organization (WHO) Alcohol Consumption, Income, Abstainer, Drinking Alcohol consumption- levels and patterns http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/profiles/irl.pdf?ua=1 1 December 2010 Report Other partner webs ...

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National Drug Treatment Reporting System 2010 to 2016 data- Alcohol Treatment

Health Research Board Alcohol Consumption, Drugs, Treatment, Drinking 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, ...

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Health survey Northern Ireland: first results 2017/18

Publish to PHW Public to Repository 10.14655/11971-1084871 Department of Health (NI) Health, Alcohol Consumption, Smoking Northern Ireland’s Health Survey 2017/18 reveals information on the health behaviours of the population. The survey of 3,355 people a ...

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Report on tackling Childhood Obesity

Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, Houses of the Oireachtas Child Health, Childhood, Obesity, Socio-economic Inequalities, Early Years, Advertising The Report on Tackling Childhood Obesity published today by the Joint Committee on Children and ...

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National Self-harm Registry Ireland: Annual Report 2017

Griffin, E., et al, National Suicide Research Foundation Self-harm, Self-inflicted injury, Suicide This is the sixteenth annual report from the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland. The registry collects data on persons presenting to hospital emergency dep ...

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Health Inequalities: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Socioeconomic Position, Health and Causality- Symposium Report

FEAM/ALLEA Socioeconomic Status, Health, Economics, Public Health, Genetics, Policy The following report summarises the scientific findings and discussions of the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) and the Federation of Eu ...

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Healthy Ireland Survey 2018- Summary of Findings

Department of Health Health, Wellbeing, Data The Healthy Ireland Survey is an annual interviewer-administered face-to-face survey of the health and wellbeing of the population. It is part of the Healthy Ireland Framework to improve the health and wellbein ...

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Guidance on a data quality framework for health and social care

Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Data, Quality, Health, Social Care A considerable amount of data is collected on a regular basis about health and social care services in Ireland. It is vital that there is confidence and trust in the qualit ...

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Self-harm in Irish Prisons 2017- First Report from the Self-Harm Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) Project

Griffin E. Cully G., Corcoran P. Hume S. Kelly E. and O'Reilly D., National Suicide Research Foundation Prison, Self-harm, Injury, Prevention, Rehabilitation New data on self-harm in Irish prisons There were 223 episodes of self-harm involving 138 in ...

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Making life better- key indicators progress update 2018

These tables contain the latest figures for each of the key indicators of the wider social determinants of health & wellbeing set out against each of the themes contained in the making life better strategic framework. Publish to PHW Public to Reposito ...

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HRG Unit Costs Schedules

Healthcare Resource Group unit costs for acute hospital procedures. (Healthcare Resource Groups are clinically meaningful groupings of patient activity, based on procedures and diagnoses, which consume similar resources.) Activity and average cost informa ...

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Specialist Services

Indicative unit costs and activity information for a range of specialist clinical services, broken down by hospital site. 10.14655/11971-1216917 Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Financial plans and reports, Finance, Procurement and Support Services ...

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Outpatient First and Follow-up Appointments

Indicative unit costs of first and subsequent follow-up outpatient appointments, broken down by hospital and clinical specialty. 10.14655/11971-1216916 Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Financial plans and reports, Finance, Procurement and Support S ...

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Community Services Indicators

Indicators of the unit costs of providing a range of community services, broken down by HSC trust and hospital site. Cost and activity information is provided per patient contact or per period of care across various Programmes of Care. 10.14655/11971-121 ...

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18 January 2019

A report prepared for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH)

The report was commissioned to support the Department of Health in Northern Ireland’s drug and alcohol strategy review.

IPH’s Director of Policy Helen McAvoy said: “Drug and alcohol-related harms continue to escalate across the island of Ireland and the UK. These harms threaten the wellbeing of individuals as well as their families and communities, particularly those living in social disadvantage."

Findings from the review were presented at the European Alcohol Policy Conference held in Edinburgh in 2018

The Report can be accessed here

Further information about the IPH alcohol policy work can be accessed here

Access the Department of Health's alcohol and drug strategy and reports here

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10 January 2019

Plan S Briefing Session

The National Open Research Forum (NORF) in conjunction with the Royal Irish Academy, will host a meeting on Tuesday 22 January 2018 about Plan S - an EU wide initiative to make open access publishing a reality.

The session will raise awareness of Science Europe’s “Plan S” and its implications for Irish researchers seeking European Union funding post 1 January 2020. It will brief the research community on the work of the National Open Research Forum and IReL in positioning Ireland to engage with open research and the open access agenda. It will also invite researchers’ views to inform the development of Ireland’s national response to the Plan S consultation, and to inform next steps nationally.

Speakers:

Dr. Gemma Irvine, Head of Policy and Strategic Planning, HEA, will chair this event and give an overview of the issues at hand.
Cathal McCauley, Maynooth University, will discuss IReL and the need for change in scholarly publishing.
Dr. Patricia Clarke, HRB, will give the national policy context for the introduction of Plan S and the options being considered.
Marion Boland, SFI, will outline the benefits of engaging with Plan S.
Prof. Luke Drury, MRIA, will discuss the ALLEA (All European Academies) response to Plan S and perspectives of the European research community.

Spaces are limited so please email policy@ria.ie now to reserve your place at this session.

RSVP

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12 December 2018

UCC

Date for your diary

Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting & European Congress of Epidemiology 2019

Cork 2019

IPH are delighted to be involved in the organisation of this important conference which will takes place in the School of Public Health, UCC from 04 - 06 September 2019.

Further details, call for abstracts, programme and registration will be available in the near future

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7 December 2018

mychild.ie

A new website for parents, containing information and advice on pregnancy and the first 3 years of your child’s life. The site was created after research with parents and parents-to-be across Ireland.

Your guide to pregnancy, baby and toddler health
Trusted information from experts
Health services and support

Designed for parents, by parents

Over 4,000 parents took part in an online public survey - 20% of them were expecting a baby. Face-to-face research was also carried out. These parents included those at different stages of pregnancy and parenthood.

To access the website, click here

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20 November 2018

New Joint Oireachtas report urges a "whole systems approach" to tackling childhood obesity

A NEW report on tackling childhood obesity has been published by the Joint Oireachtas Children and Youth Affairs Committee.

The report contains over twenty recommendations that relate to a whole systems approach (Recommendation 1) that will help schools, communities and families make healthier choices for young people. These cover:

Addressing socio-economic inequalities
Promoting sports and physical activity
Specific school–based initiatives
Amendments to regulations in respect to advertising and marketing in broadcast and non-broadcast media
Increased support for breastfeeding in Ireland
Research and measures to protect children and young people against potential links between obesity, mental health and portrayal af body image in social and traditional media

To access the report, click here

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24 October 2018

Results of Health Ireland 2018 Survey, with a focus on health inequalities, released today.

Healthy Ireland Survey is an annual survey of the health and wellbeing of the Irish population. The data from the Survey provides an up-to-date picture of the nation’s health. The results tell us how healthy or unhealthy Ireland currently is.

Ipsos MRBI, on behalf of the Department of Health, carried out the latest wave, wave 4 of the survey in 2017/18.

The survey provides and reports on current and credible data in order to enhance the monitoring and assessment of the various policy initiatives under the Healthy Ireland Framework

The Survey found that:

• Those in more deprived areas are less likely to rate their health as good or very good, and more likely to have a long-term health problem

• Those in more deprived areas are also more likely to smoke and binge drink

• Self-rated good health declines earlier for men in deprived areas (around the age of 55 to 64) than it does for both men in affluent areas and women in deprived areas

• Women living in more deprived areas are more likely than those in affluent areas to continue smoking and binge drinking into their 50s

To access the report, Click here

To find out more about Healthy Ireland, Click here

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23 October 2018

Guidance on a data quality framework for health and social care

A considerable amount of data is collected on a regular basis about health and social care services in Ireland.

It is vital that there is confidence and trust in the quality of this data and information in order to support the provision of safe and efficient health and social care to patients and service users.

HIQA has recently published The Data Quality Guidance, along with a Background paper and an interactive version of the Data Quality Assessment Tool in relation to a Data Quality Framework for health and social care.

An animation on the importance of data quality has also been developed.

To access the Data Quality Guidance, Click here

To view the animation, Click here

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18 October 2018

Self-harm in Irish Prisons 2017

New data on self-harm in Irish prisons

There were 223 episodes of self-harm involving 138 individuals recorded in Irish prisons last year, according to a new report.

The first report on episodes of self-harm recorded in Irish Prisons found the annual person-based rate of self-harm was 4 per 100 prisoners. The rate of self-harm was higher among female prisoners and those on remand. In 2017, there were four episodes of self-harm (2% of all self-harm episodes) which resulted in the loss of life.

You can read the report here

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26 September 2018

View the presentations from IPH’s Childhood Obesity Symposium

‘Tackling childhood obesity: the economic and ethical imperatives’ was held in Belfast on 24 September 2018.

The aim of the event was to present recent findings about the lifetime costs of childhood obesity in Northern Ireland and the marketing of food to children in a digital world. It provided a platform to discuss the implications for tackling childhood obesity in Northern Ireland.

To view the presentations from the event, click here

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7 September 2018

Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Collective Leadership Strategy was launched in October 2017

The Strategy seeks to create a health and social care leadership community in which all take responsibility for nurturing cultures of high quality, continually improving, compassionate care and support.

The Department of Health in Northern Ireland is seeking your views in developing a core set of values and associated behaviours for Health and Social Care.

The questionnaire can be accessed here and is open until 28 September 2018

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