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Guidelines on improving the collection and use of equality data

EU High Level Group on Non-discrimination, Equality and Diversity Equality, Discrimination, Human Rights The European Union (EU) has in place an advanced legal framework with which to promote equality and non-discrimination. All 28EUMember States have tra ...

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Irish Sports Monitor 2017

Sport Ireland Participation in sport •43% of the population regularly participate in sport. This is at the same level as in 2015indicating that participation in sport is unchanged in an improving economic environment where people may have more time pressu ...

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Irish Sports Monitor 2017 Half-Year Report

Sport Ireland Participation in sport Sport Ireland has published its half-year Irish Sports Monitor (ISM) Report for the months January to June in 2017. Sport Ireland’s Irish Sports Monitor is the largest ongoing instrument for tracking active and social ...

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Irish Sports Monitor Annual Report 2015

O'Leary, K., Ipsos MRBI Participation in sport The 2015 ISM report was written by Ipsos MRBI on behalf of Sport Ireland. It provides information on active participation in sport and recreational walking, club membership, volunteering and attendance a ...

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Health Inequalities- Life expectancy Decomposition 2019

Department of Health Northern Ireland Mortality, Mental disorders, Behavioural disorders, Deprivation This publication is one of a series of reports produced as part of the NI Health & Social Care Inequalities Monitoring System (HSCIMS). This report e ...

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Making life better- key indicators progress update 2019

Department of Health Northern Ireland Health inequalities 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 bet ...

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Geographic profile of healthcare needs and non-acute healthcare supply in Ireland

Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) There is an unequal supply of community health and social care across counties, with the greater Dublin Commuter Belt and the South East having the lowest supply of primary and community care in Ireland. The ...

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National Framework on the Transition to an Open Research Environment

National Open Research Forum (NORF) Research, Publication, Access to information Prepared by the National Open Research Forum for the Innovation 2020 Implenentation Group The National Framework on the Transition to an Open Research Environment has been de ...

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Commercial foods for infants and young children in the WHO European Region

World Health Organization (WHO) Child Health, Food, Breastfeeding A study of the availability, composition and marketing of baby foods in four European countries In order to help Member States understand what commercial foods for infants and young childre ...

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Self-Reported Oral Health among Smokers, by Age Group

Department of Health (RoI) Substance Misuse Unhealthy Behaviours Summary Tables and Graphs Table 1 – Number of Cases in Treatment for Problem Drug and Alcohol Use (Download csv) Figure 1 – Alcohol and Cigarette Consumption per Annum, per Capita Aged 15 ...

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Proportion of People Who Binge Drink on a Typical Day of Drinking, by Gender and Age Category, Ireland

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Alcohol and Cigarette Consumption per Annum, per Capita Aged 15 Years and Over

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Number of Cases in Treatment for Problem Drug and Alcohol Use

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What is the cost of a healthy food basket in the Republic of Ireland in 2018?

safefood Food, Nutrition, Income, Poverty, Household Introduction “Food poverty” is defined as the inability to have an adequate and nutritious diet due to issues of affordability or accessibility. One in ten households in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) ar ...

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Macular pigment optical density and its relationship with serum and dietary levels of lutein and zeaxanthin

Beatty S, Nolan JM, Kavanagh H, O'Donovan O Nutrition, Ageing, Older People, Mental Health, Alzheimer's Disease Abstract Observational evidence is accumulating that the onset of age-related maculopathy, the leading cause of legal blindness in th ...

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Macular Pigment and Percentage of Body Fat

Nolan JM, O'Donovan O, Kavanagh H, Stack J, Harrison M, Muldoon A, Mellerio J, Beatty S Nutrition, Ageing, Older People, Mental Health, Alzheimer's Disease P URPOSE. To investigate the relationship between percentage of body fat and macular pigm ...

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Measurement of Macular Pigment: Raman Spectroscopy versus Heterochromatic Flicker Photometry

Neelam K, O'Gorman N, Nolan JM, O'Donovan O, Wong HB, Au Eong KG, Beatty S Nutrition, Ageing, Older People, Mental Health, Alzheimer's Disease P URPOSE. There are several techniques for measuring macular pigment (MP) in vivo, of which Raman ...

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Monthly Consistency of Macular PigmentOptical Density and Serum Concentrationsof Lutein and Zeaxanthin

Nolan JM, Stack J, Mellerio J, Godhinio M, O'Donovan O, Neelam K, Beatty S Nutrition, Ageing, Older People, Mental Health, Alzheimer's Disease ABSTRACT T his study was undertaken to assess serial month-to- month consistency of macular pigment (M ...

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Macular pigment and ocular biometry

Neelam K, Nolan JM, Loane E, Stack J, O'Donovan O, Au Eong KG, Beatty S Nutrition, Ageing, Older People, Mental Health, Alzheimer's Disease Abstract This study is designed to investigate the relationship between macular pigment optical density ( ...

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Risk factors for age-related maculopathy are associated with a relative lack of macular pigment

Nolan JM, Stack J, O'Donovan O, Loane E, Beatty S Nutrition, Ageing, Older People, Mental Health, Alzheimer's Disease A bstract Macular pigment (MP) is composed of the two dietary carotenoids lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z), and is believed to pro ...

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10 July 2019

National Framework on the Transition to an Open Research Environment

There is a fundamental shift across Europe towards making research more transparent, collaborative, accessible and efficient. Ireland already has a strong research reputation with a proven track record of collaborating and competing successfully in Europe and beyond. We recognise the importance of collaborating at a national level also to better support research and researchers in the key areas of open access publications, FAIR research data, infrastructure, skills and competencies, and incentives and rewards.

Open research requires system-thinking and a change in research culture and behaviour. The National Open Research Forum (NORF) is leading a critical and informed approach to framing open research in Ireland. It is a great example of how collaborative working at a national level can help to reach agreement on difficult choices which support our common purpose of delivering excellence, talent and impact across the Irish research system

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16 July 2019

Commercial foods for infants and young children in the WHO European Region (2019)

A study of the availability, composition and marketing of baby foods in four European countries

In order to help Member States understand what commercial foods for infants and young children are currently on the market, and to support implementation of the Guidance on ending inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children at the European level, the WHO Regional Office for Europe developed a methodology for identifying commercial baby foods available in retail settings and collecting data on their nutritional content, as well as various aspects of their packaging, labelling and promotion. This publication describes the findings from a study conducted in four countries of the WHO European region based on this methodology.

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2 July 2019

New research reveals households on low incomes need to spend up to 1/3 of take home income to afford a healthy food basket

Research highlights challenges facing low-income households in balancing the expense of a basic, acceptable and nutritious food basket while meeting other weekly household expenses.

New research by safefood has revealed some families on low income need to spend up to one third (33%) of their take home income to afford a basic food basket that is acceptable and meets nutritional needs. In general, households on a low-income tend to eat less well, have poorer health outcomes with higher levels of excess weight and its complications.

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9 May 2019

Guide Dog Day

10 May 2019

Tomorrow is Irish Guide Dog Day! An awareness raising and fundraising day for Irish Guide Dog's clients - vision impaired people and the families of children with autism

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8 April 2019

Healthy Workplace Framework consultation report launched

A CONSULTATION report on developing a Healthy Workplace Framework has been published by the Department of Health (ROI).

The report was prepared for the Department of Health by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH).

IPH facilitated the online consultation and hosted events in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Sligo which invited stakeholders to share their views and experience on creating a healthy workplace.

The consultation report will now be considered by the Department to inform the development of the Healthy Workplace Framework, which is expected to be published later in 2019.

The aim of the Framework is to recognise and enhance existing initiatives, to facilitate the sharing of experience and learning, and also provide the necessary supports and tools for organisations or companies who haven’t yet developed their own resources.

The Framework sits under Healthy Ireland and is intended to provide a supportive, flexible, evidence-based structure that can be applied across all workplaces in Ireland regardless of their sector or size.

IPH is continuing to support the Department with this important Framework in the areas of policy design, implementation and monitoring

You can read the consultation report here

and three further research papers here

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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.

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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.

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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

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