Project Area: Health service and technology evaluation Project Summary With escalating rates of both chronic disease and mental illness, it is critically important to support people experiencing mental health problems to improve their health-related behaviours, such as smoking, physical activity and healthy eating. The Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme […]

Project Area: Population Health Research Project Summary Background Routine neonatal screening for autism could significantly reduce time to diagnosis and facilitate early intervention. There is firm evidence that early intervention can improve clinical outcome. Despite the known benefits, early intervention is limited by difficulties in diagnosing autism at an early […]

Project Area: Health service and technology evaluation Project Summary Background and rationale The need to address the overuse of medicines and other health technologies that can be considered as low-value health care is recognised globally. International and national research has identified the extent of the problem. Proposed solutions have focused […]

Project Area: Health policy and systems research Project Summary Giving birth is one of the most dangerous things a woman can do in her lifetime. In recent years, there has been a series of high-profile scandals relating to consistent failures of maternity services in providing high quality, safe care to […]

Project Area: Population health research Project Summary Emergency hospital admission can place older adults at risk of functional decline and iatrogenic harm. Approximately 20% of all emergency admissions are due to ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) conditions, for example urinary tract infection and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, considered to be potentially […]

Project Area: Health policy and systems research Project Summary Hundreds of millions of euro are paid by medical-device companies to physicians and healthcare organisations for medical education. Research suggests that medical device payments such as these lead to sub-optimal medical device choice, thus undermining patient care. Also, medical device industry […]

Project Area: Population health research Project Summary The DISPERSE project will increase current scientific understanding of the historical, current and likely future human health risks, exposures, and outcomes associated with multiple exposures and pathways in the Republic of Ireland. It will be the first Irish study to investigate the concurrent […]

Project Area: Health service and technology evaluation Project Summary Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and premature mortality nationally. Widening socioeconomic differences in smoking drive health inequalities. Addressing this priority requires closing the implementation gap between research evidence and practice regarding effective cessation interventions. Financial incentives to stop […]