Andrew W Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 88966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew W Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew W |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY A W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5549-8246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Changing Working Patterns in Irish general practice
BACKGROUND: General practice in Ireland has changed significantly with increased participation of women in the workforce; a move from single-handed to group practices and an increased prioritisation of work life balance. OBJECTIVE: This paper explores how GP ways of working have changed. By presenting qualitative data from GPs in Ireland, we present GP perspectives on part and full time working and highlight the need to capture new ways of workin…
Process evaluation with cost analysis of the Move for Life cluster randomised feasibility trial for inactive adults aged 50 years and older
Background: An ageing population combined with a decline in physical activity with age have prompted calls for investment in physical activity programmes and services for older people. The Move for Life (MFL) intervention aims to augment existing community-based physical activity programmes for middle-to-older aged adults in Ireland using behaviour change strategies and peer support. The intervention was found to be feasible and has the potential…
Outcome measurement instruments used to measure diet-related outcomes in infancy
INTRODUCTION: Supporting positive diet behaviours during infancy is essential to support child health and prevent childhood obesity. How infant diet-related outcomes are measured in trials is crucial to determining intervention effectiveness. This scoping review examined what and how outcome measurement instruments are currently used to measure 13 infant diet-related outcomes from a previously developed core outcome set. METHODS: The databases EM…
Move for Life an intervention for inactive adults aged 50 years and older
Background Move for Life (MFL) is a theory-informed intervention that was developed to augment established physical activity (PA) programmes and enable inactive adults aged 50 years and older to be more active. This study examined the feasibility of MFL and sought to provide evidence of its potential for improving PA and associated health outcomes. Methods A 3-arm cluster randomised feasibility trial compared MFL intervention, usual provision (UP…
Tools and methods for evaluating the change to health service delivery due to pandemics or other similar emergencies
Exploring non-participation in colorectal cancer screening
Strategies for integrating the Making Every Contact programme for the prevention and management of chronic disease across Irish Health Service
Introduction: The Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Programme1 aims to integrate lifestyle behaviour interventions by health professionals to patients targeting health behavioural risk factors (e.g. physical activity, diet, smoking and drug and alcohol use. The MECC programme (implemented since 2019) is a key element of the Integrated care programme for the prevention and management of Chronic disease in Irela…
Enhancing the implementation of the Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural intervention programme in Ireland – Protocol for the Making Mecc Work research programme
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Juggling with theory, evidence, practice, and real-world circumstances
Despite well-known benefits of physical activity, in Ireland only 38 % of older adults are sufficiently active. Behavioural interventions are rarely developed systematically and, when reported, inadequate description often becomes a barrier for subsequent replication and scalability. In this article, we describe the development and characteristics of Move for Life, an intervention to reach and help inactive adults aged 50 years and older increase…
Family ‘turning point’ experiences and the process of youth becoming homeless
The role of family environments, where conflict—ranging from disagreements between young people and their parent(s) or carers to home‐based circumstances where violence and/or abuse is present—is well documented in research that has examined the causes and correlates of youth homelessness. However, far less attention has focused on how young people themselves frame and understand the significance of family ruptures. This paper examines the family…
A comparison, for older people with diabetes, of health and health care utilisation in two different health systems on the island of Ireland
Despite the proximity of NI and ROI there are substantial differences in the prevalence of diabetes and its related complications. Despite differences in the health services in the two jurisdictions the differences in health care utilisation for an equivalent cohort are small
The Effect of Rurality on Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Incidence
PURPOSE: Variation in incidence is a universal feature of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). One potential source of variation is the rurality of the location where the OHCA incident occurs. While previous work has used a simple binary approach to define rurality, the purpose of this study was to use a categorical approach to quantify the impact of urban-rural classification on OHCA incidence in the Republic of Ireland. METHODS: The observed …
Translating policy into practice
Background This paper focuses on the relationships between health ‘policy’ as it is embodied in official documentation, and health ‘practice’ as reported and reflected on in the talk of policy‐makers, health professionals and patients. The specific context for the study involves a comparison of policies relating to the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the two jurisdictions of Ireland – involving as they do a predominantly s…
Service Users' and Caregivers' Perspectives on Continuity of Care in Out-of-Hours Primary Care
Modernization policies in primary care, such as the introduction of out-of-hours general practice cooperatives, signify a marked departure from many service users' traditional experiences of continuity of care. We report on a case study of accounts of service users with chronic conditions and their caregivers of continuity of care in an out-of-hours general practice cooperative in Ireland. Using Strauss and colleagues' Chronic Illness Trajectory …
P66 Opt out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research
Introduction A prospective cohort study was set up to investigate a possible association between antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli urinary tract infection in the community. A direct link between prescribing and resistance was analysed by searching the records for previous prescription of antibiotics for patients with a suspected urinary tract infection. Participating practices were requested to send a sample fro…
We Need to Get You Focused
Although subject to considerable research from perspectives including general practitioners, patients, and perspective guidelines, chronic low back pain (CLBP) continues to be a common but contentious condition in primary care. We used medical consultation records, critical incident interviews, and a think-aloud problem-solving task to examine how general practitioners applied professional knowledge of the condition, especially in relation to psy…
Socio-demographic predictors of uptake of MMR immunisation in the lifeways cohort study
examined and compared treatment of Ma ori (Indigenous) and non-Ma ori New Zealanders with colon cancer. Methods: From the New Zealand Cancer Registry we identified a population-based cohort of 629 patients diagnosed with colon cancer between 1996 and 2003. We reviewed medical notes and compared surgical and oncology treatment in Ma ori and non-Ma ori patients. We adjusted treatment differences for tumour characteristics, patient comorbidity and t…
Family ‘turning point’ experiences and the process of youth becoming homeless
The role of family environments, where conflict—ranging from disagreements between young people and their parent(s) or carers to home‐based circumstances where violence and/or abuse is present—is well documented in research that has examined the causes and correlates of youth homelessness. However, far less attention has focused on how young people themselves frame and understand the significance of family ruptures. This paper examines the family…
We Need to Get You Focused
Although subject to considerable research from perspectives including general practitioners, patients, and perspective guidelines, chronic low back pain (CLBP) continues to be a common but contentious condition in primary care. We used medical consultation records, critical incident interviews, and a think-aloud problem-solving task to examine how general practitioners applied professional knowledge of the condition, especially in relation to psy…
Service Users' and Caregivers' Perspectives on Continuity of Care in Out-of-Hours Primary Care
Modernization policies in primary care, such as the introduction of out-of-hours general practice cooperatives, signify a marked departure from many service users' traditional experiences of continuity of care. We report on a case study of accounts of service users with chronic conditions and their caregivers of continuity of care in an out-of-hours general practice cooperative in Ireland. Using Strauss and colleagues' Chronic Illness Trajectory …
Socio-demographic predictors of uptake of MMR immunisation in the lifeways cohort study
examined and compared treatment of Ma ori (Indigenous) and non-Ma ori New Zealanders with colon cancer. Methods: From the New Zealand Cancer Registry we identified a population-based cohort of 629 patients diagnosed with colon cancer between 1996 and 2003. We reviewed medical notes and compared surgical and oncology treatment in Ma ori and non-Ma ori patients. We adjusted treatment differences for tumour characteristics, patient comorbidity and t…
P66 Opt out as an acceptable method of obtaining consent in medical research
Introduction A prospective cohort study was set up to investigate a possible association between antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli urinary tract infection in the community. A direct link between prescribing and resistance was analysed by searching the records for previous prescription of antibiotics for patients with a suspected urinary tract infection. Participating practices were requested to send a sample fro…
We Need to Get You Focused
Although subject to considerable research from perspectives including general practitioners, patients, and perspective guidelines, chronic low back pain (CLBP) continues to be a common but contentious condition in primary care. We used medical consultation records, critical incident interviews, and a think-aloud problem-solving task to examine how general practitioners applied professional knowledge of the condition, especially in relation to psy…
Service Users' and Caregivers' Perspectives on Continuity of Care in Out-of-Hours Primary Care
Modernization policies in primary care, such as the introduction of out-of-hours general practice cooperatives, signify a marked departure from many service users' traditional experiences of continuity of care. We report on a case study of accounts of service users with chronic conditions and their caregivers of continuity of care in an out-of-hours general practice cooperative in Ireland. Using Strauss and colleagues' Chronic Illness Trajectory …
Translating policy into practice
Background This paper focuses on the relationships between health ‘policy’ as it is embodied in official documentation, and health ‘practice’ as reported and reflected on in the talk of policy‐makers, health professionals and patients. The specific context for the study involves a comparison of policies relating to the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) in the two jurisdictions of Ireland – involving as they do a predominantly s…
The Effect of Rurality on Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Incidence
PURPOSE: Variation in incidence is a universal feature of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). One potential source of variation is the rurality of the location where the OHCA incident occurs. While previous work has used a simple binary approach to define rurality, the purpose of this study was to use a categorical approach to quantify the impact of urban-rural classification on OHCA incidence in the Republic of Ireland. METHODS: The observed …
A comparison, for older people with diabetes, of health and health care utilisation in two different health systems on the island of Ireland
Despite the proximity of NI and ROI there are substantial differences in the prevalence of diabetes and its related complications. Despite differences in the health services in the two jurisdictions the differences in health care utilisation for an equivalent cohort are small
Juggling with theory, evidence, practice, and real-world circumstances
Despite well-known benefits of physical activity, in Ireland only 38 % of older adults are sufficiently active. Behavioural interventions are rarely developed systematically and, when reported, inadequate description often becomes a barrier for subsequent replication and scalability. In this article, we describe the development and characteristics of Move for Life, an intervention to reach and help inactive adults aged 50 years and older increase…
Family ‘turning point’ experiences and the process of youth becoming homeless
The role of family environments, where conflict—ranging from disagreements between young people and their parent(s) or carers to home‐based circumstances where violence and/or abuse is present—is well documented in research that has examined the causes and correlates of youth homelessness. However, far less attention has focused on how young people themselves frame and understand the significance of family ruptures. This paper examines the family…
Enhancing the implementation of the Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural intervention programme in Ireland – Protocol for the Making Mecc Work research programme
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Exploring non-participation in colorectal cancer screening
Strategies for integrating the Making Every Contact programme for the prevention and management of chronic disease across Irish Health Service
Introduction: The Irish Health Service Executive (HSE) Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Programme1 aims to integrate lifestyle behaviour interventions by health professionals to patients targeting health behavioural risk factors (e.g. physical activity, diet, smoking and drug and alcohol use. The MECC programme (implemented since 2019) is a key element of the Integrated care programme for the prevention and management of Chronic disease in Irela…
Move for Life an intervention for inactive adults aged 50 years and older
Background Move for Life (MFL) is a theory-informed intervention that was developed to augment established physical activity (PA) programmes and enable inactive adults aged 50 years and older to be more active. This study examined the feasibility of MFL and sought to provide evidence of its potential for improving PA and associated health outcomes. Methods A 3-arm cluster randomised feasibility trial compared MFL intervention, usual provision (UP…
Tools and methods for evaluating the change to health service delivery due to pandemics or other similar emergencies
Process evaluation with cost analysis of the Move for Life cluster randomised feasibility trial for inactive adults aged 50 years and older
Background: An ageing population combined with a decline in physical activity with age have prompted calls for investment in physical activity programmes and services for older people. The Move for Life (MFL) intervention aims to augment existing community-based physical activity programmes for middle-to-older aged adults in Ireland using behaviour change strategies and peer support. The intervention was found to be feasible and has the potential…
Outcome measurement instruments used to measure diet-related outcomes in infancy
INTRODUCTION: Supporting positive diet behaviours during infancy is essential to support child health and prevent childhood obesity. How infant diet-related outcomes are measured in trials is crucial to determining intervention effectiveness. This scoping review examined what and how outcome measurement instruments are currently used to measure 13 infant diet-related outcomes from a previously developed core outcome set. METHODS: The databases EM…
Changing Working Patterns in Irish general practice
BACKGROUND: General practice in Ireland has changed significantly with increased participation of women in the workforce; a move from single-handed to group practices and an increased prioritisation of work life balance. OBJECTIVE: This paper explores how GP ways of working have changed. By presenting qualitative data from GPs in Ireland, we present GP perspectives on part and full time working and highlight the need to capture new ways of workin…
Medicine (13 works) · Nursing (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)