Dermot O’reilly
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3583180 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Dermot O’reilly |
| NOMBRES | Dermot |
| APELLIDO | O’reilly |
| FIRMA | O’REILLY D |
| AFILIACIONES | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9181-0652 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 65 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 228 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 65 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
The management of Covid-19 in prisons – the case of Northern Ireland
Healthy lives, enriched minds
This study is the first instance where population wide, linked administrative data is used to examine the associations between educational attainment and students' physical and mental health in NI. The importance of mental health and the greater educational disadvantage some social groups may experience are key implications for policy
Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and population health
Particulate matter suspended in the air that is comprised of microscopic particles with a diameter of 2.5μm or less (PM 2.5 ) is among the most impactful pollutants globally. Extensive evidence shows exposure to ambient PM 2.5 is associated with a wide range of poor health outcomes. However, few studies examine long-run pollution exposures in nationally representative data. This study exploits Census data for Northern Ireland, linked to average P…
Childhood contact with social services and risk of suicide or sudden death in young adulthood
BACKGROUND: Childhood out-of-home care is associated with premature death in adulthood, in particular death by suicide, accidents and violence. However, little is known about the mortality risk in the much larger population of adults that had contact with social services in childhood but never entered out-of-home care. We determine the association between all tiers of contact with children's social services and risk of suicide and other sudden de…
Changing Trends in Child Welfare Inequalities in Northern Ireland
Longitudinal research in England and Wales has identified increasing inequality in child welfare interventions, particularly with respect to children in the poorest areas coming into care. Although previous cross-sectional research has shown associations between area level deprivation and child welfare interventions to be weakest in Northern Ireland (NI), it remains unknown if this reflects wider trends over time. This study uses longitudinal adm…
Mortality risk following self‐harm in young people
Background Self‐harm is a recognised predictor of suicide and is most common in those aged under 25 years. The aims of this study were to describe the characteristics of young people who present with self‐harm; quantify the risk of suicide and other causes of death during follow up, and to identify factors associated with mortality risk. Methods The Northern Ireland Registry of Self‐Harm (NIRSH) is a national registry capturing complete data on a…
The association between self-reported mental health, medication record and suicide risk
Suicide mortality and mental ill health are increasing globally. Mental ill health can be measured in multiple ways. It is unclear which measure is most associated with suicide risk. This study explored the association between self-rated mental health and medication record and death by suicide. The 2011 Northern Ireland Census records of adults aged 18-74 years (n=1,098,967) were linked to a centralised database of dispensed prescription medicati…
Unmet need for mental health medication within the migrant population of Northern Ireland
Background Migrant populations are particularly at risk of not receiving the care for mental ill-health that they require for a range of reasons, including language and other barriers to health service access. This record linkage study compares, for migrant and settled communities, the likelihood that a person in Northern Ireland with poor mental health will receive psychotropic medication. Methods A cohort of 78 267 people aged 16–64 years (incl…
Social variations in uptake of disability benefits
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…
Antidepressant medication use among working age first-generation migrants resident in Finland
The gender and country of origin dependent use of antidepressant medication is discussed in terms of socio-political and cultural between-group differences. Recommendations are made to address inequalities in accessing services, particularly for migrants from non-Western countries
Ethnic density and risk of mental ill health – The case of religious sectarianism in Northern Ireland
Does equality legislation reduce intergroup differences? Religious affiliation, socio-economic status and mortality in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Influence of Heterogamy by Religion on Risk of Marital Dissolution
Heterogamous marriages, in which partners have dissimilar attributes (e.g. by socio-economic status or ethnicity), are often at elevated risk of dissolution. We investigated the influences of heterogamy by religion and area of residence on risk of marital dissolution in Northern Ireland, a country with a history of conflict and residential segregation along Catholic-Protestant lines. We expected Catholic-Protestant marriages to have elevated risk…
Do differences in religious affiliation explain high levels of excess mortality in the UK
BACKGROUND: High levels of mortality not explained by differences in socioeconomic status (SES) have been observed for Scotland and its largest city, Glasgow, compared with elsewhere in the UK. Previous cross-sectional research highlighted potentially relevant differences in social capital, including religious social capital (the benefits of social participation in organised religion). The aim of this study was to use longitudinal data to assess …
The mental health and wellbeing of first generation migrants
Education as a predictor of antidepressant and anxiolytic medication use after bereavement
Education may protect against poor mental health, as measured by the use of antidepressant medication, post-bereavement, except in those bereaved by suicide. This is likely due to the improved cognitive, personal and psychological skills gained from time spent in education
The influence of mobility on mental health status in young people
Teenage motherhood
The impact of childhood residential mobility on mental health outcomes in adolescence and early adulthood
BACKGROUND: Understanding the causes of poor mental health in early childhood and adolescence is important as this can be a significant determinant of mental well-being in later years. One potential and relatively unexplored factor is residential mobility in formative years. Previous studies have been relatively small and potentially limited due to methodological issues. The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between early…
Residential segregation, dividing walls and mental health
BACKGROUND: Neighbourhood segregation has been described as a fundamental determinant of physical health, but literature on its effect on mental health is less clear. While most previous research has relied on conceptualised measures of segregation, Northern Ireland is unique as it contains physical manifestations of segregation in the form of segregation barriers (or 'peacelines') which can be used to accurately identify residential segregation.…
Introduction
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Urban/rural variation in the influence of widowhood on mortality risk
Does conurbation affect the risk of poor mental health? A population based record linkage study
Bereavement After Informal Caregiving
Objectives. We compared the mental health risk to unpaid caregivers bereaved of a care recipient with the risk to persons otherwise bereaved and to nonbereaved caregivers. Methods. We linked prescription records for antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs to characteristics and life-event data of members of the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (n = 317 264). Using a case-control design, we fitted logistic regression models, stratified by age, to m…
Is caring associated with an increased risk of mortality? A longitudinal study
Increasing inequalities in health
Leaderism’
This paper argues that ‘leaderism’– as an emerging set of beliefs that frames and justifies certain innovatory changes in contemporary organizational and managerial practice – is a development of managerialism that has been utilized and applied within the policy discourse of public service reform in the UK. The paper suggests that ‘leaderism’ is an evolution of entrepreneurial and cultural management ideologies and practices. An analysis of the a…
The contribution of migration to changes in the distribution of health over time
Selective migration from deprived areas in Northern Ireland and the spatial distribution of inequalities
Religious affiliation and mortality in Northern Ireland
Social Inclusion
In this article the theoretical conflations associated with the concept of social exclusion are disaggregated into a number of competing versions in terms of their social scientific and normative bases. The types of policy, analysis and critique that are engendered by these conceptions of exclusion are examined for their underlying social scientific methodology. The disjunction between positive, interpretative and critical approaches to social ex…
The impact of childhood residential mobility on mental health outcomes in adolescence and early adulthood
BACKGROUND: Understanding the causes of poor mental health in early childhood and adolescence is important as this can be a significant determinant of mental well-being in later years. One potential and relatively unexplored factor is residential mobility in formative years. Previous studies have been relatively small and potentially limited due to methodological issues. The main aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between early…
Why is housing tenure associated with a lower risk of admission to a nursing or residential home? Wealth, health and the incentive to keep ‘my home’
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that home ownership is associated with a reduced risk of admission to institutional care. The extent to which this reflects associations between wealth and health, between wealth and ability to buy in care or increased motivation to avoid admission related to policies on charging is unclear. Taking account of the value of the home, as well as housing tenure, may provide some clarification as to the relative…
Childhood residential mobility and health in late adolescence and adulthood
BACKGROUND: The relationship between childhood residential mobility and health in the UK is not well established; however, research elsewhere suggests that frequent childhood moves may be associated with poorer health outcomes and behaviours. The aim of this paper was to compare people in the West of Scotland who were residentially stable in childhood with those who had moved in terms of a range of health measures. METHODS: A total of 850 respond…
Are cities becoming more unhealthy? An analysis of mortality rates in Belfast and Dublin between 1981 and 1991 to illustrate a methodological difficulty with ecological studies
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Influence of Heterogamy by Religion on Risk of Marital Dissolution
Heterogamous marriages, in which partners have dissimilar attributes (e.g. by socio-economic status or ethnicity), are often at elevated risk of dissolution. We investigated the influences of heterogamy by religion and area of residence on risk of marital dissolution in Northern Ireland, a country with a history of conflict and residential segregation along Catholic-Protestant lines. We expected Catholic-Protestant marriages to have elevated risk…
The relationship between informal caregiving and mortality
BACKGROUND: Many studies have suggested that caregiving has a detrimental impact on health. However, these conclusions are challenged by research which finds evidence of a comparative survivorship advantage, as well as work which controls for group differences in the demand for care. METHODS: We use a large record linkage study of England and Wales to investigate the mortality risks of carers identified in the 2001 Census. The analysis focuses on…
Selective internal migration. Does it explain Glasgow's worsening mortality record
Leadership, authority and crisis
As we noted in the introduction to this Special Issue, discussion of the relationship between leadership and crisis is not new. For some, the emphasis is on crisis, or the sense-making that takes place in crisis situations (Weick, 1988), on asking what leadership is produced in times of crisis (Mabey and Morrell, 2011), and on asking what leadership is appropriate for times of crisis (Chambers et al., 2010). For others, leadership itself is the f…
Urban and rural differences in risk of admission to a care home
Dissonances in self-reported health and mortality across denominational groups in Northern Ireland
Socio-demographic and health characteristics of individuals left behind in deprived and declining areas in Scotland
Deprived and declining areas in Scotland have poorer health than other areas in the rest of Scotland. Using data from the Scottish Longitudinal Study, this paper examines whether differential migration over a one year period can explain these differences. Compared with migrants to and from deprived and declining areas, stable residents in those areas were generally older, less well educated and less affluent. Continued disproportionate loss of mo…
Childhood contact with social services and risk of suicide or sudden death in young adulthood
BACKGROUND: Childhood out-of-home care is associated with premature death in adulthood, in particular death by suicide, accidents and violence. However, little is known about the mortality risk in the much larger population of adults that had contact with social services in childhood but never entered out-of-home care. We determine the association between all tiers of contact with children's social services and risk of suicide and other sudden de…
The influence of mobility on mental health status in young people
Teenage motherhood
Residential segregation, dividing walls and mental health
BACKGROUND: Neighbourhood segregation has been described as a fundamental determinant of physical health, but literature on its effect on mental health is less clear. While most previous research has relied on conceptualised measures of segregation, Northern Ireland is unique as it contains physical manifestations of segregation in the form of segregation barriers (or 'peacelines') which can be used to accurately identify residential segregation.…
Variation in mortality by country of birth in Northern Ireland
The effect of population movement on the spatial distribution of socio-economic and health status
Should uptake of state benefits be used as indicators of need and disadvantage
Government requires indicators of disadvantage to guide programmes and allocate resources to those areas which are most in need. Proxy measures of relative disadvantage are often utilised for this task in the absence of ideal indicators of need. The recent availability of government administrative datasets, such as social security benefit uptake levels, are increasingly being used throughout the UK and have been hailed as a significant advance on…
The Development of a High-Intensity Parent Training Program for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Child Conduct Problems
Objective A home-based parent training program for the treatment of moderate to severe conduct problems was developed in two stages. Method Study 1, a case study, examined the inverse covariation between child compliance to parental instruction and aversive responding. Study 2, which used a multiple-baseline-across-subjects experimental design with two families, examined the effectiveness of a multicomponent treatment strategy for the reduction o…
Are cities becoming more unhealthy? An analysis of mortality rates in Belfast and Dublin between 1981 and 1991 to illustrate a methodological difficulty with ecological studies
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Selective migration from deprived areas in Northern Ireland and the spatial distribution of inequalities
Social Inclusion
In this article the theoretical conflations associated with the concept of social exclusion are disaggregated into a number of competing versions in terms of their social scientific and normative bases. The types of policy, analysis and critique that are engendered by these conceptions of exclusion are examined for their underlying social scientific methodology. The disjunction between positive, interpretative and critical approaches to social ex…
Should uptake of state benefits be used as indicators of need and disadvantage
Government requires indicators of disadvantage to guide programmes and allocate resources to those areas which are most in need. Proxy measures of relative disadvantage are often utilised for this task in the absence of ideal indicators of need. The recent availability of government administrative datasets, such as social security benefit uptake levels, are increasingly being used throughout the UK and have been hailed as a significant advance on…
Comment on Rhodes et al. (2005)
This comment looks at the findings presented by Rhodes et al. (2005) in relation to the effects of seven SRB case studies on local outcomes. It questions their selective discussion of the positive outcomes relative to the national benchmarks they present and their aggregation of the theories of change, the outputs and the outcomes from the programme; it also raises some further methodological considerations relevant to the evaluation of area-base…
Increasing inequalities in health
The contribution of migration to changes in the distribution of health over time
Religious affiliation and mortality in Northern Ireland
Is caring associated with an increased risk of mortality? A longitudinal study
Are caregiving responsibilities associated with non-attendance at breast screening
While those providing the most significant amounts of care tended to be more deprived, caregiving responsibilities themselves did not explain the known socio-economic gradients in breast screening attendance. More work is required to identify why more deprived women are less likely to attend breast screening
Gender differences in admission to care homes for older people
Objectives To offer reasons for the gender difference in care home admission risk. Design A prospective longitudinal study collecting information from 2001 census returns, death registration, and health card registration information for a 28% sample of the Northern Ireland population, along with information from the local care home inspectorate. Analyses were performed using Cox regression models with hazard of care home admission as the outcome.…
Uptake of breast screening
Objective To determine if area of residence is an independent factor influencing uptake of breast screening. Design Record linkage study combining anonymised data from the National Breast Screening System and the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study with cohort attributes as per their 2001 census return. Five mutually exclusive areas were defined; the Belfast metropolitan area (BMA) (comprising 21% population) and the remaining parts the four Heal…
Childhood residential stability and health status in early adulthood and midlife
Background Previous studies have shown that making multiple residential moves in childhood leads to an increased risk of emotional and behavioural problems in early adulthood and to poorer self-reported health in midlife. Such studies tend to focus on one or two health variables, measured at one time point. This study examines health status in early adulthood and midlife across a wider range of measures. Aim To compare subjects who were residenti…
P58 The death of social fragmentation
Background Social Fragmentation is the idea that isolation and disorganisation within an area influences individual health. Some, but not all, studies have shown it to be related to suicide and parasuicide risk, higher GHQ12 scores and higher admission rates for psychoses. The aim of this study is to determine if fragmentation per se affects mental health or if the association is due to other factors relating to fragmented areas. Methods A measur…
Leaderism’
This paper argues that ‘leaderism’– as an emerging set of beliefs that frames and justifies certain innovatory changes in contemporary organizational and managerial practice – is a development of managerialism that has been utilized and applied within the policy discourse of public service reform in the UK. The paper suggests that ‘leaderism’ is an evolution of entrepreneurial and cultural management ideologies and practices. An analysis of the a…
Dissonances in self-reported health and mortality across denominational groups in Northern Ireland
Uptake of Breast Screening is Influenced by Current Religion and Religion of Upbringing
Variation in mortality by country of birth in Northern Ireland
Selective internal migration. Does it explain Glasgow's worsening mortality record
The effect of population movement on the spatial distribution of socio-economic and health status
P2-523 Residential segregation and mental health in a post conflict society
Introduction Research shows conflict and racial/ethnic segregation leads to poor health. Northern Irelands emerging from over 30 years of civil disturbance but remains a society markedly segregated along religious lines with >70% population living in areas comprising >70% one religion. This study aims to determine if segregation is an independent predictor of psychological morbidity. Methods A geographical information system was used to produce a…
P1-406 Characteristics of individuals “left behind” in deprived areas in Scotland
Introduction Previous work in Scotland has shown that within deprived areas, declining populations have higher illness and mortality rates than stable or increasing populations. One possible explanation is that as healthy individuals move out, they are replaced by individuals in poorer health or not replaced at all, producing areas with higher concentrations of poor health. Little is currently known about the characteristics of migrants to and fr…
Does the use of psychotropic medications increase on entering a care home? A prospective pharmacoepidemiological study
Background There is ongoing concern about the extensive use of psychotropic agents in nursing and residential home care. These drugs have been described as ‘chemical restraints’ in that they can be used to sedate and subdue patients. However, it is possible that the high usage in this population reflects patient characteristics rather than treatment policies within institutions. Objectives To compare the use of antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs…
Give my head peace
Background Although Northern Ireland can, after 30 years of violence, be described as a ‘post-conflict’ society it remains intensely segregated with over 15 km of concrete and metal barriers (‘Peace-lines’) erected to reduce the inter-communal tension at so-called interface areas. To date there has been no exploration of the health of the communities at these interface areas. Objectives This study aims to use the consumption of antidepressant and…
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