Máirín Boland

Datos Biográficos

ID7798768
NOMBREMáirín Boland
NOMBRESMáirín
APELLIDOBoland
FIRMABOLAND M
AFILIACIONESHealth Service Executive
ORCID0000-0002-4024-948X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2003
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • A narrative literature review to inform the development of a health threats preparedness framework in Ireland

    Open AccessLouise Marron, James J Gilroy et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction: Public health emergency preparedness requires capacities and capabilities to respond to a diverse range of health threats. A key objective of Ireland's recent Health Protection Strategy is to enable preparedness, prevention, early detection and optimal response to health threats from all-hazards. We aimed to identify priority areas for inclusion in an evidence-based health threats preparedness framework, using lessons from the COVID…

  • Determining health protection research priorities for Ireland

    Open AccessClaire Gilbourne, Randal Parlour et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2025

    The study was conducted using a three-round modified e-Delphi approach. An expert panel of 20 members was recruited through the HSE Public Health: National Health Protection Office using purposive sampling. Members of this panel included individuals with the requisite experience and knowledge of health protection research policy and practice who can elucidate research agenda needs and guide practice decisions. This study was designed to identify …

  • In-flight transmission of wild-type Sars-CoV-2 and the outbreak potential of imported clusters of Covid-19

    Open AccessDavid Kelly, Niamh Bambury et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2021

    International air travel has been highlighted as a concern since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to importation of cases. We summarise the available evidence for in-flight transmission of wild type SARS-CoV-2 during 2020, and for imported COVID-19 clusters to cause outbreaks. This paper provides a data baseline prior to the emergence of new mutations causing SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, whose characteristics may increase th…

  • Preparedness and management of global public health threats at points of entry in Ireland and the EU in the context of a potential Brexit

    Open AccessMáirín Boland, Mary O’RiordanARTICLEGlobalization and Health2019

    Health security in the European Union (EU) aims to protect citizens from serious threats to health such as biological agents and infectious disease outbreaks- whether natural, intentional or accidental. Threats may include established infections, emerging diseases or chemical and radiological agents. Co-ordinated international efforts attempt to minimize risks and mitigate the spread of infectious disease across borders.We review the current situ…

  • Planning and preparing for public health threats at airports

    Open AccessGREG MARTIN, Regina Murphy et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2018

    The ever-increasing speed and scope of human mobility by international air travel has led to a global transport network for infectious diseases with the potential to introduce pathogens into non-endemic areas, and to facilitate rapid spread of novel or mutated zoonotic agents.Robust national emergency preparedness is vital to mitigate the transmission of infectious diseases agents domestically and to prevent onward spread to other countries. Give…

  • Ebola, Zika and the International Health Regulations – implications for Port Health Preparedness

    Open AccessIreland On behalf of the HSE Port Health Groups, R W Glynn et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2016

    BACKGROUND: The outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa in 2014-2015 was unprecedented in terms of its scale and consequence. This, together with the emergence of Zika virus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in 2016, has again highlighted the potential for disease to spread across international borders and provided an impetus for countries to review their Port Health preparedness. This report reviews the legislative fra…

  • Emerging advantages and drawbacks of telephone surveying in public health research in Ireland and the U.K

    Open AccessMáirín Boland, Sweeney et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2006

    Researchers should take cognisance of under-representativeness of land-line telephone surveys, of the increasing difficulties in contacting the public and of mounting personnel costs. We conclude that telephone surveying now requires additional strategies such as a multimode approach, or incentivisation, to be a useful, cost-effective means of acquiring data on public health matters in Ireland and the U.K

  • Consequences of legislative changes to methadone prescribing in Ireland

    Open AccessRachel Cahill, Eamon Keenan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2003