C C Kelleher
Biographic Data
| ID | 1729050 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C C Kelleher |
| GIVEN NAMES | C C |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelleher |
| SIGNATURE | KELLEHER C C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
PP30 Primary Care Utilisation and its Socio-Economic Determinants
Background Worldwide there is a well-established association between rates of primary and secondary health care utilisation and socio-economic deprivation. The collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy and recession in 2006/7 may have had a significant impact on health care utilisation. Aim: To examine patterns of primary care utilisation rates in the Irish adult population and its determinants over a 10 year period. Setting: Lifeways is a Cross-Gener…
PP33 A N Age-Period-Cohort Analysis for Trends in Body Mass Index in the Republic of Ireland in 18,016 Participants in Slan (Surveys of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition) 1998-2007
Background Obesity has increased in prevalence worldwide in the last 20 years and is associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes. It is valuable to examine these trends in relation to age, period and birth cohort, in conjunction with several evolving environmental factors. Age-period-cohort (APC) analysis is a popular analytic approach, since knowing the separate effects of age, period and cohort allows for a better understanding of the …
Socio-demographic, environmental, lifestyle and psychosocial factors predict self rated health in Irish Travellers, a minority nomadic population
Contribution of material, occupational, and psychosocial factors in the explanation of social inequalities in health in 28 countries in Europe
OBJECTIVES: To analyse the associations between socio-economic status (SES), measured using occupation, and self-reported health, and to examine the contribution of various material, occupational and psychosocial factors to social inequalities in health in Europe. METHODS: This study was based on data from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) carried out in 2003. The total sample consisted of 6038 and 6383 working men and women in 28 countr…
Socio-demographic, health status, psycho-social and lifestyle predictors of self-rated health in the all Ireland Traveller Health Study
Background Irish Travellers have a lower life expectancy than the general Population. Objective health-status indices are consistently poorer in Traveller and Gypsy populations than in other comparably deprived social groups. Self-rated Health (SRH) is established as a valid indicator of objective health status. Methods As part of an all-Ireland census of 10 618 Traveller families both North and South (response rate 80% overall) employing a novel…
P50 “Pushing against the hill”
Background Travellers are a distinct minority grouping, characterised by a nomadic tradition and shared cultural traditions, who experience poor health and social disadvantage. Objective To explore in-depth a series of important issues related to the social determinants of health with members of the Irish Traveller community. Setting This paper presents data from 26 focus groups conducted with the Traveller community in the Republic of Ireland (R…
Implementation of a campus-wide Irish hospital smoking ban in 2009
We report the evidence base that supported the decision to implement the first campus-wide hospital smoking ban in the Republic of Ireland with effect from 1 January 2009. Three separate data sources are utilized; surveillance data collected from patients and staff in 8 surveys between 1997 and 2006, a 1-week observational study to assess smoker behaviour in designated smoking shelters and an attitudinal interview with 28 smoker patients and 30 s…
The preference effect in an unblinded health promotion intervention trial
Discussion: Lower autonomy and greater risk-taking found among teenagers with same-sex partners echo the findings of research elsewhere (mainly the US).Further research on underlying psychosocial factors is required
A 10-year decline in self-recognition of obesity
Child Health Record (PCHR).The study population was a subsample of children from ALSPAC who had height/length or weight measured both at an ALSPAC clinic and in the PCHR within two months of the ALSPAC clinic.Since ALSPAC and PCHR measurements were taken at slightly different ages, and since young children grow rapidly, comparisons needed to take account of age differences of measurements.To allow for this, comparisons were made between standard …
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…
Mental health and “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland
Mental health and social capital Mental ill health is the new global epidemic and its wider determinants of great social significance.1 In this issue O’Reilly and Stevenson present findings from Northern Ireland indicating that the prolonged civil conflict there seems to have had an adverse effect on the mental health and wellbeing of citizens.2 The study is of interest for several reasons. Firstly, Northern Ireland is an internationally famous e…
Socio-demographic predictors of self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland
How exactly do politics play a part in determining health? New perspectives on an age old issue
This is the latest study to demonstrate an association between type of political pattern and health status, in this case suicide. Previous studies have also identified a more general relation between party political voting pattern and mortality. In this respect, the mechanism through which change in political regime might affect health is of considerable interest. Although the analysis in this paper was also undertaken at ecological rather than a…
Contribution of material, occupational, and psychosocial factors in the explanation of social inequalities in health in 28 countries in Europe
OBJECTIVES: To analyse the associations between socio-economic status (SES), measured using occupation, and self-reported health, and to examine the contribution of various material, occupational and psychosocial factors to social inequalities in health in Europe. METHODS: This study was based on data from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) carried out in 2003. The total sample consisted of 6038 and 6383 working men and women in 28 countr…
Socio-demographic predictors of self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland
Socio-demographic, environmental, lifestyle and psychosocial factors predict self rated health in Irish Travellers, a minority nomadic population
Mental health and “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland
Mental health and social capital Mental ill health is the new global epidemic and its wider determinants of great social significance.1 In this issue O’Reilly and Stevenson present findings from Northern Ireland indicating that the prolonged civil conflict there seems to have had an adverse effect on the mental health and wellbeing of citizens.2 The study is of interest for several reasons. Firstly, Northern Ireland is an internationally famous e…
How exactly do politics play a part in determining health? New perspectives on an age old issue
This is the latest study to demonstrate an association between type of political pattern and health status, in this case suicide. Previous studies have also identified a more general relation between party political voting pattern and mortality. In this respect, the mechanism through which change in political regime might affect health is of considerable interest. Although the analysis in this paper was also undertaken at ecological rather than a…
Mental health and “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland
Mental health and social capital Mental ill health is the new global epidemic and its wider determinants of great social significance.1 In this issue O’Reilly and Stevenson present findings from Northern Ireland indicating that the prolonged civil conflict there seems to have had an adverse effect on the mental health and wellbeing of citizens.2 The study is of interest for several reasons. Firstly, Northern Ireland is an internationally famous e…
Socio-demographic predictors of self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland
Implementation of a campus-wide Irish hospital smoking ban in 2009
We report the evidence base that supported the decision to implement the first campus-wide hospital smoking ban in the Republic of Ireland with effect from 1 January 2009. Three separate data sources are utilized; surveillance data collected from patients and staff in 8 surveys between 1997 and 2006, a 1-week observational study to assess smoker behaviour in designated smoking shelters and an attitudinal interview with 28 smoker patients and 30 s…
The preference effect in an unblinded health promotion intervention trial
Discussion: Lower autonomy and greater risk-taking found among teenagers with same-sex partners echo the findings of research elsewhere (mainly the US).Further research on underlying psychosocial factors is required
A 10-year decline in self-recognition of obesity
Child Health Record (PCHR).The study population was a subsample of children from ALSPAC who had height/length or weight measured both at an ALSPAC clinic and in the PCHR within two months of the ALSPAC clinic.Since ALSPAC and PCHR measurements were taken at slightly different ages, and since young children grow rapidly, comparisons needed to take account of age differences of measurements.To allow for this, comparisons were made between standard …
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…
Socio-demographic, health status, psycho-social and lifestyle predictors of self-rated health in the all Ireland Traveller Health Study
Background Irish Travellers have a lower life expectancy than the general Population. Objective health-status indices are consistently poorer in Traveller and Gypsy populations than in other comparably deprived social groups. Self-rated Health (SRH) is established as a valid indicator of objective health status. Methods As part of an all-Ireland census of 10 618 Traveller families both North and South (response rate 80% overall) employing a novel…
P50 “Pushing against the hill”
Background Travellers are a distinct minority grouping, characterised by a nomadic tradition and shared cultural traditions, who experience poor health and social disadvantage. Objective To explore in-depth a series of important issues related to the social determinants of health with members of the Irish Traveller community. Setting This paper presents data from 26 focus groups conducted with the Traveller community in the Republic of Ireland (R…
Socio-demographic, environmental, lifestyle and psychosocial factors predict self rated health in Irish Travellers, a minority nomadic population
Contribution of material, occupational, and psychosocial factors in the explanation of social inequalities in health in 28 countries in Europe
OBJECTIVES: To analyse the associations between socio-economic status (SES), measured using occupation, and self-reported health, and to examine the contribution of various material, occupational and psychosocial factors to social inequalities in health in Europe. METHODS: This study was based on data from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) carried out in 2003. The total sample consisted of 6038 and 6383 working men and women in 28 countr…
PP30 Primary Care Utilisation and its Socio-Economic Determinants
Background Worldwide there is a well-established association between rates of primary and secondary health care utilisation and socio-economic deprivation. The collapse of the Celtic Tiger economy and recession in 2006/7 may have had a significant impact on health care utilisation. Aim: To examine patterns of primary care utilisation rates in the Irish adult population and its determinants over a 10 year period. Setting: Lifeways is a Cross-Gener…
PP33 A N Age-Period-Cohort Analysis for Trends in Body Mass Index in the Republic of Ireland in 18,016 Participants in Slan (Surveys of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition) 1998-2007
Background Obesity has increased in prevalence worldwide in the last 20 years and is associated with a variety of adverse health outcomes. It is valuable to examine these trends in relation to age, period and birth cohort, in conjunction with several evolving environmental factors. Age-period-cohort (APC) analysis is a popular analytic approach, since knowing the separate effects of age, period and cohort allows for a better understanding of the …
Medicine (13 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Irish (4 works)