Margaret M Barry
Biographic Data
| ID | 1734263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret M Barry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret M |
| FAMILY NAME | Barry |
| SIGNATURE | BARRY M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9464-7176 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Co-Producing Digital Mental Health Resources to Navigate Adversity and Enhance Resilience Among Marginalised Young People
Emerging adulthood (herein referring to ages 16–25) is a distinct developmental period marked by identity exploration, increasing autonomy, and heightened exposure to social, economic, and structural precarity. While this life stage presents opportunities for growth, it also coincides with elevated vulnerability to mental health difficulties, particularly among marginalised young people. This study explored how emerging adults in Ireland experien…
Factors influencing engagement with digital mental health interventions from the perspective of university students with existing mental health difficulties
University students are experiencing increasing rates of mental health difficulties, and digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) offer a cost-effective, accessible, and scalable way to support student wellbeing. However, engagement with these interventions is often lower in real-world settings than in research studies. Understanding the factors influencing engagement is therefore essential. This study explored the perspectives of university s…
Participatory research on community knowledge of health, ecosystem services, and sustainability
Understanding and valuing local ecosystems requires integrating community knowledge. This study explores socio-ecological determinants of health, ecosystem services, and sustainability in a rural Irish community (N = 121) using a community-based participatory research approach. It highlights key findings, details the participatory methodology and discusses future applications.Growing research emphasises the importance of integrating community kno…
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Whole-school Interventions Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Risk Behaviours in Adolescence
Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the onset of mental disorders and risk behaviours. Based on the Health-Promoting Schools Framework, whole-school interventions offer a promising strategy in this developmentally-sensitive cohort, through championing a systems-based approach to promotion and prevention that involves the key stakeholders in an adolescent’s life. The evidence-base surrounding the effectiveness of whole-school interventions, how…
Bridging Knowledge Systems
Earth's life-supporting ecosystems are integral to human and planetary health. Ecosystem services connect ecosystem functions to human wellbeing. The complex, multifaceted socio-ecological challenges of ecosystem decline necessitate a transdisciplinary approach, including the active and meaningful engagement and participation of local communities. Communities uniquely possess expert local knowledge, which, when integrated into policy development …
Strengthening vaccination programmes and health systems in the European Union
The best person (or machine) for the job
The Effects of Implementation Quality of a School-Based Social and Emotional Well-Being Program on Students’ Outcomes
School-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs can be effective in producing positive outcomes for students. However, when the implementation quality is poor, these programs often lose their effectiveness and fail to produce the expected positive outcomes. The current study evaluates a school-based SEL program for 15–18-year-olds in Ireland by determining the impact of implementation quality on program outcomes. The study also examines…
Evaluating the Implementation Quality of a Social and Emotional Learning Program
School-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs have been shown to be effective in producing positive outcomes for adolescents. However, variability in implementation quality can have a negative impact on these program effects. The aim of this current study is to examine the variability in implementation quality for schools implementing the MindOut program and to identify factors that were likely to contribute to this variability. Emplo…
Implementing Mental Health Promotion
Development of Subjective Well-Being in Adolescence
Despite the importance of subjective well-being (SWB) for students' mental and physical health, there is a lack of longitudinal studies investigating the development of SWB in adolescents and what factors are associated with it over time. The present study seeks to shed further light on this question by investigating adolescents longitudinally. A sample of German academic tracks students ( N = 476) from five schools were followed longitudinally o…
Implementation and Long-Term Outcomes of Organisational Health Literacy Interventions in Ireland and The Netherlands
Organisational Health Literacy (OHL)-interventions are needed to overcome health inequality. OHL-interventions have successfully identified communication barriers at the organisational level, but evidence is limited on the extent to which this leads to sustainable organisational change. This study aims to assess the implementation fidelity, moderators (barriers and facilitators), and long-term impact of OHL-interventions in hospitals in Ireland a…
Implementation of Health Promotion Competencies in Ireland and Italy—A Case Study
This paper reports on a case study that explored the broader contextual factors influencing the implementation of the CompHP Core Competencies at a country level in Ireland and Italy between 2011 and 2018. The sample comprised key informants who were Health Promotion experts and were knowledgeable about how the competencies had been used in their country. These experts formed National Reference Groups that guided the research process in each coun…
A Cluster Randomized-Controlled Trial of the MindOut Social and Emotional Learning Program for Disadvantaged Post-Primary School Students
A Qualitative Study of the Development of Health Literacy Capacities of Participants Attending a Community-Based Cardiovascular Health Programme
Health literacy is a critical determinant of health, which can empower individuals and lead to engagement in collective health promotion action and is also a crucial component in the self-management of illness. The current study moves beyond a focus on functional health literacy and presents findings from a longitudinal qualitative (LQ) study consisting of three phases. This paper presents findings from the second phase of the study, which assess…
The implementation of SPARX-R computerized mental health program in alternative education
The relevance of context in understanding health literacy skills
BACKGROUND: Conceptualizing health literacy as a relational concept, which involves how individuals interact with complex health and social systems, requires a greater understanding of the context of people's health experiences. OBJECTIVES: To describe individuals' experiences of accessing, understanding, appraising and applying health information; explore the barriers and facilitators to using these skills; and to describe the experience of info…
A Systematic Review of Online Youth Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Interventions
A systematic review of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions for young people in low and middle income countries
Good practice in mental health care for socially marginalised groups in Europe
Experts across Europe hold similar views on what constitutes good practice in mental health care for marginalised groups. Care may be improved through better service organisation, coordination and information
Exploring the relationship between synergy and partnership functioning factors in health promotion partnerships
Intersectoral partnerships have been identified as a useful mechanism for addressing the health challenges that face society. In theory, partnerships achieve synergistic outcomes that amount to more than can be achieved by individual partners working on their own. This study aimed to identify key factors that influence health promotion partnership synergy. Data were collected from 337 partners in 40 health promotion partnerships using a postal su…
Developing a scale to measure trust in health promotion partnerships
Developing and sustaining partnerships for promoting health has been identified as an important strategy for addressing the health challenges that face society. Trust is one of the most important factors that help partnerships function effectively. In health promotion partnerships, trust is an under-researched and poorly understood phenomenon. This study was designed to identify how trust is conceptualized in health promotion partnerships and to …
Psychiatric rehabilitation and community care
The Health Services Research Unit, University College of North Wales, Bangor is evaluating the care provision and outcomes for a cohort of 63 long-stay psychiatric patients from the North Wales Hospital, Denbigh. Hospital closure is being phased in up to 1995 with reprovision of mental health services in the community. The paper reports on the care process in two specially designed community living schemes and assesses the outcomes for 34 patient…
It's All the Same No Matter How Much Fruit or Vegetables or Fresh Air We Get
Influence of sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors on self rated health and quality of life in rural communities
Objective: To examine the influence of sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors on self rated health, quality of life, and perceived opportunities for change (as one measure of empowerment) in rural Irish communities. Design: Pooled data from cross sectional surveys two years apart. Setting: Respondents in four randomly selected rural district electoral divisions with a population size of between 750 and 2000. Participants: 1738 rural dwellers …
It's All the Same No Matter How Much Fruit or Vegetables or Fresh Air We Get
Influence of sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors on self rated health and quality of life in rural communities
Objective: To examine the influence of sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors on self rated health, quality of life, and perceived opportunities for change (as one measure of empowerment) in rural Irish communities. Design: Pooled data from cross sectional surveys two years apart. Setting: Respondents in four randomly selected rural district electoral divisions with a population size of between 750 and 2000. Participants: 1738 rural dwellers …
A Cluster Randomized-Controlled Trial of the MindOut Social and Emotional Learning Program for Disadvantaged Post-Primary School Students
Psychiatric rehabilitation and community care
The Health Services Research Unit, University College of North Wales, Bangor is evaluating the care provision and outcomes for a cohort of 63 long-stay psychiatric patients from the North Wales Hospital, Denbigh. Hospital closure is being phased in up to 1995 with reprovision of mental health services in the community. The paper reports on the care process in two specially designed community living schemes and assesses the outcomes for 34 patient…
Songs from the Hills of Donegal
From Leros Asylum To Community-Based Facilities
The pattern of mental health care in Greece is undergoing a major transformation. The Leros Projects I and II supported the development of 13 community hostels located throughout the Greek mainland. These hostels provide residential care to more than 100 former psychiatric inpatients, mainly from Leros asylum. The present study evaluates the impact of the resettlement process on the residents' perceived quality of life (QoL) together with an exam…
Influence of sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors on self rated health and quality of life in rural communities
Objective: To examine the influence of sociodemographic and neighbourhood factors on self rated health, quality of life, and perceived opportunities for change (as one measure of empowerment) in rural Irish communities. Design: Pooled data from cross sectional surveys two years apart. Setting: Respondents in four randomly selected rural district electoral divisions with a population size of between 750 and 2000. Participants: 1738 rural dwellers …
It's All the Same No Matter How Much Fruit or Vegetables or Fresh Air We Get
Psychiatric rehabilitation and community care
The Health Services Research Unit, University College of North Wales, Bangor is evaluating the care provision and outcomes for a cohort of 63 long-stay psychiatric patients from the North Wales Hospital, Denbigh. Hospital closure is being phased in up to 1995 with reprovision of mental health services in the community. The paper reports on the care process in two specially designed community living schemes and assesses the outcomes for 34 patient…
Exploring the relationship between synergy and partnership functioning factors in health promotion partnerships
Intersectoral partnerships have been identified as a useful mechanism for addressing the health challenges that face society. In theory, partnerships achieve synergistic outcomes that amount to more than can be achieved by individual partners working on their own. This study aimed to identify key factors that influence health promotion partnership synergy. Data were collected from 337 partners in 40 health promotion partnerships using a postal su…
Developing a scale to measure trust in health promotion partnerships
Developing and sustaining partnerships for promoting health has been identified as an important strategy for addressing the health challenges that face society. Trust is one of the most important factors that help partnerships function effectively. In health promotion partnerships, trust is an under-researched and poorly understood phenomenon. This study was designed to identify how trust is conceptualized in health promotion partnerships and to …
Good practice in mental health care for socially marginalised groups in Europe
Experts across Europe hold similar views on what constitutes good practice in mental health care for marginalised groups. Care may be improved through better service organisation, coordination and information
A systematic review of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions for young people in low and middle income countries
A Systematic Review of Online Youth Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Interventions
The relevance of context in understanding health literacy skills
BACKGROUND: Conceptualizing health literacy as a relational concept, which involves how individuals interact with complex health and social systems, requires a greater understanding of the context of people's health experiences. OBJECTIVES: To describe individuals' experiences of accessing, understanding, appraising and applying health information; explore the barriers and facilitators to using these skills; and to describe the experience of info…
A Qualitative Study of the Development of Health Literacy Capacities of Participants Attending a Community-Based Cardiovascular Health Programme
Health literacy is a critical determinant of health, which can empower individuals and lead to engagement in collective health promotion action and is also a crucial component in the self-management of illness. The current study moves beyond a focus on functional health literacy and presents findings from a longitudinal qualitative (LQ) study consisting of three phases. This paper presents findings from the second phase of the study, which assess…
The implementation of SPARX-R computerized mental health program in alternative education
Implementing Mental Health Promotion
Development of Subjective Well-Being in Adolescence
Despite the importance of subjective well-being (SWB) for students' mental and physical health, there is a lack of longitudinal studies investigating the development of SWB in adolescents and what factors are associated with it over time. The present study seeks to shed further light on this question by investigating adolescents longitudinally. A sample of German academic tracks students ( N = 476) from five schools were followed longitudinally o…
Implementation and Long-Term Outcomes of Organisational Health Literacy Interventions in Ireland and The Netherlands
Organisational Health Literacy (OHL)-interventions are needed to overcome health inequality. OHL-interventions have successfully identified communication barriers at the organisational level, but evidence is limited on the extent to which this leads to sustainable organisational change. This study aims to assess the implementation fidelity, moderators (barriers and facilitators), and long-term impact of OHL-interventions in hospitals in Ireland a…
Implementation of Health Promotion Competencies in Ireland and Italy—A Case Study
This paper reports on a case study that explored the broader contextual factors influencing the implementation of the CompHP Core Competencies at a country level in Ireland and Italy between 2011 and 2018. The sample comprised key informants who were Health Promotion experts and were knowledgeable about how the competencies had been used in their country. These experts formed National Reference Groups that guided the research process in each coun…
A Cluster Randomized-Controlled Trial of the MindOut Social and Emotional Learning Program for Disadvantaged Post-Primary School Students
Strengthening vaccination programmes and health systems in the European Union
The best person (or machine) for the job
The Effects of Implementation Quality of a School-Based Social and Emotional Well-Being Program on Students’ Outcomes
School-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs can be effective in producing positive outcomes for students. However, when the implementation quality is poor, these programs often lose their effectiveness and fail to produce the expected positive outcomes. The current study evaluates a school-based SEL program for 15–18-year-olds in Ireland by determining the impact of implementation quality on program outcomes. The study also examines…
Evaluating the Implementation Quality of a Social and Emotional Learning Program
School-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs have been shown to be effective in producing positive outcomes for adolescents. However, variability in implementation quality can have a negative impact on these program effects. The aim of this current study is to examine the variability in implementation quality for schools implementing the MindOut program and to identify factors that were likely to contribute to this variability. Emplo…
Bridging Knowledge Systems
Earth's life-supporting ecosystems are integral to human and planetary health. Ecosystem services connect ecosystem functions to human wellbeing. The complex, multifaceted socio-ecological challenges of ecosystem decline necessitate a transdisciplinary approach, including the active and meaningful engagement and participation of local communities. Communities uniquely possess expert local knowledge, which, when integrated into policy development …
Participatory research on community knowledge of health, ecosystem services, and sustainability
Understanding and valuing local ecosystems requires integrating community knowledge. This study explores socio-ecological determinants of health, ecosystem services, and sustainability in a rural Irish community (N = 121) using a community-based participatory research approach. It highlights key findings, details the participatory methodology and discusses future applications.Growing research emphasises the importance of integrating community kno…
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Whole-school Interventions Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Risk Behaviours in Adolescence
Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the onset of mental disorders and risk behaviours. Based on the Health-Promoting Schools Framework, whole-school interventions offer a promising strategy in this developmentally-sensitive cohort, through championing a systems-based approach to promotion and prevention that involves the key stakeholders in an adolescent’s life. The evidence-base surrounding the effectiveness of whole-school interventions, how…
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Nursing (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Public health (9 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Health promotion (6 works) · Public relations (6 works)