John Mcnamara
Biographic Data
| ID | 3600989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Mcnamara |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcnamara |
| SIGNATURE | MCNAMARA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3013-8695 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Depression in farming families: A systematic review
Disordered alcohol and substance use in Irish farmers: A cross‐sectional survey
PURPOSE: Farming is a high-pressure occupation. Populations of farmers face significant health risks, including injury, mental illness, and in some cases, heavy alcohol use. However, there is little research on farmers' use of substances beyond alcohol. This study examines factors relating to Irish farmers' disordered alcohol and substance use. METHODS: In accordance with STROBE guidelines for cross-sectional research and reporting, we examined d…
Lacking the rural empathy”; Irish farmers' and stakeholders’ opinions on current mental health services and preferences for support
You don't want to be seen to be struggling'; identifying sociocultural barriers and facilitators for Irish farmers' mental health help-seeking
Farmers face significant mental health issues, including depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. Additionally, rural populations widely endorse stoic values which can be a barrier to farmers' help-seeking. In this study, we identified sociocultural barriers and facilitators to Irish farmers' mental health help-seeking. We conducted 17 semi-structured interviews with Irish farmers and three focus groups and one interview with farming stakeholde…
People that are Supporting [the] Whole Sector are on their Knees'; Uncertainty and Socioeconomic Change are Occupational Stressors for Irish Farmers☆
Farming is a stressful occupation with many farmers facing daily uncertainty and high mental health risks. In addition to unpredictable occupations, rapidly changing European and Irish agricultural policies may put farmers in a liminal state. We aimed to identify sources of occupational stress or well-being for Irish farmers, particularly regarding change in their lives and communities. We collected data online through semistructured interviews w…
Is presence of children or youth a farm workplace injury risk factor on Irish farms
1. Introduction, This paper describes identifying a farm workplace injury risk factor associated with the presence of children/ youth on Irish farms. Under Irish safety , health and welfare at work legislation a person in the age category of 0-18 years old or still at school are considered a child or young person. However, as the UN defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years, this definition related to youth age is used in this …
Do social influences, awareness, or experience matter? Toward a better understanding of Farm-related Injury Risk Perception among agricultural science college students in Ireland
Introduction Formal farm safety education/training should be tailored, in terms of the approach, content and delivery, to students undertaking agriculture education and training to enhance Farm-related Injury Risk Perception (FIRP). To this end, this paper assesses factor(s) explaining or predicting levels of FIRP amongst students studying for a degree in agriculture science. Methods A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with a nationally…
Presenting the SWTC: A Symbolic Corpus of Themes from John Williams’ Star Wars Episodes I-IX
This paper presents a new symbolic corpus of musical themes from the complete Star Wars trilogies (Episodes I-IX) by John Williams. The corpus files are made available in multiple formats (.krn, .sib., and .musicxml) and include melodic, harmonic, and formal information. The Star Wars Thematic Corpus (SWTC) contains a total of 64 distinctive, recurring, and symbolically meaningful themes and motifs, commonly referred to as leitmotifs. Through thi…
Mental health, societal expectations and changes to the governance of farming: Reshaping what it means to be a 'man' and 'good farmer' in rural Ireland
Contemporary EU agricultural policies place a significant emphasis on current and future societal issues, e.g. climate, biodiversity, animal welfare, and air and water quality amongst others. The governance of farming practices has changed in order to deliver on these expectations resulting in increasingly specific regulations to ensure their delivery. For male farmers these developments have the potential to undermine their autonomy as a 'good f…
Promoting childhood farm safety in Ireland
OPINION article Front. Public Health, 12 December 2022Sec. Children and Health Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1055082
The prevalence of farmer burnout: Systematic review and narrative synthesis
“That’s Me I am the Farmer of the Land”: Exploring Identities, Masculinities, and Health Among Male Farmers’ in Ireland
Compared to other occupational groups, farmers in Ireland experience a disproportionate burden of health problems, which impact farmers’ livelihoods and farming sustainability. Internationally, farmers’ poor health outcomes are associated with intersecting economic, environmental, socio-cultural, and occupation-specific factors linked to changes in agricultural governance. This qualitative study explored the challenges and stressors facing farmer…
‘Of the People’: A brief anatomy of an archetypal nationalism
The Weberian ideal-type assists a nation in symbolising its agenda to itself and ensuring the continued maintenance of the national ideal. The heroic figure and ideal-type American, embodied by the ‘Founding Fathers’, was and is central to American Nationalism. Weber viewed this type of charismatic authority as unsustainable beyond the period of crisis (revolution), primarily because it is not conducive to regular economic activity. The United St…
The Fight to Bear Arms: Challenging the Second Amendment and the U.S. Constitution as a Sacred Text
This article examines the manner in which constitutional law in the United States serves to preserve, accentuate and institutionalise what Robert Bellah referred to as the ‘Civil Religion’ of the nation (1967). As the U.S. Supreme Court manages the evolution of the nation, it does so through an institutional deference to the authority of the nation’s founders. The United States is not unique in the glorification of the nation’s ‘Founding Fathers’…
Developmental plasticity and human health
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. 2 Vols. Ed. Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. (Santa Barbara, Denver, and Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Pp. $175 cloth) This large compilation consists of 306 entries in alphabetical order, each followed by references and further reading. Many of the entries are only page or two long; the longest, like Folklore and Folktale (both by Lindahl), can be 10 or 12 …
Two G's or not two G's – That is the Question
Neck Bridge! to gain the mainland, and once there he will find himself on a peninsula locked in a name-calling contest. A branch of the Public Library system is clearly designated "Throg's Neck branch"2 but the nearby Post Office and a Federal housing projekt are called the Throgg's Neck Station 3 and Throgg's Neck Houses. 4 Local busi~ess firms and social clubs using the name for geographic reasons are listed in the telephone book and the presen…
Lacking the rural empathy”; Irish farmers' and stakeholders’ opinions on current mental health services and preferences for support
Mental health, societal expectations and changes to the governance of farming: Reshaping what it means to be a 'man' and 'good farmer' in rural Ireland
Contemporary EU agricultural policies place a significant emphasis on current and future societal issues, e.g. climate, biodiversity, animal welfare, and air and water quality amongst others. The governance of farming practices has changed in order to deliver on these expectations resulting in increasingly specific regulations to ensure their delivery. For male farmers these developments have the potential to undermine their autonomy as a 'good f…
The prevalence of farmer burnout: Systematic review and narrative synthesis
People that are Supporting [the] Whole Sector are on their Knees'; Uncertainty and Socioeconomic Change are Occupational Stressors for Irish Farmers☆
Farming is a stressful occupation with many farmers facing daily uncertainty and high mental health risks. In addition to unpredictable occupations, rapidly changing European and Irish agricultural policies may put farmers in a liminal state. We aimed to identify sources of occupational stress or well-being for Irish farmers, particularly regarding change in their lives and communities. We collected data online through semistructured interviews w…
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. 2 Vols. Ed. Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. (Santa Barbara, Denver, and Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Pp. $175 cloth) This large compilation consists of 306 entries in alphabetical order, each followed by references and further reading. Many of the entries are only page or two long; the longest, like Folklore and Folktale (both by Lindahl), can be 10 or 12 …
Two G's or not two G's – That is the Question
Neck Bridge! to gain the mainland, and once there he will find himself on a peninsula locked in a name-calling contest. A branch of the Public Library system is clearly designated "Throg's Neck branch"2 but the nearby Post Office and a Federal housing projekt are called the Throgg's Neck Station 3 and Throgg's Neck Houses. 4 Local busi~ess firms and social clubs using the name for geographic reasons are listed in the telephone book and the presen…
Two G's or not two G's – That is the Question
Neck Bridge! to gain the mainland, and once there he will find himself on a peninsula locked in a name-calling contest. A branch of the Public Library system is clearly designated "Throg's Neck branch"2 but the nearby Post Office and a Federal housing projekt are called the Throgg's Neck Station 3 and Throgg's Neck Houses. 4 Local busi~ess firms and social clubs using the name for geographic reasons are listed in the telephone book and the presen…
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. 2 Vols. Ed. Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. (Santa Barbara, Denver, and Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Pp. $175 cloth) This large compilation consists of 306 entries in alphabetical order, each followed by references and further reading. Many of the entries are only page or two long; the longest, like Folklore and Folktale (both by Lindahl), can be 10 or 12 …
Developmental plasticity and human health
The Fight to Bear Arms: Challenging the Second Amendment and the U.S. Constitution as a Sacred Text
This article examines the manner in which constitutional law in the United States serves to preserve, accentuate and institutionalise what Robert Bellah referred to as the ‘Civil Religion’ of the nation (1967). As the U.S. Supreme Court manages the evolution of the nation, it does so through an institutional deference to the authority of the nation’s founders. The United States is not unique in the glorification of the nation’s ‘Founding Fathers’…
‘Of the People’: A brief anatomy of an archetypal nationalism
The Weberian ideal-type assists a nation in symbolising its agenda to itself and ensuring the continued maintenance of the national ideal. The heroic figure and ideal-type American, embodied by the ‘Founding Fathers’, was and is central to American Nationalism. Weber viewed this type of charismatic authority as unsustainable beyond the period of crisis (revolution), primarily because it is not conducive to regular economic activity. The United St…
“That’s Me I am the Farmer of the Land”: Exploring Identities, Masculinities, and Health Among Male Farmers’ in Ireland
Compared to other occupational groups, farmers in Ireland experience a disproportionate burden of health problems, which impact farmers’ livelihoods and farming sustainability. Internationally, farmers’ poor health outcomes are associated with intersecting economic, environmental, socio-cultural, and occupation-specific factors linked to changes in agricultural governance. This qualitative study explored the challenges and stressors facing farmer…
Promoting childhood farm safety in Ireland
OPINION article Front. Public Health, 12 December 2022Sec. Children and Health Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1055082
The prevalence of farmer burnout: Systematic review and narrative synthesis
Is presence of children or youth a farm workplace injury risk factor on Irish farms
1. Introduction, This paper describes identifying a farm workplace injury risk factor associated with the presence of children/ youth on Irish farms. Under Irish safety , health and welfare at work legislation a person in the age category of 0-18 years old or still at school are considered a child or young person. However, as the UN defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years, this definition related to youth age is used in this …
Do social influences, awareness, or experience matter? Toward a better understanding of Farm-related Injury Risk Perception among agricultural science college students in Ireland
Introduction Formal farm safety education/training should be tailored, in terms of the approach, content and delivery, to students undertaking agriculture education and training to enhance Farm-related Injury Risk Perception (FIRP). To this end, this paper assesses factor(s) explaining or predicting levels of FIRP amongst students studying for a degree in agriculture science. Methods A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with a nationally…
Presenting the SWTC: A Symbolic Corpus of Themes from John Williams’ Star Wars Episodes I-IX
This paper presents a new symbolic corpus of musical themes from the complete Star Wars trilogies (Episodes I-IX) by John Williams. The corpus files are made available in multiple formats (.krn, .sib., and .musicxml) and include melodic, harmonic, and formal information. The Star Wars Thematic Corpus (SWTC) contains a total of 64 distinctive, recurring, and symbolically meaningful themes and motifs, commonly referred to as leitmotifs. Through thi…
Mental health, societal expectations and changes to the governance of farming: Reshaping what it means to be a 'man' and 'good farmer' in rural Ireland
Contemporary EU agricultural policies place a significant emphasis on current and future societal issues, e.g. climate, biodiversity, animal welfare, and air and water quality amongst others. The governance of farming practices has changed in order to deliver on these expectations resulting in increasingly specific regulations to ensure their delivery. For male farmers these developments have the potential to undermine their autonomy as a 'good f…
Disordered alcohol and substance use in Irish farmers: A cross‐sectional survey
PURPOSE: Farming is a high-pressure occupation. Populations of farmers face significant health risks, including injury, mental illness, and in some cases, heavy alcohol use. However, there is little research on farmers' use of substances beyond alcohol. This study examines factors relating to Irish farmers' disordered alcohol and substance use. METHODS: In accordance with STROBE guidelines for cross-sectional research and reporting, we examined d…
Lacking the rural empathy”; Irish farmers' and stakeholders’ opinions on current mental health services and preferences for support
You don't want to be seen to be struggling'; identifying sociocultural barriers and facilitators for Irish farmers' mental health help-seeking
Farmers face significant mental health issues, including depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. Additionally, rural populations widely endorse stoic values which can be a barrier to farmers' help-seeking. In this study, we identified sociocultural barriers and facilitators to Irish farmers' mental health help-seeking. We conducted 17 semi-structured interviews with Irish farmers and three focus groups and one interview with farming stakeholde…
People that are Supporting [the] Whole Sector are on their Knees'; Uncertainty and Socioeconomic Change are Occupational Stressors for Irish Farmers☆
Farming is a stressful occupation with many farmers facing daily uncertainty and high mental health risks. In addition to unpredictable occupations, rapidly changing European and Irish agricultural policies may put farmers in a liminal state. We aimed to identify sources of occupational stress or well-being for Irish farmers, particularly regarding change in their lives and communities. We collected data online through semistructured interviews w…
Depression in farming families: A systematic review
Agriculture and Farm Safety (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Irish (5 works)