Louise Lynch
Biographic Data
| ID | 3937259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise Lynch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Lynch |
| SIGNATURE | LYNCH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ulster |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5965-0508 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘I want food to be tasty and healthy’
Ensuring that children and adolescents receive adequate nutrition is a cornerstone of public health globally, supporting their growth, development, and long-term well-being, but not enough is known about children and adolescents’ perspectives on nutrition. The aim of this study was to obtain the perceptions and attitudes of school-aged children and adolescents (4–18 years) on existing models and approaches to food education and food messages. Dat…
Evaluating the Peer Learning Bubble model with social work students on community and voluntary sector placements in Northern Ireland
This study evaluated the application of the Peer Learning Bubble Model as experienced by 43 social work students on placement with a community and voluntary sector placement provider in Northern Ireland over three placement cycles from 2023 to 2024. Data were collected via an online survey completed by students who participated in Peer Learning Bubbles as part of their professional social work education (n = 35). Individual interviews were conduc…
You Have the Choice of Whether You’re Going to Get Help or Attempt Suicide”
Background: Youth suicide is a global issue and a type of death that can be prevented through early access to evidence-based mental health interventions, which can contribute to improved quality of life as well as health, educational and employment outcomes. Young people are encouraged to seek help for mental health problems, yet help-seeking rates remain low. Objective: The aim of this research was to explore how young people with a mental healt…
Where am I meant to go from here
I Felt Like There Was Something Wrong in My Brain”
Through an enhanced understanding about how young people experience mental distress, developmental pressure points, marginalisation and stigma, mental health providers can prioritise individualised approaches to healthcare that can both respect a young person's individual conceptualizations and positively leverage self-management strategies, which can contribute positively to young people's development, quality of life, and healthcare outcomes
If you don’t actually care for somebody, how can you help them?”
Youth suicide and mental health are important issues of global concern that require timely and evidence-based interventions to increase quality of life and prevent deaths. Findings report that young people have lower mental health help-seeking rates, and there is a lack of qualitative research examining why. The aim of this research study was to further understanding on young people's core needs in mental healthcare based on actual experiences (P…
What Type of Helping Relationship Do Young People Need? Engaging and Maintaining Young People in Mental Health Care—A Narrative Review
Research reports that young people aged 10 to 24 years are reluctant to seek help for a mental health problem due to multiple factors and that intervention within this demographic is critical. The aim of this review was to critique the existing literature, using a systematic approach on how the type of helping relationship affects young people’s help-seeking behavior, engagement, and maintenance in mental health care. Searches of nine databases p…
Young Men, Help-Seeking, and Mental Health Services
International research has identified young men as reluctant to seek help for mental health problems. This research explored barriers and solutions to professional help seeking for mental health problems among young men living in the North West of Ireland. A qualitative approach, using two focus groups with six participants each and five face-to-face interviews, was conducted with men aged 18 to 24 years (total N = 17). Data were analyzed using t…
A framework for pollination systems thinking and conservation
We conducted interviews with 16 postsecondary students at a large public university on pollination systems knowledge. A semi-structured interview protocol was developed with open-ended prompts to elicit student explanations of pollination systems. Congruent themes were developed through coding of the interview transcripts into low, medium, and high sophistication of responses. From this, we developed a framework of pollination knowledge informed …
What Type of Helping Relationship Do Young People Need? Engaging and Maintaining Young People in Mental Health Care—A Narrative Review
Research reports that young people aged 10 to 24 years are reluctant to seek help for a mental health problem due to multiple factors and that intervention within this demographic is critical. The aim of this review was to critique the existing literature, using a systematic approach on how the type of helping relationship affects young people’s help-seeking behavior, engagement, and maintenance in mental health care. Searches of nine databases p…
Where am I meant to go from here
A framework for pollination systems thinking and conservation
We conducted interviews with 16 postsecondary students at a large public university on pollination systems knowledge. A semi-structured interview protocol was developed with open-ended prompts to elicit student explanations of pollination systems. Congruent themes were developed through coding of the interview transcripts into low, medium, and high sophistication of responses. From this, we developed a framework of pollination knowledge informed …
If you don’t actually care for somebody, how can you help them?”
Youth suicide and mental health are important issues of global concern that require timely and evidence-based interventions to increase quality of life and prevent deaths. Findings report that young people have lower mental health help-seeking rates, and there is a lack of qualitative research examining why. The aim of this research study was to further understanding on young people's core needs in mental healthcare based on actual experiences (P…
A framework for pollination systems thinking and conservation
We conducted interviews with 16 postsecondary students at a large public university on pollination systems knowledge. A semi-structured interview protocol was developed with open-ended prompts to elicit student explanations of pollination systems. Congruent themes were developed through coding of the interview transcripts into low, medium, and high sophistication of responses. From this, we developed a framework of pollination knowledge informed …
Young Men, Help-Seeking, and Mental Health Services
International research has identified young men as reluctant to seek help for mental health problems. This research explored barriers and solutions to professional help seeking for mental health problems among young men living in the North West of Ireland. A qualitative approach, using two focus groups with six participants each and five face-to-face interviews, was conducted with men aged 18 to 24 years (total N = 17). Data were analyzed using t…
What Type of Helping Relationship Do Young People Need? Engaging and Maintaining Young People in Mental Health Care—A Narrative Review
Research reports that young people aged 10 to 24 years are reluctant to seek help for a mental health problem due to multiple factors and that intervention within this demographic is critical. The aim of this review was to critique the existing literature, using a systematic approach on how the type of helping relationship affects young people’s help-seeking behavior, engagement, and maintenance in mental health care. Searches of nine databases p…
I Felt Like There Was Something Wrong in My Brain”
Through an enhanced understanding about how young people experience mental distress, developmental pressure points, marginalisation and stigma, mental health providers can prioritise individualised approaches to healthcare that can both respect a young person's individual conceptualizations and positively leverage self-management strategies, which can contribute positively to young people's development, quality of life, and healthcare outcomes
If you don’t actually care for somebody, how can you help them?”
Youth suicide and mental health are important issues of global concern that require timely and evidence-based interventions to increase quality of life and prevent deaths. Findings report that young people have lower mental health help-seeking rates, and there is a lack of qualitative research examining why. The aim of this research study was to further understanding on young people's core needs in mental healthcare based on actual experiences (P…
‘I want food to be tasty and healthy’
Ensuring that children and adolescents receive adequate nutrition is a cornerstone of public health globally, supporting their growth, development, and long-term well-being, but not enough is known about children and adolescents’ perspectives on nutrition. The aim of this study was to obtain the perceptions and attitudes of school-aged children and adolescents (4–18 years) on existing models and approaches to food education and food messages. Dat…
Evaluating the Peer Learning Bubble model with social work students on community and voluntary sector placements in Northern Ireland
This study evaluated the application of the Peer Learning Bubble Model as experienced by 43 social work students on placement with a community and voluntary sector placement provider in Northern Ireland over three placement cycles from 2023 to 2024. Data were collected via an online survey completed by students who participated in Peer Learning Bubbles as part of their professional social work education (n = 35). Individual interviews were conduc…
You Have the Choice of Whether You’re Going to Get Help or Attempt Suicide”
Background: Youth suicide is a global issue and a type of death that can be prevented through early access to evidence-based mental health interventions, which can contribute to improved quality of life as well as health, educational and employment outcomes. Young people are encouraged to seek help for mental health problems, yet help-seeking rates remain low. Objective: The aim of this research was to explore how young people with a mental healt…
Where am I meant to go from here
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Focus group (3 works)