Deirdre Mongan

Biographic Data

ID6094417
NAMEDeirdre Mongan
GIVEN NAMESDeirdre
FAMILY NAMEMongan
SIGNATUREMONGAN D
AFFILIATIONSHealth Research Board
ORCID0000-0003-3616-4253
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Trends in cocaine use and cocaine-related harms in Ireland

    Open AccessDeirdre Mongan, Seán R Millar et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Multiple databases show significant increases in cocaine-related harm since 2000. Responding to cocaine-related health problems and prevention efforts focused on cocaine constitute a public health priority

  • Early and risky adolescent alcohol use independently predict alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other drug use in early adulthood in Ireland

    Open AccessMargaret M Brennan, Deirdre Mongan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Age at first alcohol and risky adolescent alcohol use independently predict substance use in early adulthood when considered jointly in extensively adjusted models. These findings highlight the continued urgent need for public health interventions that address factors associated with early alcohol use and support adolescents who use alcohol in a high-risk manner given their elevated risk of progression to more serious substance use as adults

  • Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) use and harms in Ireland

    Open AccessDeirdre Mongan, Nicki Killeen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2025

    These data suggest that HHC has become a prominent feature of the Irish drug landscape. Given its harm potential, it will be important to monitor HHC use and related health harms

  • Factors associated with public awareness of the relationship between alcohol use and breast cancer risk

    Open AccessAnne Doyle, Claire O’Dwyer et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    As breast cancer is a prevalent disease among women in Ireland, it is essential that the public, in particular women who drink, are made aware of this association. Public health messages that highlight the health risks associated with alcohol use, and which target individuals with lower educational levels, are warranted

  • Relationships between age at first substance use and persistence of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder

    Open AccessSeán R Millar, Deirdre Mongan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Among people who report past cannabis use, it is those with a more precocious pattern of early use of substances, including alcohol, and especially tobacco and cannabis, who are more likely to report ongoing, heavy and problematic cannabis use. Secondary prevention initiatives should prioritise people with a pattern of very early onset substance use

  • Drinking patterns and the distribution of alcohol-related harms in Ireland

    Open AccessClaire O’Dwyer, Deirdre Mongan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Our results indicate that the majority of alcohol consumption and related harms in the Irish population are accounted for by low- and moderate-risk drinkers, and specifically by those who engage in heavy episodic drinking. A population-based approach to reducing alcohol-related harm is most appropriate in the Irish context. Immediate implementation of the measures in the Public Health (Alcohol) Act (2018) is necessary to reduce alcohol-related ha…

  • A Profile of Self-Reported Alcohol-Related Violence in Ireland

    Open AccessAnn Hope, Deirdre MonganARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2011References: 18

    In Ireland alcohol consumption rose sharply during the years of economic growth (1995–2006) and harmful use of alcohol is a serious issue. This article examines the association between alcohol-related violence and alcohol consumption, based on the secondary analyses of two national surveys of adult and college student populations. In both the general and college populations, the factors most associated with alcohol-related violence (fights and as…