While there is a lack of academic-activist themed literature within the Irish context, it evident that academic-activism becoming an increasingly relevant topic given this period undoubtable social change. The emergence depicting academia as unsupportive environment suggests activism not supported in higher educational setting. This paper draws on experiences 33 Irish-based academic-activists a...

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OBJECTIVE Irish participation in the EU-supported DAta Food NEtworking (DAFNE) project required compliance with the overall aims and objectives. The Irish Household Budget Survey (HBS) expenditure data had to be transformed into a format compatible with the collaborative effort, by converting them into quantities of foodstuffs available per person per day. SETTING The Irish 1987 HBS expenditu...

AIMS Few studies have examined how the settlement experiences of migrant parents might impact on the downstream adult health of second-generation minority ethnic children. We used prospective data to establish if childhood adversity relating to the settlement experiences of Irish-born parents might account for downstream adverse health-related behaviours in second-generation Irish respondents i...

OBJECTIVE Obesity is a serious public health issue, the prevalence of which is increasing globally. The present study aimed to investigate trends in overweight and obesity in Irish adults between 1990 and 2011. DESIGN Anthropometric data from three Irish national food consumption surveys were used to calculate trends in BMI, waist circumference and waist:hip ratio. SETTING Three cross-secti...

Background Smoking cessation advice provided by healthcare professionals can be effective in increasing smoking cessation among patients. Any successful intervention will require staff knowledge of local barriers to implementation. However, the views of Irish healthcare professionals in increasing provision of smoking cessation advice and these barriers are unknown. The aim of this qualitative ...

The above named article is to be retracted from the Irish Journal of Medical Science. As a result of poor communication, the manuscript was submitted to Neuroradiology whilst still under consideration by the Irish Journal of Medical Science, and subsequently published online by Neuroradiology on 26th May 2009. The article was published online within the Irish Journal of Medical Science on 20th ...

Paul Michael Garrett is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nottingham. His book, Remaking Social Work with Children and Families (Routledge), is to be published later this year. He is also the author of a recent report for the AU-Party Irish in Britain Parliamentary Group. This is called The Hidden Ethnic Minority: Social Work, Social Services Departments and Irish Children and Families (Ac...