School of Nursing and Midwifery

Student name:  Mohamad Saab

Publication title:  Testicular Cancer Awareness and Screening Practices: A Systematic Review

Authors:  Mohamad M Saab, MSc, BSc, RN; Margaret Landers, PhD, MSc, BSc, RNT, RGN; Josephine Hegarty, PhD, MSc, BSc, RNT, RGN

Link to article:  LINK 

Publication title:  Males’ Awareness of Benign Testicular Disorders: An Integrative Review

Authors:  Mohamad M Saab, MSc, BSc, RN; Margaret Landers, PhD, MSc, BSc, RNT, RGN; Josephine Hegarty, PhD, MSc, BSc, RNT, RGN

Link to article: LINK 

School of Pharmacy

Student Name: Kevin Murphy

Publication Title: Use of addiction treatment services by Irish youth: does place of residence matter?

Citation: Murphy KD, Byrne S, Sahm LJ, Lambert S, McCarthy S. Use of addiction treatment services by Irish youth: does place of residence matter? Rural Remote Health. 2014 Jul-Sep;14(3):2735. Epub 2014 Aug 6. PubMed PMID: 25096268.

Link: http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=2735

Student Name: Shane Cullinan

Shane's research is investigating inappropriate prescribing in older patients, specifically, the causative factors and types of interventions that could address it. 

Publication Title: A Meta-Synthesis of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Patients

Link to publication:  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40266-014-0190-4

Student Name: Aoife Fleming

Aoife is a Pharmacist and a HRB PhD Scholar in the School of Pharmacy and her research is focused on antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities and strategies for antimicrobial stewardship.

Publication Title: Antibiotic prescribing in long-term care facilities; a qualitative, multidisciplinary investigation. BMJ Open 2014

Link to Publication: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/11/e006442.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=t5SuHenARPV1zvd

Student Name: Maria Kelly

Publication Title: Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of patients and carers regarding medication adherence: a review of qualitative literature

Kelly M, McCarthy S, Sahm L. Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of patients and carers regarding medication adherence: a review of qualitative literature. European journal of clinical pharmacology. 2014:1-9.

Link to Review: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00228-014-1761-3#page-1

Dept. of Anatomy and Neuroscience

Student Name: Shane Hegarty

Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=shane+hegarty

Student Name: Elaine O' Loughlin

Publication Title: Expression of neuropeptide Y1 receptors in the amygdala and hippocampus and anxiety-like behavior associated with Ammon's horn sclerosis following intrahippocampal kainate injection in C57BL/6J mice

Link to abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25050777

Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation

Student Name:  Elizabeth Weathers PhD

Publication Title: Concept Analysis of Spirituality:  An Evolutionary Approach

Elizabeth Weathers, PhD, BSc, RGN, PGCertTL, Geraldine McCarthy, PhD, MEd, MSN, RGN, RNT and Alice Coffey, PhD, MEd, BA, RGN, RM, RNT

Link to Article:  Concept Analysis of Spirituality: An Evolutionary Approach (235kB)

Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health

Student Name: Eimear Keane

Publication Title: Diet, Physical Activity, Lifestyle Behaviors, and Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in Irish Children: The Cork Children’s Lifestyle Study Protocol

Link to Publication: http://www.researchprotocols.org/2014/3/e44/

Student Name: Dervla Hogan

Publication Title: The effect of manual handling training on achieving training transfer, employee's behaviour change and subsequent reduction of work-related musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review

Link to abstract: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2013.862307#.UuZ6-9LFJeh

Student Name: Eimear Keane 

Article title: Trends and prevalence of overweight and obesity in primary school aged children in the Republic of Ireland from 2002-2012: a systematic review

Link to article: BMC Public Health http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/974

Media coverage:

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/childhood-obesity-rates-stabilise-in-ireland-but-global-fattening-highlights-inequality-1.1953723 

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/childhood-obesity-rates-have-levelled-off-since-2002-291152.html

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/rate-of-childhood-obesity-starting-to-level-off-30661957.html

Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Student Name:  Maeve O'Connell, PhD Student

1.  Publication Title:  Pregnant women's reactions to routine CO monitoring in the antenatal clinic

Dept. of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Student name: Eithne Hunt

Publication Title: A scoping review of time-use research in occupational therapy and occupational science

Link to Publication: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/11038128.2014.934918

Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health

Student Name: Hazel Smith

Conference Title: 2^nd International Conference on Nutrition & Growth in Barcelona, Spain, 30 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 - http://www2.kenes.com/nutrition-growth/pages/home.aspx

Poster: Hazel A Smith (2014) Are formula-fed infants following European recommendations?

Oral: Hazel A Smith (2014) Formula protein content and body composition from birth to 2months of age: data from the cork baseline birth cohort study.