Dr. Catherine Darker

• Gilroy, D., O'Brien, S., Barry, J., Ivers, J., Whiston, L., Keenan, E., & Darker, C. , Benzodiazepine use in a methadone maintained opioid dependent cohort in Ireland. , Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems, , 14, (3), 2014, p101 - 110Journal Article, 2014
• O' Shea, B., McElwee, O., Martin, D., Brennan, B., O'Leary, F., Kavanagh, K., Courtney, A., Scully, M., Ramiah, D., & Darker, C. , Are we ready to"Think Ahead" ? Results from a patient acceptability study using an innovative end of life planning tool in General Practice., Irish Medical Journal, 107, (5), 2014, p138 - 140Journal Article, 2014
• Darker, C. , Hospital governance in Ireland - the dilemma of diversity. , Administration, 62, (1), 2014, p5 - 28Journal Article, 2014
• O'Toole J, Hambly R, Cox AM, O'Shea B, Darker C. , Methadone-maintained patients in primary care have higher rates of chronic disease and multimorbidity, and use health services more intensively than matched controls. , European Journal of General Practice, 20, (4), 2014, p275 - 280Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Darker, C., Palmer, D., O'Reilly, G., Whiston, L., & Smyth, B. , Young people in drug treatment: their views on substance use - aetiology, trajectory, parents' role in drug use and coping skills., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 32, (31), 2015, p247 - 258Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Doorley, E., Young, C., O'Rorke, C., Hollywood, B., Darker, C., O'Shea, B. , Is primary prevention of childhood obesity by education at 13-month immunisations feasible and acceptable? Results from a General Practice based pilot study., Irish Medical Journal, 108, (1), 2015, p13 - 15Journal Article, 2015
• Smyth, B.P., James, P., Cullen, W., & Darker, C., "So prohibition can work?" Changes in use of novel psychoactive substances among adolescents attending a drug and alcohol treatment service following a legislative ban. , International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, (9), 2015, p887 - 889Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Smyth, B.P., Kelly, A., Cullen, W., Darker, C. , Treatment outcome for adolescents abusing alcohol and cannabis: how many 'reliably improve'?, Irish Medical Journal, 108, (5), 2015, p137 - 140Journal Article, 2015
• Darker, C., Ho, J., Kelly, G., Whiston, L., & Barry, J. , Demographic and clinical factors predicting retention in methadone maintenance: results from an Irish cohort. , Irish Journal of Medical Science, 185, (2), 2016, p433 - 441Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Sweeney BP, Barry JM, Farrell MF, Donnelly-Swift E, Psychosocial interventions for benzodiazepine harmful use, abuse or dependence., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , CD009652, (5), 2015Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Drug Use and Abuse: Psychosocial Aspects in, editor(s)James D. Wright , International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Oxford, Elsevier, 2015, pp685 - 689, [Darker, C., Whiston, L., ]Book Chapter, 2015
• Breen N, MacEoin S, Loy A, O'Shea B, Darker C, Insights and Concerns of Patients and GPs Regarding Introduction of Universal Health Insurance in Ireland, Irish Medical Journal, 108, (9), 2015, p281 - 282Journal Article, 2015, TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Palmer D, O'Reilly G, Whiston L, Smyth B, Young people in drug treatment in Ireland: their views on substance use aetiology, trajectory, parents' role in substance use and coping skills, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2014, p1 - 12Journal Article, 2014
• Darker C, Sweeney B, Keenan E, Whiston L, Anderson R, Barry J, Screening and Brief Intervention for illicit drug use and alcohol use in methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: Results of a randomised control trial feasibility study, Substance Use and Misuse, 51, (9), 2016, p1104 - 1115Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
• Ryan J, Snow A, Darker C, Torreggiani W, Comparison of clinical outcomes from chest X-rays of smokers and non-smokers in a general practice population., Irish Medical Journal, 103, (3), 2010, p90 - 92Journal Article, 2010
• Barrett EM, Darker CD, Hussey J, The sedentary profile of primary care patients, Journal of Public Health, 39, (2), 2016, p347 - 352Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Barrett EM, Hussey J, Darker CD, Location and deprivation are important influencers of physical activity in primary care populations, Public Health, 136, 2016, p80 - 86Journal Article, 2016, DOI
• Barrett EM, Hussey J, Darker CD, Feasibility of a physical activity pathway for Irish primary care physiotherapy services, Physiotherapy, 103, (1), 2016, p106 - 112Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Lungu, EA., Biesma R., Chirwa, M., Darker., C. , Healthcare seeking practices and barriers to accessing under-five child health services in urban slums in Malawi: a qualitative study. , BMC Health Services Research, 16, (410), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C.D., Donnelly-Swift, E., Whiston, L., Moore, F., & Barry, J. , Determinants of self rated health in an Irish deprived suburban population - a cross sectional face-to-face household survey. , BMC Public Health, 16, (767), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• French, DP., Darker, CD., Eves, FF., & Sniehotta, FF. , The systematic development of a brief intervention to increase walking in the general public using an "extended" Theory of Planned Behavior. , Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 10, (7), 2013, p940 - 948Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL
• O'Shea, B. Darker, C., & O'Kelly, F. , Chronic disease management in patients attending Irish General Practice Training Practices. , Irish Medical Journal, 106, (7), 2013, p207 - 209Journal Article, 2013
• O'Connor, G., O'Keeffe, D.O., Darker, C., & O'Shea, B. , Patient acceptability and experiences of therapeutic switching of proton pump inhibitors within the National Preferred Drugs initiative in Ireland., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 186, (3), 2017, p631 - 639Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., Keenan, E., Whiston, L., Anderson, R., & Barry, J. , Tailoring a brief intervention for illicit drug use and alcohol use in Irish methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: a qualitative process. , BMC Psychiatry , 16, (373), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Whiston, L., Joe M. Barry, & Darker, C.D. , Participation of patients and family members in healthcare services at the service and national levels: a lesson learned in Dublin, Ireland. , Patient Education and Counselling. , 100, (3), 2017, p583 - 591Journal Article, 2017, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Ivers JH, Zgaga L, Sweeney B, Keenan E, Darker C, Smyth BP, Barry J., A naturalistic longitudinal analysis of post-detoxification outcomes in opioid-dependent patients., Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, (S1), 2018, p339 - 347Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Lungu, E.A., Obse, A.G., Darker, C., & Biesma, R. , What influences where they seek care? Caregivers' preferences for under-five child healthcare services in urban slums of Malawi: A discrete choice experiment. , PLoS ONE, 13, (1), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C.D., Donnelly-Swift, E., & Whiston, L. , Demographic factors and attitudes that influence the support of the general public for the introduction of universal healthcare in Ireland: A national survey. , Health Policy, 122, (2), 2018, p147 - 156Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Lungu, EA., Biesma R., Chirwa, M., & Darker., C., "Is the urban child health advantage declining in Malawi?: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.", Journal of Urban Health , online, (online), 2018, p1 - 14Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Kelly, B.D., Sorin, G.M., Barry, J.M., Whiston, L., Donnelly-Swift, E., & Darker, C. , Community-based, cross sectional study of self-reported health in post-recession Ireland: what has changed? , QJM: An International Journal of Medicine., 111, (8), 2018, p555 - 559Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Kelly, B.D., Sorin, G.M., Barry, J.M., Whiston, L., Donnelly-Swift, E., & Darker, C. , Community-based, cross sectional study of self-reported health in post-recession Ireland: what has changed? , QJM: An International Journal of Medicine., 111, (8), 2018, p555 - 559Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL
• Whiston, L., O'Keane, V., Barry, J.M., & Darker, C, Patient, family and clinician preferences for the intensity and implementation of patient and family participation in healthcare design and delivery in psychiatry. , European Journal of Psychiatry. , in press, 2018Journal Article, 2018
• Darker, C., Intervention checklist - developing a comprehensive checklist to guide the design of interventions. , The European Health Psychologist , 8, (3), 2006, p10 - 11Journal Article, 2006, URL
• What is the right model of universal health insurance for Ireland?. in, editor(s)Tom O'Connor , Integrated Care for Ireland in an International context: Challenges for Policy, Institutions & Specific Service User Needs., Cork, Ireland , Oak Tree Press , 2013, pp68 - 89, [Thomas S & Darker C. ]Book Chapter, 2013, URL
• Risk perception. in, editor(s)M.D. Gellman & J.R. Turner , Encyclopaedia of Behavioral Medicine. , New York, USA, Springer , 2020, [Darker, C. & Phillips, A. ]Book Chapter, 2020, DOI
• Darker, C.D., Nicolson, G.H., Carroll, A., & Barry, J. , The barriers and facilitators to the implementation of National Clinical Programmes in Ireland: using the MRC framework for process evaluations. , BMC Health Services Research , 18, (733), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C.D. , KEYNOTE ADDRESS: In the horrors: a decade of generating applied research to influence health service and health policy. , Psychology, Health & Medicine , Ulster University, 2018Conference Paper, 2018
• Darker, C.D., KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Aligning population based approaches to improving health outcomes: improving primary care services and lessons for integrated care. , International Conference on Integrated Care, Dublin, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Darker, C.D., Nicolson, G.H., Carroll, A., & Barry, J., Process evaluation of the national clinical care programmes in Ireland, International Conference on Integrated Care, Dublin, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Darker, C.D. & Doyle, F. , The Healthy Ireland Framework and health behaviour change to improve public health, Institute of Public Health Open Conference , Dublin, 2015Conference Paper, 2015
• Doyle, F., & Darker, C.D., What can Health Psychology contribute to public health? , Institute of Public Health Open Conference, Dublin, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
• Darker, C.D., Ivers, J.H., O'Farrell, A., Dolan, R., Eldin, N., & Allwright, S.P.A. , A qualitative study of the perceived impact of a community mobilisation intervention to reduce alcohol consumption among amateur sportsman, Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
• Darker, C.D., Sweeney, B., Keenan, E., Whiston, L., Anderson, A., & Barry, J, Screening and brief interventions for illicit drug use and alcohol use in methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: results of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study , Psychology, Health & Medicine, University of Limerick, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
• Darker, C.D., Sweeney, B., Keenan, E., Whiston, L., Anderson, A., & Barry, J, Brief intervention for alcohol and illicit drug use in methadone maintained patients: a cluster RCT feasibility study, European Working Group on Drugs Orientated Research , Dublin, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., Keenan, E., Whiston, L., Anderson, R., & Barry, J, Making it 'Dublin' and 'keeping it real': Development of a brief intervention for illicit drug use and alcohol use in Irish methadone maintained opiate dependent patients, Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference , Sligo , 2013Conference Paper, 2013
• Darker, C.D., Donnelly-Swift, E., Whiston, L., Moore, F. & Barry, J. , Determinants of self rated health in an Irish deprived suburban population - a cross sectional face-to-face household survey., Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Smyth, B., Ivers, J.I. & Barry, J., Brief interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption in opiate dependent methadone maintained patients: results from an Irish cohort. , All Ireland Social Medicine Meeting , Belfast , 2010Conference Paper, 2010
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Smyth, B., Ivers, J.I. & Barry, J., Alcohol screening and brief intervention delivery to an Irish cohort if opiate dependent methadone maintained patients , INEBRIA - International Network for Brief Interventions for Alcohol , Newcastle, United Kingdom , 2009Conference Paper, 2009
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Smyth, B., Ivers, J.I. & Barry, J., Brief interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption in opiate dependent methadone maintained patients: results from an Irish cohort. , INEBRIA - International Network for Brief Interventions for Alcohol, 2010Conference Paper, 2010
• Darker CD, Sweeney B, Keenan E, Whiston L, Rolande A, & Barry J., Development of a culturally and contextually appropriate brief intervention for illicit drug use and alcohol use in Irish methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: a qualitative approach. , Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, Cork, Ireland, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
• Darker CD, Sweeney B, El Hassan H, Kelly A, O'Connor S, Smyth B, & Barry B., Non-attendance at counselling therapy in cocaine using methadone maintained patients: lessons learnt from an abandoned randomised controlled trial. , Psychology, Health & Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• Darker, C.D., Sweeney, B.P., Barry, J.M., Farrell, M.F., Donnelly-Swift, E, 'PODCAST: Psychosocial interventions for benzodiazepine harmful use, abuse or dependence', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , 2015, -Digital research resource production, 2015, URL
• Darker, C.D., French, D.P., Eves, F.F., Sniehotta, F.F., A theory of planned behaviour intervention to promote walking: A waiting list randomised controlled trial., European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference, Bath, UK, 2008Conference Paper, 2008
• Darker, C.D., French, D.P., & Eves, F.F., Instrumental and affective beliefs about walking in the general population: a theory of planned behaviour belief elicitation study. , European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005Poster, 2005
• Sorin, G.M., Darker, C., Whiston, L., O'Callaghan, A., Barry, J.M., Kelly, B.D. , A cross-sectional, face-to-face, community survey of mental health and deprivation in post-recession Ireland: a rising tide lifts all boats? , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 2019, p1 - 12Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Haberlin, C., Broderick, J., Guinan, E., Darker, C.D., Hussey, J., O'Donnell, D.M., eHealth-based intervention to increase physical activity levels in people with cancer: protocol of a feasibility trial in an Irish acute hospital setting, 2019, pe024999-Journal Article, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Sayers G, Donohoe F, McKeown D, Mc Dermott R, Cianci F, Darker C, Haase T & Johnson H, Analysis of low birth weight first-born babies by geography and deprivation as an aid to policy and service targeting., Journal of Public Health., 42, (1), 2020, p66 - 73Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Lawler, M., Hickey, A., Hevey, D., Doyle, F., Nixon, E., Darker, C., Barry, M., & Field, C. , Effects of a peer-led motivational interviewing intervention on physical activity levels of adolescents in low SES communities, Psychology Health and Medicine Conference 2019, Maynooth University , 22nd March, 2019Published Abstract, 2019
• Lawler, M., Hickey, A., Hevey, D., Doyle, F., Nixon, E., Darker, C., Barry, M., & Field, C. , Effects of a peer-led motivational interviewing intervention on physical activity levels of adolescents in low SES communities, Psychology Health and Medicine Conference 2019, Maynooth University , 22nd March, 2019Published Abstract, 2019
• Emma Burke, Fiona Dobbie, Nadine Dougall, Mary Adebolu Oluwaseun, David Mockler, Joanne Vance, Nicola O'Connell, Catherine Darker, Linda Bauld, Catherine Hayes, Smoking cessation programmes for women living in disadvantaged communities, We Can Quit 2: A systematic review protocol, HRB Open Access, 2, (10), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Nicolson, G., Hayes, C., & Darker, C. , Examining total and domain-specific sedentary behaviour using the socio-ecological model - a cross-sectional study of Irish adults. , BMC Public Health , 19, (1155), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL
• Lawler, M., Hickey, A., Doyle, F., Nixon, E., Darker, C., Barry, M., Field, C., & Hevey, D., Effectiveness of a peer-led motivational interviewing intervention for increasing physical activity among at-risk adolescents, 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychological Society, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 3 - 7 September 2019, 2019Published Abstract, 2019, URL
• Lawler, M., Hickey, A., Doyle, F., Nixon, E., Darker, C., Barry, M., Field, C., & Hevey, D., Effectiveness of a peer-led motivational interviewing intervention for increasing physical activity among at-risk adolescents, 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychological Society, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 3 - 7 September 2019, 2019Published Abstract, 2019, URL
• Hickey, A., Lawler, M., Doyle, F., Nixon, E., Darker, C., Barry, M., Field, C., & Hevey, D. , The effects of training low-SES adolescents in Motivational Interviewing for health behaviour change among peers., 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychological Society, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 3 - 7 September 2019, 2019Published Abstract, 2019
• Hickey, A., Lawler, M., Doyle, F., Nixon, E., Darker, C., Barry, M., Field, C., & Hevey, D. , The effects of training low-SES adolescents in Motivational Interviewing for health behaviour change among peers., 33rd Annual Conference of the European Health Psychological Society, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 3 - 7 September 2019, 2019Published Abstract, 2019
• Hayes, C., Ciblis, A., Darker, C.D., Dougall, N., Vance, J., O'Connell, N., Dobbie, F., Louden, K., Burke, E., Devane, D., Bauld, L. , We can Quit 2: A community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. , BMC Pilot and Feasibility Studies , 5 , (138 ), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Darker, C., O'Connell, N., Dempster, M., Graham, C., O'Connor, C., Zgaga, L., Nolan, A., Tobin, K., Brennan, N., Nicolson, G., Burke, E., Mather, L., Crowley, P., Scally, G., Barry, J., Study protocol for the COvid-19 Toolbox for All IslaNd (CONTAIN) project: A cross-border analysis in Ireland to disentangle psychological, behavioural, media and governmental responses to COVID-19, HRB Open Research, 2020, p10.12688/hrbopenres.13105.1Journal Article, 2020
• Darker CD, Moore E, Flynn E, O'Neill M, Doherty L, McMahon J, McLoughlin O, Rouine E, Ivers J, Allwright S, McGrath D, Seery A, McAndrew M, Barrett E, Tanner M, Bennett AE, Brennan S, Mullin M, Barry JM., Development and proposed evaluation of an eHealth learning tool for undergraduate university students in Ireland, Health Promotion International, 2022, p1 - 14Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• McCarron P., Smyth B., Carroll G., Glynn M., Barry J., Whiston L., Keenan E., Darker C., Truszkowska E., Patterns of new psychoactive substance use among opioid-dependent patients attending for opioid substitution treatment, HEROIN ADDICTION AND RELATED CLINICAL PROBLEMS, 24, (1), 2022, p21 - 29Journal Article, 2022, URL
• Nolan, A., Burke, S., Burke, E., Darker, C., Barry, J., O'Connell, N., Zgaga, L., Mather, L., Nicolson, G., Dempster, M., Graham, C., Crowley, P., O'Connor, C., Tobin, K and Scally, G., Obstacles to Public Health that even Pandemics cannot Overcome: The Politics of Covid-19 on the Island of Ireland, Irish Studies in International Affairs, 32, (2), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Cliodhna O'Connor, Nicola O'Connell, Emma Burke, Martin Dempster, Christopher D. Graham, Gabriel Scally, Lina Zgaga, Ann Nolan, Gail Nicolson, Luke Mather, Joseph Barry, Philip Crowley, Catherine D. Darker,, Bordering on crisis: A qualitative analysis of focus group, social media, and news media perspectives on the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland border during the 'first wave' of the COVID-19 pandemic, Social Science and Medicine, 282, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• O'Connor, C., O'Connell, N., Burke, E., Nolan, A., Dempster, M., Graham, C.D., Nicolson, G., Barry. J., Scally, G., Crowley, P., Zgaga, L., Mather,L., & Darker, C.D, Media Representations of Science during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis of News and Social Media on the Island of Ireland, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (9542), 2021Journal Article, 2021
• Darker CD, Mullin M, Doyle L, Tanner M, McGrath D, Doherty L, Dreyer-Gibney K, Barrett EM, Flynn D, Murphy P, Ivers JH, Burke E, Ryan M, McCarron M, Murphy P, Sheils O, Hevey D, Leen A, Keogh L, Walls B, Bennett AE, Petersen F, Nolan A, Barry JM., Developing a health promoting university in Trinity College Dublin-overview and outline process evaluation, Health Promotion International, 38, (4), 2023, p1 - 14, p1-14Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Hayes CB, Patterson J, Castello S, Burke E, O'Connell N, Darker, CD Bauld L, Vance J, Ciblis A, Dobbie F, Loudon K, Declan D, Dougall N, Peer-Delivery of a Gender-Specific Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women Living in Disadvantaged Communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2)-A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24, (4), 2022, p564 - 573Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Ogutu, Michael, Muraya, Kui, Mockler, David, Darker, Catherine, Factors influencing the performance of community health volunteers working within urban informal settlements in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative meta-synthesis review, Human Resources for Health, 19, (1), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• O'Connell, N., O'Connor, K., McGrath, D., Vagge, L., Mockler, D., Jennings, R., Darker, C.D., Early Intervention in Psychosis services: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the barriers and facilitators to implementation, European Psychiatry, 2021, p1-44Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Catherine Darker; Kirsty Loudon; Nicola O'Connell; Stefania Castello; Emma Burke; Joanne Vance; Caitriona Reynolds; Aine Buggy; Nadine Dougall; Pauline Williams; Fiona Dobbie; Linda Bauld; Catherine B Hayes, An application of PRECIS-2 to evaluate trial design in a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8, (19), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Castello S, Darker CD, Vance J, Dougall N, Linda Bauld L , Hayes CB, The We Can Quit2 Smoking Cessation Trial: Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination Following a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 19, (4), 2022, p2333-Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Burke E, Castello S, O'Sullivan K, O'Connell, N., Vance, J, Reynolds C, Buggy A, Dougall, N, Loudon K, Williams P, Dobbie F, Bauld L and Hayes, CB., A process evaluation of 'We Can Quit' a community-based smoking cessation intervention targeting women from areas of socio-disadvantage in Ireland., A process evaluation of 'We Can Quit' a community-based smoking cessation intervention targeting women from areas of socio-disadvantage in Ireland., BMC Public Health, 22, 2022, p1528-Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Martin Dempster, Nicola O'Connell, Christopher D. Graham, Cliodhna O'Connor, Lina Zgaga, Emma Burke, Luke Mather, Gail Nicolson, Joe Barry, Gabriel Scally, Ann Nolan. Katy Tobin, Philip Crowley and Catherine D. Darker, Non-adherence to COVID-19 containment behaviours: results from an all-Ireland telephone surv, BMC Public Health, 22, (898), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Lungu, E., Darker, C.D., & Biesma, R. , Determinants of healthcare seeking for childhood illnesses among caregivers of under-five children in urban slums in Malawi: a population-based cross-sectional study, BMC Pediatrics , 20 , 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
• Gamage, N.M., Darker, C., Smyth, B.P. , Improvement in psychological wellbeing among adolescents with a substance use disorder attending an outpatient treatment programme, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 8, (Apr), 2021, p1 - 8Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Nicolson, G.H., Hayes, C.B., & Darker, C.D., A cluster-randomised crossover pilot feasibility study of a multicomponent intervention to reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in professional male employees, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (17), 2021, p9292-Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• O'Connell, N., Burke, E., Dobbie, F., Dougall, N., Mockler, D., Darker, C., Vance, J., Bernstein, S., Gilbert, H., Bauld, L., & Hayes, C.B. , The effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions for socio-economically disadvantaged women: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Systematic Reviews , 11, (111), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• O'Ciardha, D., Blake, A.M., Creane, D., O'Callaghan, M., & Darker, C., Can a practice pharmacist improve prescribing safety and reduce costs in polypharmacy patients? A pilot study on an intervention in an Irish general practice setting, BMJ Open , 12, (5), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C.D., Nicolson, G., Reddon, H., O"Connor, K., Jennings, R., & O"Connell, N., Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of an early intervention in psychosis service in three demonstration sites in Ireland, BMC Health Services Research, 23, (653), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C.D., Nicolson, G., Reddon, H., O"Connor, K., Jennings, R., & O"Connell, N., Monthly engagement with EIP keyworkers was associated with a five-fold increase in the odds of engagement with psychosocial interventions, BMC Psychiatry, 24, (96), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• O'Brien T, Darker CD, Mockler D and Barrett EM., Strategies for recruitment of adolescent girls into physical activity programmes: a systematic review protocol, HRB Open Research, 7, (6), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
• Supporting women with complex needs to access appropriate substance use treatment. in, editor(s)M. Florence, W. Vanderplasschen, M. Yu, J. De Maeyer, S. Savahl , Handbook of Addiction, Recovery and Quality of Life, Springer, 2025, [Ivers, J.H., Darker, C., & Paul. G.]Book Chapter, 2025, URL
• Darker, C.D. et al, HEA Healthy Campus Evaluation Toolkit for higher education institutions in Ireland " Project Overview, HEA Higher Education Authority - A Whole of Institution Approach to Health and Wellebing, Dublin, 2024, 2024Conference Paper, 2024
• Darker C.D. & Collins, A, Fireside Chat: Health and Educational Inequalities " A wicked problem worth solving, Prevention and Early Intervention Summit 2023, Limerick, 2023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Darker, C.D. et al, Development and proposed evaluation of an eHealth learning tool for undergraduate students university students in Ireland, PH&M 2023 Book of Abstracts, Psychology, Health and Medicine, Limerick, Ireland, 2023Conference Paper, 2023, URL
• Darker C.D., Dempster, M., O"Connor C., O"Connell, N., Nicolson, G., Graham, C., Zgaga, L., Burke, E., Mather, L., Barry, J., Scally, G., Nolan, A., Tobin, K., & Crowley, P, Non-adherence to COVID-19 containment behaviours: results from an all-Ireland telephone survey, 16th European Public Health Conference `Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Dublin, Ireland, 2023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023, URL
• Darker C.D. & O"Connell, N, COVID-19 Toolbox for an `all island" (CONTAIN) project: A cross border analysis in Ireland to disentangle psychological, behavioural, media and Governmental responses to (SARS-CoV2) COVID-19, EUPHA, 14th European Public Health Conference `Public health futures in a changing world",, Virtual event, 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021, URL
• Darker C.D., O"Connell, N., Molloy, G., Durand, H., & Perry, I, Conference workshop: Factor"s associated with compliance to COVID-19 measures and messaging " lessons learnt from Ireland for public health communications for the next pandemic, EUPHA, 14th European Public Health Conference `Public health futures in a changing world, Virtual event, 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021, URL
• Darker, C.D., Hayes, C., & Nicolson, G, 7. Examining total and domain-specific sedentary behaviour using the socio-ecological model " a cross sectional study of Irish adults using the `Healthy Ireland" survey, PH&M Book of Abstracts, Psychology, Health & Medicine, Maynooth University, Ireland, 2019, 2019Conference Paper, 2019, URL
• Elaine Burke, Catherine Darker, Isabelle Molly Godson-Treacy, Columb Kavanagh, David Mockler, Natasha Slattery, Martina Hennessy, Gender equality in academic medicine before, during and after COVID-19: A systematic review., The Clinical Teacher, 2024Journal Article, 2024
• Barry, J.M., Darker, C.D., Thomas, D.E., Allwright, S.P., & O'Dowd T. , Primary medical care in Irish prisons, BMC Health Services Research, 10, (74), 2010, p74 - 79Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C., French, D.P., Eves, F.F., & Sniehotta, F.F. , An intervention to promote walking amongst the general population based on an 'extended' theory of planned behaviour: A waiting list randomised controlled trial , Psychology & Health, 25, (1), 2010, p71 - 88Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C., & French, D.P. , What sense do people make of a theory of planned behaviour questionnaire?: a think-aloud study., Journal of Health Psychology, 14, (7), 2009, p861 - 871Journal Article, 2009, DOI , URL
• Darker, C., Larkin, M., & French, D.P. , An exploration of walking behaviour--an interpretative phenomenological approach., Social Science & Medicine, 65, (10), 2007, p2172 - 2183Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
• Darker, C., French, D.R., Longdon, S., Morris, K., & Eves, FF. , Are beliefs elicited biased by question order? A theory of planned behaviour belief elicitation study about walking in the UK general population., British Journal of Health Psychology, 12, (1), 2007, p93 - 110Journal Article, 2007, DOI , URL
• Smyth, B.P., Darker, C., Donnelly-Swift, E., Barry, J.M., & Allwright, S.P. , A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking, BMC Public Health, 10, 2010, p297Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Duffy, S., Darker, C., O'Shea, B., Conlon, T., & Hollywood, B. , New Developments in Service Delivery. Are GP led Sexual Health Clinics Acceptable and Satisfactory for Patients Attending?" , Irish Medical Journal, 104, (3), 2011, p71 - 73Journal Article, 2011
• Floyd, S., O'Shea, B. & Darker, C. , General practitioners experience in dietary counseling: poor access to deictic services., Irish Medical Journal, 104, (2), 2011, p59 - 60Journal Article, 2011
• McMahon, D., Darker, C., O'Shea, B., & Taaffe., The prescribing of contraception and emergency contraception to girls aged less than 16 - what are the views and beliefs of GPs and of parents? , Medico-Legal Journal of Ireland, 16, (2), 2010, p91 - 96Journal Article, 2010
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Kelly, A., Smyth, B., & Barry, J. , Non-attendance at counselling therapy in cocaine-using methadone-maintained patients: lessons learnt from an abandoned randomised controlled trial, Irish Journal of Medical Sciences, 181, (1), 2012Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Smyth, B., Ivers, J., & Barry, J, Brief interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption in opiate dependent methadone maintained patients: results from an implementation study. , Drug & Alcohol Review, 31, (3), 2012, p348 - 356Journal Article, 2012, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Barrett E, Darker C, Hussey J., Promotion of physical activity in primary care: knowledge and practice of general practitioners and physiotherapists, Journal of Public Health, 21, (1), 2013, p63 - 69Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL
• Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Kelly, A., Smyth, B., and Barry, J. , Cognitive behavioural coping skills therapy in cocaine using methadone maintained patients: a pilot randomised controlled trial, Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems, 14, (3), 2012, p101-110Journal Article, 2012
• Darker C, Martin C, O'Dowd T, O'Kelly F, O'Shea B., Chronic disease management in general practice: results from a national study., Irish Medical Journal, 105, (4), 2012, p102 - 105Journal Article, 2012, URL , TARA - Full Text
• White A, O'Brien B, Houlihan T, Darker C, O'Shea B., Childhood obesity: parents fail to recognise, general practitioners fail to act., Irish Medical Journal, 105, (1), 2012, p7 - 10Journal Article, 2012, URL
• Darker CD, Sweeney BP, Barry JM, Farrell MF., Psychosocial interventions for benzodiazepine harmful use, abuse or dependence (Protocol) , Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2, (CD009652), 2012Journal Article, 2012, URL
• Ducray D, Darker C, Smyth BP, Situational and psycho-social factors associated with relapse following detoxification in a population of Irish opioid dependent patients. , Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 29, (2), 2012, p72 - 79Journal Article, 2012, URL
• Redmond, P., Darker, C., McDonnell, M. & O'Shea, B. , Establishing a general practitioner led minor injury service: mixed methods evaluation at 10 months with an emphasis on use of radiology by GPs in the out-of- hours setting, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 182, (2), 2013, p213 - 216Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Apantaku-Olajide T, Darker CD, Smyth BP, Onset of Cocaine Use: Associated Alcohol Intoxication and Psychosocial Characteristics Among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment., Journal of addiction medicine, 7, (3), 2013, p183 - 188Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Darker, C., Ivers, J., O'Farrell, A., Dolan, R., Eldin, N., & Allwright. , A qualitative study of the perceived impact of a community mobilisation intervention to reduce alcohol consumption among amateur sportsmen, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 30, (1), 2013, p57 - 66Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Ni Shuilleabhain, Barry, J., Kelly, A., O'Kelly, F., Darker, C., & O'Dowd, T. , Alcohol consumption in pregnancy: results from the general practice setting, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 183, (2), 2014, p231 - 240Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Agnew, J., Taaffe, M., Darker, C., O'Shea, B., & Clarke, J. , Delayed prescribing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: Use of information leaflets, Irish Medical Journal, 106, (8), 2013, p243 - 245Journal Article, 2013, TARA - Full Text

• Darker C, Whiston L, O'Shea B, Chronic Disease Management in Ireland: Perspectives from patients and clinical stakeholders- implications and recommendations for the Irish healthcare system, Dublin, Adelaide Health Foundation, 2015Report, TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Whiston L, Long J, Donnelly-Swift E & Barry J, Health assets and needs assessment (HANA) in Tallaght, 2014, Dublin, 2015Report, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Casey E, Seraukina T, Whiston L, & O'Shea B, The patients' perspective - a survey of chronic disease management in Ireland, Dublin, 2015Report, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Bergin C, Walsh G, & O'Shea B, A national survey of chronic disease management by Irish hospital based consultants, Dublin, 2014Report, TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Whiston L, Jordan S, Doogue R, Collins C, Ryan K & O'Shea, A national survey of chronic disease management by practice nurses in Ireland, Dublin, 2014Report, TARA - Full Text
• Darker CD, Integrated healthcare in Ireland - a critical analysis and a way forward. , Dublin, 2013Report, TARA - Full Text
• Darker, C. , Hospital Governance: Can medicine, ethics, the law, compassion and wisdom find common ground? , Conference Proceedings and Report , Dublin , Adelaide Health Policy Initiative, 2013Report, URL
• Gabriela M. Sorin, Catherine Darker , Lucy Whiston, Erica Donnelly-Swift, Joe Barry, Brendan D. Kelly, Physical and Mental Health in Post-Recession Ireland: A Community Study from Tallaght, Dublin, Meath Foundation , November, 2018, p1 - 14Report, URL
• Gabriela M. Sorin, Catherine Darker , Lucy Whiston, Erica Donnelly-Swift, Joe Barry, Brendan D. Kelly, Physical and Mental Health in Post-Recession Ireland: A Community Study from Tallaght, Dublin, Meath Foundation , November, 2018, p1 - 14Report, URL
• Darker, C.D., Integrated healthcare in Ireland - a critical analysis and a way forward. , Integrated Care , Dublin, 2014Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Health inequalities in Irish society and its impact on population health, Primary Care Social Workers Conference, Dublin, 2011Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., Contemporary Health Policy & Service Reforms - impact on Irish hospitals , The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Annual Conference , Dublin, 2014Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., Universal healthcare for Ireland , Irish Medical Organisation meeting , Dublin, 2014Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Health reforms - putting the patient (and the citizen?) at the centre of our care, The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Annual Conference, Dublin, 2014Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., Chronic illness - health policy, health services management and health psychology perspectives , IBD Nurses Clinical Educational Symposium , Dublin, 2013Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., Why health & social equality is better for everyone (even the rich), TASC Annual Conference: Health Service Reform - the Government's First Year: What Progress? , Croke Park, Dublin , 2012Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., Future Health: A Strategic Framework for the Reform of the Health Service 2012-2015, Adelaide Hospital Society Roundtable Meeting, Dublin, 2013Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., The Patients' Perspective - A Survey of Chronic Disease Management in Ireland, Adelaide Hospital Society Roundtable Meeting, Dublin, 2015Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D. & O'Shea, B, Chronic Disease Management in Ireland. Perspectives from patients and clinical stakeholders - implications and recommendations for the Irish healthcare system, Adelaide Hospital Society Roundtable Meeting, Dublin, 2015Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., Health Gathering - what changes to local health and social care services are important to residents in Tallaght? , Health Gathering, Tallaght Stadium, Dublin , 2016Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D., Loughrey, D., Stapleton, K., McCarthy, N, Round 3 " Health Assets and Needs Assessment (HANA) Tallaght", CPD Event " Optimising Data for Health Service Improvement in Local Communities, Institute of Population Health, Tallaght, Dublin, 2024, 2024Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D, A process evaluation of the implementation of a new model of care in three demonstration sites", Department of Health Town Hall meeting, Department of Health, 2022, 2022Conference Paper
• Darker, C.D.], Health Inequalities " A Wicked Problem Worth Solving", Childhood Development Ireland, Institute of Population Health, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland, 2022, 2022Conference Paper
• Darker C, Martin CM, O'Dowd TC, O'Kelly F, O'Kelly M, O'Shea B, A national survey of chronic disease management in Irish general practice, Dublin, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, TCD, June, 2011, p1 - 71Report, URL , TARA - Full Text

I lead three key research themes: **1. Applied Behavioural Change Research:** My expertise lies in conducting applied research to address real-world health challenges. I design and execute studies that bridge theory and practice, generating actionable insights for policy and practice. I formulate research questions grounded in behavioural theory, design robust methodologies, and conduct rigorous data collection and analysis. I prioritise interdisciplinary collaboration and stakeholder engagement to ensure research relevance and impact. My research contributes to public health knowledge and supports evidence-informed decision-making in smoking cessation, alcohol use, and physical activity for the general public, chronic illness sufferers, and healthcare professionals. **2. Evaluation of Health Programmes and Services:** I excel in evaluating health policies, programmes, and services to assess their effectiveness and impact. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, I rigorously measure changes in behaviour, health outcomes, and equity indicators. I assess implementation fidelity, identify barriers, and provide improvement recommendations. My evaluations inform evidence-based decision-making, influencing clinical practice and health policy. My HRB-funded trial changed treatment for methadone service patients in Ireland. My research impacted health psychology theories and questionnaire design. Additionally, my evaluation of the National Clinical Care Programmes in Ireland shapes their national reconfiguration. **3. Health Policy Implementation:** My expertise includes advising on policy implementation using implementation science principles. I systematically study the process of integrating evidence-based interventions into real-world settings, identifying barriers and facilitators, tailoring strategies to context, engaging stakeholders, and monitoring progress. This ensures effective implementation and sustained impact of policies in diverse healthcare environments. I have exceeded the Research Metrics of FHS for Associate Professor, achieving a personal score of 36.5 over four years, despite two maternity leaves. I have secured over €2.4 million in research funding and published extensively in leading health journals, with 103 publications (73 as senior author) and an h-index of 21, with 1,900 citations. My research is widely reported in media, including the Irish Times and RTE radio. As a research leader, I enhance the School's and College's research reputation and lead in Public and Patient Involvement (PPI), improving research relevance and societal impact. I have supervised five PhD students to completion.

• Title

  To conduct a process evaluation of the National Clinical Care Programmes.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive
  Date From

  1st September 2016
  Date To

  31st May 2017
• Title

  Patient and family participation in healthcare design and delivery from a mental and physical healthcare perspective.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council
• Title

  A comprehensive Health Needs Assessment of female drug users in Dublin North Inner City.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive and Department of Health and Children and Women's Health Council
  Date From

  September 2009
  Date To

  October 2010
• Title

  Cochrane Systematic Review examining the evidence for the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for benzodiazepine abuse or dependence.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  1st September 2010
  Date To

  31st December 2012
• Title

  VISTA: VISion To Action for promoting mental health and recovery. An Implementation Science approach to "Sharing the Vision" - Ireland's national mental health policy.
  Summary

  Our proposal is focused on how recommendations within this policy can best be implemented. Mental health problems are a leading cause of disability globally. StV emphasises the importance of mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention, and recovery, and recognises the need for a whole of population approach. Our proposed research programme VISTA (Vision to Action for promoting Mental Health and Recovery) seeks to progress the translational "policy to practice" pathway of StV"s implementation plan through six work packages targeting overlapping domains (see Figures 1, 3 and 4). Theoretically informed by Implementation Science, VISTA aims to identify determinants to implementing StV and overcome these through the formulation of tailored implementation blueprints, inclusive of context responsive, feasible and acceptable strategies for the benefit of service users, their family members/carers, and supporters.
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  01.12.2023
  Date To

  01.03.2027
• Title

  Process evaluation of 'Early Intervention in Psychosis' new model of care.
  Summary

  The primary aim of this research is to conduct a process evaluation to understand how best to implement a new model of care relating to EIP within an existing mental health system. We conceptualise this research to focus on the interaction between three objectives: context, implementation and mechanism: 1. Context " to describe the contexts in which the MoC was delivered and explore contextual factors that may influence the delivery the intervention. This provides evidence about `real world" feasibility of delivering this model in demonstration sites and will enable findings to be transferred to other sites. 2. Implementation " to document how the MoC was implemented and the extent to which it was implemented as intended over time and across the three demonstration sites. This will include an assessment of the degree to which essential elements were delivered (fidelity, dose, adaptations, reach). This allows us to see implementation successes or failures that may affect EIP delivery and potential future outcomes. 3. Mechanisms of impact " how people (patients, family members/carers, HSE clinical staff, HSE management) participated in and responded to the MoC. A description of intentional and unintentional differences in delivery, and the contextual characteristics that mediate this relationship will be given.
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive
• Title

  Screening and brief interventions for illicit drug and alcohol use in methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: a cluster randomised controlled trial feasibility study.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  1st September 2012
  Date To

  31st August 2014
• Title

  A conduct a cluster randomised pilot trial of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women in disadvantaged areas of Ireland.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
• Title

  Recruitment of adolescent girls into physical activity programmes: evidence to inform recruitment strategies for programme developers and policymakers.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council
  Date From

  01.09.2023
  Date To

  31.08.2026
• Title

  Design, implementation and evaluate a pilot physical activity project to reduce sedentary behaviour for staff in workplaces in Tallaght.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Trinity College Dublin
• Title

  To conduct secondary analysis on the Health Assets and Needs Assessment in Tallaght, specifically, to identify a combination of health assets that are most likely to lead to higher levels of health in the Tallaght community, with residents as co-producers of health.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
• Title

  A Health Assets and Needs Assessment in Tallaght.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Adelaide Health Foundation and Tallaght University Hospital
• Title

  A peer-to-peer motivational interview intervention for smoking, alcohol and physical activity among at-risk adolescents in low SES communities: A feasibility trial.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Medical Research Charities Group and Health Research Board
  Date From

  1st March 2017
  Date To

  28th February 2020
• Title

  Development of an evaluation (process and outcomes) Toolkit to support the implementation of the Healthy Campus Charter and Framework
  Summary

  A "Healthy Campus" has its roots in the `Okanagan Charter" which encourages higher educational institutional (HEIs) to integrate health and wellbeing into all aspects of campus life including policies, practices and the curriculum. In Ireland, the `Higher Education Healthy Campus Charter and Framework" is the national policy which describes Healthy Campuses. The aim of this project is to develop a Toolkit to support the implementation of the Healthy Campus Charter and Framework in Ireland. This Toolkit will include process and outcome indicators; a self-review tool; and a set of resources to support HEIs in implementing, monitoring and evaluating the Healthy Campus Charter and Framework. The team is led by Trinity College Dublin in partnership with Munster Technological University, University College Cork and University of Limerick, which all have considerable experience with implementing `Healthy Campuses". Firstly, we will conduct a rapid review of existing self-assessment Tools which are in use internationally, which will identify indicative process and outcome indicators. We will engage, through a series of stakeholder meetings, with the HEA, and the Healthy Campus Network to determine their opinion of the potential usefulness of these process and outcome indicators. We will create a repository of resources from existing resources in use across the four applicant HEIs, alongside requesting example resources from across the Healthy Campus Network to be included in the repository. An e-learning technologist will develop the self-assessment Tool. This Tool will be piloted in each of the four applicant HEIs. The Tool will be modified based upon this pilot. The project will culminate in a workshop in which members of the Healthy Campus Network will be trained in how to use the self-assessment Tool.
  Funding Agency

  Higher Education Authority
  Date From

  15.01.2024
  Date To

  14.07.2024
• Title

  Creating an evidence-based toolbox for targeted public health interventions during COVID-19: a cross-border analysis to disentangle psychological, behavioural, media and governmental responses
  Summary

  COVID-19 represents a serious challenge to governments and healthcare systems. In addition to testing/contact tracing, behavioural (e.g., hand washing) and social responses (e.g., social distancing/cocooning) are the most effective tools for mitigating the spread of the disease. Psychological (e.g., risk perceptions, self-efficacy) and contextual factors (government, public health messaging etc.) are likely to drive these behaviours. Collated real time information of these indicators strengthens local, national and international public health advice and messaging. Further, the degree to which public health and government messages and measures are understood, communicated via (social) media and adhered to are vital. In addition, on the island of Ireland there are two different governments and public health jurisdictions (Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI)). This represents a unique opportunity to explore the implications of differing measures and messaging across these two jurisdictions as they relate to COVID-19 on two similar populations. The expert research team are drawn from a broad range of disciplines in the ROI and NI. This project has four nested studies: 1. We will assess key behavioural, social and psychological factors through a large, prospective representative telephone survey of individuals aged over-18 on a weekly basis over eight weeks (n=3072); plus qualitative focus groups. 2. We will interrogate social media messaging and formal media responses in both jurisdictions to investigate the spread of (mis)information. 3. We will model data from Studies 1 and 2, plotting the psychosocial/behavioural and media messaging information with incidence and mortality data. 4. We will conduct an assessment of health policy transfer in an attempt to incorporate the most significant public health and political insights from each jurisdiction. An evidence-based toolbox for targeting of public health messaging and political leadership will be created for use for the anticipated October wave of COVID-19, and subsequently for future epidemics/pandemics.
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  21.05.2020
  Date To

  20.11.2020
• Title

  Health Assets and Needs Assessment in Tallaght - Round 3
  Summary

  Aim: The aim of this study is to examine health assets and health needs in the Tallaght community through a repeat of the methodology employed in the 2002 Tallaght Health Needs Assessment and 2014 Health Assets and Needs Assessment to identify and map health assets in Tallaght. This will inform future health, social and community service planning and delivery prioritises. Objectives: 1. To assess current health needs, 2. To assess any changes in health needs and health assets in Tallaght since 2002 (Round 1) and 2014 (Round 2) surveys, 3. To identify and map any new health assets, 4. To establish the relationship of the community with these health assets, 5. To provide recommendations for health, social and community service planning and prioritisation relating to the health and wellbeing of the Tallaght community and its population. Research questions: 1. What are the current health needs of the Tallaght community? 2. How have the health assets and needs of the Tallaght community changed over the past eight years? 3. What relationship does the community have with these health assets? 4. How has community social capital changed within the Tallaght community?
  Funding Agency

  Health Services Executive and Adelaide Health Foundation
  Date From

  20th September 2023
  Date To

  19th September 2024
• Title

  A pilot physical activity project for workplaces in Tallaght and also to determine the feasibility of community based physical activity in Tallaght.
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive

Other health sciences, Psychology and cognitive sciences, Clinical and health psychology, Other social sciences, Health services and systems, Public health,

• Winner of Dean's Award for Innovation in Teaching 2016 May 2016
• Nominated for Provosts Teaching Award 2018-2019 February 2018
• Fellow of Trinity College Dublin April 2024

• IFIC Ireland (the International Foundation for Integrated Care) - Steering Committee member present
• Psychological Society of Ireland (Registered Member 2009-2011) (Chartered Member 2011 - present) present
• European Health Psychology Society (Full Member) present
• Cochrane International Collaboration present
• British Psychological Society (Full member 2008-2016) (Associate Fellow 2017 - present) present

• Council member - Psychological Society of Ireland 2011-2014
• HEI HSE National Standard Undergraduate Curriculum for chronic disease prevention and management (Steering Group member) 2018 - present
• TASC Group on Health Inequalities (Committee member) 2012-2015
• Department of Health, National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (subcommittee member of Treatment, Rehabilitation and Consequences, plus Research Advisory Group) 2013-2016
• Irish Platform for Patient's Organisations, Science and Industry (IPPOSI)(Board Member) 2013-2018
• Healthy Ireland (Council Member) 2014-2017
• Chair of Division of Health Psychology - Psychological Society of Ireland 2016-2017
• Expert Committee on Prevention, Irish Cancer Society (Committee member) 2016-2018
• Scientific Committee - Psychology, Health & Medicine Conference 2015;2019
• Scientific Committee - International Foundation for Integrated Care Conference 2017
• Honorary Treasurer, Division of Health Psychology, Psychological Society of Ireland 2010-2013
• Chair of Standing Committee on Psychometric Testing - Psychological Society of Ireland 2010-2013
• Reviewer for the following journals, inter alia: BMJ Open, BMC Public Health, BMC Health Services Research, BMC Family Practice, Health Policy, International Journal of Integrated Care, Health Psychology Review, Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy, 2007-present
• Trinity representative - Healthy County Committee (South Dublin) 2014-present
• Honorary Secretary - Psychological Society of Ireland 2012-2014
• Expert Committee on Health Inequalities, Irish Cancer Society (Committee Member) 2015-2017
• Health Reform Alliance (Chair; Ordinary Committee Member) 2014-2017
• Chair and Judge - BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2019-present