- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Community Health and Development
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Nursing education and management
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Cinema and Media Studies
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
University of Limerick
2013-2025
University of British Columbia
2019-2024
St. Francis Xavier University
2024
Sun Yat-sen University
2024
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2024
The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
2024
Cork University Hospital
2022
The University of Melbourne
2022
Shanghai Mental Health Center
2022
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2022
Abstract Background Engagement with diverse stakeholders, including policy makers, care providers and service users communities, is essential for successful implementation of global mental health interventions. Despite being a fundamental factor in the process, evidence about challenges drivers to stakeholder engagement limited literature. Methods We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews 29 recipients Grand Challenges Canada Global Mental Health funding assess barriers across...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has induced a significant global concern on mental health. However few studies have measured the ability of individuals to "withstand setbacks, adapt positively, and bounce back from adversity" scale. We aimed examine level resilience, its determinants, association with maladaptive coping behaviours during pandemic.The Association Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) conducted survey involving 26 countries by online, self-administered questionnaire...
Global ageing is increasing. Most older people live independently but at times require nursing care as they age. This provided in a variety of settings including acute, primary, community and residential services. In such instances, it important that feel comfortable listened to, imperative student nurses are educated to competently for nurse collaborative partnerships. Intergenerational initiatives promote shared learning help break down barriers among different age cohorts. An online...
Family treatment drug courts (FTDCs) are an increasingly common approach for serving families involved in child welfare due to parental substance abuse; however, the evidence base FTDCs remains emergent. This quasi-experimental study replicates previous research on by comparing abuse and outcomes 76 FTDC participants parents same system who did not participate FTDC, using propensity score matching. Data were obtained from Superior court, welfare, public use service administrative databases....
Research in global mental health (GMH) has previously documented how contextual factors like political instability, poverty and poorly-funded infrastructure continue to compromise effective equitable service delivery. There is a need develop more feasible evidence-based solutions through implementation research. This paper, one series pertaining GMH projects worldwide, focuses on influencing
Delirium is a common symptom of acute illness which potentially avoidable with early recognition and intervention. Despite being growing concern globally, delirium remains underdiagnosed poorly reported, limited understanding effective education for undergraduate health profession students. Digital resources could be an approach to improving professional knowledge delirium, but studies utilising these more than one are limited, no evidence-based, interdisciplinary, digital reported. This...
Aims and objectives To understand the meaning of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for people their response to this disease. Background COPD is a major cause disability death. The symptoms have potential impact on every aspect person's day‐to‐day life. date most published qualitative studies focused ‘experience’ breathlessness its person. Few sought ‘understand’ This study aimed address gap. Design Straussian grounded theory guided design. Grounded was considered appropriate...
Preliminary research has suggested that perinatal mental disorders (PMDs), including post-partum depression, are prevalent in Vietnam. However the extent to which these recognized at community level remains largely undocumented literature. PMDs have also never been investigated within Vietnam's significant ethnic minority populations, who known bear a greater burden of maternal and infant health challenges than majority. To investigate knowledge perceptions their treatments rural,...
Abstract Background Evidence-based mental health policies are key to supporting the expansion of community-based care and increasingly being developed in low middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite this, research on process policy development LMICs is limited. Engagement between researchers makers via an integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT) approach can help facilitate evidence-based making. This paper provides a descriptive case study decade-long collaboration partners Vietnam, Canada...
Abstract Background The global shortage of mental health workers is a significant barrier to the implementation and scale-up services. Partially as result this shortage, approximately 85% people with mental, neurological substance-use disorders in low- middle-income countries do not receive care. Consequently, developing implementing scalable solutions for capacity-building has been identified priority health. There remains limited evidence inform best practices capacity building As one...
The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have profound mental health impact, including in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region. Some populations might be at higher risk of experiencing negative impacts and may encounter increased barriers accessing care. related restrictions led changes care delivery, a rapid shift use e-mental digital technologies. It therefore essential consider needs opportunities for equitable delivery most at-risk populations. This scoping review: 1)...
Several vaccines have been developed for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. This study aimed to evaluate factors associated with vaccination intention. A global survey was conducted across 26 countries from October, 2020 December, 2021 using an online self-administered questionnaire. Demographic information, socio-economic status, and clinical information were collected. logistic regression examined associations between vaccine intention such as perceptions presence of chronic physical...
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in changes lifestyle habits and experiences of mental health outcomes, some which were possibly related to weight gain, leading an increase the prevalence obesity, is associated with development several severe diseases. Concerns regarding gain its impact on outcomes are prevalent worldwide, obesity being one highest causes mortality current society. Methods A self-reported questionnaire collected data from participants...
Introduction Racialized population groups have worse health outcomes across the world compared with non-racialized populations. Evidence suggests that collecting race-based data should be done to mitigate racism as a barrier equity, and amplify community voices, promote transparency, accountability, shared governance of data. However, limited evidence exists on best ways collect in healthcare contexts. This systematic review aims synthesize opinions texts practices for Methods Analyses We...
The use of a respiratory screening questionnaire is recommended annually to screen bakery workers in the UK. We compared with other methods detecting asthmatic symptoms and then assessed significance these careful investigation follow-up. Reasons for failures were explored. A was issued 362 flour-exposed large bakery. All positive respondents symptom questions interviewed by an occupational nurse. Workers occupationally related at this interview referred chest clinic. In addition, negative...