IPH support the Departments of Health on policy issues relevant to enhancing maternal and child health and reducing inequalities in child health outcomes. IPH contribute to breastfeeding policy and practice across the island and completed an extensive review of the implementation of breastfeeding policy in the Republic of Ireland. This shaped the content of the…
08 Mar 2017 Reducing second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure has become a central component of tobacco control policies across the island of Ireland. The expansion of smoke-free spaces directly reduces exposure of children and adults and further denormalises tobacco use in a variety of social contexts. Challenges remain in terms of persistent health inequalities and significant…
07 Feb 2017 The purpose of this report is to document the work undertaken to date by the Irish Partners on the CHRODIS project with a particular focus on the outputs of Work Package 5 on health promotion and activities in the last year (2015 to 2016) of the Joint Action (JA)-CHRODIS project. JA-CHRODIS is…
21 Dec 2016 A new research report, Therapeutic lying and approaches to dementia care in Ireland: North & South – prepared by an all Ireland team led by National University of Ireland Galway Professor Dympna Casey and published by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) – is focused on understanding what is the…