Influenza Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland Joint Assessment Report 2007

Influenza Pandemic Preparedness in Ireland Joint Assessment Report 2007 Evaluating the readiness of the European Union and its Member States for influenza are integral components of the overall process of improving overall pandemic preparedness in Europe. A starting point for improving pandemic preparedness was a workshop on preparedness planning organized jointly by the European Commission (EC) and WHO EURO in Luxembourg, March 2005. Click here to download PDF 471kb

Private Medical Insurance in Ireland

Private Medical Insurance in Ireland On 17 January 2007 The Minister for Health and Children announced that she had appointed a three person group comprising Colm Barrington (chair), Seamus Creedon and Dorothea Dowling (the Group) to carry out a business appraisal of the private medical insurance (PMI) market in Ireland and to report back to her on the subject by 31 March 2007. The Ministerâ?Ts announcement included the following terms of reference for the Group: Click here to download PDF 351kb

SLÃÅN 2007 Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland

This is the third national Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition (SLÃÂÅN) in Ireland, conducted in 2007 using face-to-face interviews with adults aged 18 years or over, interviewed at home addresses. SLÃÂÅN 2007 follows on from two previous surveys using postal questionnaires in 1998, involving 6,539 respondents with a 62% response rate, and in 2002, involving 5,992 respondents with a 53% response rate. Click here to download PDF 875kb

Women &Sbstance Misuse: Drug Misuse & Women's Health in Ireland

Women & Substance Misuse: Drug Misuse & Womenâ?Ts Health in Ireland Click here to download PDF 543kb This is a publication of the Womens Health Council

Women & Substance Misuse: Alcohol & Women's Health in Ireland

Women & Substance Misuse: Alcohol & Womenâ?Ts Health in Ireland Click here to download PDF 432kb This is a publication of the Womens Health Council

Women & Substance Misuse in Ireland: An Overview

Women & Substance Misuse in Ireland: An Overview Click here to download PDF 346kb This is a publication of the Womens Health Council

Translating Pain into Action: A Study of Gender-based Violence and Minority Ethnic Women in Ireland

Translating Pain into Action: A Study of Gender-based Violence and Minority Ethnic Women in Ireland Click here to download PDF 1.4mb Summary of the Report PDF 502kb This is a publication of the Womens Health Council

SLÃÅN: Injuries in Ireland - Findings from National Population Surveys

SLÃÅN: Injuries in Ireland – Findings from National Population Surveys Click to download PDF 982kb

SLÃÅN: Alcohol use in Ireland - A profile of drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm

SLÃÅN: Alcohol use in Ireland – A profile of drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm Click here to download PDF 824kb

SLÃÅN 2007 Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. One Island - One Lifestyle

SLÃÅN 2007 Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. One Island - One Lifestyle

Health in Ireland, Key Trends 2009

Health in Ireland, Key Trends 2009 Click here to download PDF 2mb

Palliative Care For Children With Life-Limiting Conditions In Ireland- A National Policy

Palliative Care For Children With Life-Limiting Conditions In Ireland- A National Policy Click here to download PDF 1.30MB

Growing Up in Ireland: National Longitudinal Study of Children. The Infants And Their Families - Infant CohortOther Relevant Documents

Growing Up in Ireland: National Longitudinal Study of Children. The Infants And Their Families – Infant Cohort Click here to download PDF 9.46MB   Click here to download the document summary 2.84MB

Health In Ireland: Key Trends 2011

The purpose of Health in Ireland, Key Trends 2011, as with previous editions, is to provide summary data on the main areas of health and health care over the past decade. It also aims to highlight selected trends and topics of growing concern and to include new data where it becomes available. A further objective is to assess ourselves and our progress in the broader EU context. With these goals in mind, the booklet is divided into six chapters ranging from population, life expectancy and health status through to health care delivery, staffing and costs. Click here to download PDF 2.26MB

Health system responses to financial pressures in Ireland: policy options in an international context

Given the scale of the challenge facing the health system for 2013 and subsequent years, the Department of Health invited the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies to prepare a report on the implications for the Irish health system of our current financial pressures. The Observatory is an international partnership hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The partnership includes three other international agencies (European Commission, the European Investment Bank, World Bank), several national and decentralized governments, including Ireland, and academic institutions. As an independent and neutral knowledge broker the Observatory's core mission is to inform policy-making and decision-making processes by providing tailored, timely and reliable evidence on health policy and health systems. Click here to download PDF 2.1mb