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Sexual Health & Public Health

Book

Heffernan, C. 2004. Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sex and the Irish.
University of Maynooth Press: Maynooth, Ireland.

Copies of this book can be bought from the Sociology Monographs series editor:

Prof. Michel Peillon
Department of Sociology
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Co Kildare, Ireland
Email: michel.peillon@nuim.ie
Tel: 353 (0)1 708 3690
Fax: 353 (0)1 708 3528
http://sociology.nuim.ie/NUIMaynoothSociologyMonographs.shtml

The monograph is volume 3 in the series and is priced at € 9 + postage. Payment, by cheque or by postal order, to Irish Sociological Research Monographs.

Journal articles

Carpenter, R.; Fishlock, A.; Mulroy, A.; Oxley, B.; Russell, K.; Salter, C.; Williams, N.; Heffernan, C. 2008. "After 'Unit 1421': An exploratory study into female students' attitudes and behaviours towards binge drinking at Leeds University." Journal of Public Health 30(1): 8-13. http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/fdm083? ijkey=mHYJz7DUHSzXvL6&keytype=ref

Jackson, C. & Heffernan, C. 2005. "Keeping Us Together? Public Perspectives on Irish Family Support Services", Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 5 (1&2):33-49. http://www.cyc-net.org/Journals/ijass-5-1%20&%202.html

Heffernan, C. 2004. "Who's at Risk? The Use of Secondary Data Analysis in the Assessment of 'High Risk' Behaviours for Sexually Transmitted Infections", Graduate Journal of Social Science, 1:2:278-302.
http://www.gjss.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=gjss;idno=0102a04

Heffernan, C. 2003. "Are Irish Family Structures Typical of Western European Countries?"
IRISS working paper, http://ideas.repec.org/p/irs/iriswp/2005-03.html

Heffernan, C. 2002. "HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections and social inequalities: when the transmission is more social than sexual", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy,22 (4/5/6): 159-176.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&contentId=850419

Heffernan, C. 2001. "The Irish media and the lack of public debate on new reproductive technologies (NRTs) in Ireland", Health, 5 (3):355-371. http://hea.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/5/3/355

Neurological Disorders and Chronic Illness

Journal Articles

Jenkinson, C.; Heffernan, C. & Fitzpatrick, R. "Validation of Missing Data Analysis for the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39)", Age and Ageing, 35:497-502. http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/35/5/497

Heffernan, C.; Jenkinson, C.; Homes, T.; Macleod, H.; Kinnear, W.; Oliver, D.; Leigh, P.N. & Ampong, M. 2006. "Management of Respiration in MND/ALS: An Evidence Based Review", Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, 7:5-15.

Heffernan, C. & Jenkinson, C. 2005. "Measuring Outcomes for neurological disorders: a review of disease specific health status instruments", Chronic Illness, 1:2. http://chi.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/2/131

Heffernan, C.; Jenkinson, C.; Holmes, T.; Feder, G.; Kupfer, R.; Leigh, P.N.; McGown, S.; Rio, A. & Sidhu, P. 2004. "Nutritional Management in MND/ALS: An Evidence Based Review", Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, 5: 72-83.

MNDA Guidelines

I was part of the guideline development teams for the Motor Neurone Disease Association Guidelines. These evidence based clinical guidelines were commissioned to ensure that people with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) get the best possible care available. A secondary aim was to identify areas for further research.

Check the MND Association's website for guidelines and summaries on:

  • Making and Communicating the diagnosis
  • Nutritional Management
  • Respiratory Management
http://www.mndassociation.org/for_professionals/developing_services/guidelines.html

Sociology

I have also produced a number of articles that can be used for teaching Sociology or to help students understand different sub-disciplines of Sociology:

  1. "Sociology of Divorce", Social Science Teacher, 2007, Vol. 36, No 4.
  2. "The Case for the Sociology of the City", Social Science Teacher, 2007, Vol. 36, No 3.
  3. "Why should Sociologists Look at Religion?", Social Science Teacher, 2004, Vol. 34, No 2.
  4. "The Sociologist as a Health Researcher", Social Science Teacher, 2003, Vol. 32, No 3.
  5. "Towards the Sociology of Sexually Transmitted Infections", Social Science Teacher, 2001, Vol. 31, No 1.

Public Health Communication

Here is a selection of media articles I wrote on public health issues.

  1. "Pandemic Pandemonium?",C'llr magazine, November 2007, issue 10
  2. "Unwanted Victorian Values", C'llr magazine,January 2008, Issue 11.
  3. "Time to tackle violence", C'llr magazine,March 2008, Issue 12.
  4. "Urban Planning, Healthier Living",C'llr magazine, May 2008, Issue 13.

Disclaimer:

Views expressed in this website are those of the author only. It is not associated with the National Health Service (NHS) or any other public bodies.