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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.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Heffernan, C. 2010. "Should the UK lower the age for flu vaccination?" Vaccines in Practice, forthcoming.

Heffernan,C. & Dunningham, J. 2009. "Simplifying mathematical modelling to test intervention strategies for Chlamydia". Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 1(1):022-030, online access

Chaudary, R.; Heffernan, C.M.; Illsley, A.L.; Jarvie, L.K.; Lattimer, C.; Nwuba, A.E. & Platford, E.W. 2008. "Opportunistic screening for Chlamydia: a pilot study into male perspectives on provision of Chlamydia screening in a UK university." Journal of Public Health, 30 (4):466-471 online access

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. online access

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. "Gender, Cohabitation and Martial Dissolution: Are changes in Irish family composition typical of European Countries?" IRISS working paper, http://ideas.repec.org/p/irs/iriswp/2005-03.html
[NB: On papers downloaded before 2008, there was a typing error on page 7. 30,139 women were married at first wave in 1994 not the quoted 9,5617]

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

Peer Reviewed 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

Public Health Communication

I am on the editoral board for PH.Com, the Faculty of Public Health's quarterly themed newsletter.

Check out my edited issue on Older People (December 2009).

I am a regular contributer to C'llr magazine. Check out my public health articles below.

  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.
  5. "Nothing accidental about accidents",C'llr magazine, July 2008, Issue 14.
  6. "Food Poverty - a UK problem?",C'llr magazine, September 2008, Issue 15.
  7. "Jabbing Against Cancer",C'llr magazine, November 2008, Issue 16.
  8. "The rise of Health Impact Assessment",C'llr magazine,January 2009, Issue 17.
  9. "Backing Needed for Breastfeeding",C'llr magazine,March 2009, Issue 18.
  10. "Food For Thought",C'llr magazine,May 2009, Issue 19.
  11. "Don't be pig-headed - Plan for Swine Flu",C'llr magazine,July 2009, Issue 20.
  12. "Recession-proofing Health",C'llr magazine,September 2009, Issue 21.
  13. "Mind the Gap", C'llr magazine, February 2010, Issue 23.

Social Medicine

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.

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