How to implement an integrated care approach to reduce falls and fall-related injuries in people with learning disabilities
Book Chapter
Petropoulou, E., & O'Leary, L. (2023)
How to implement an integrated care approach to reduce falls and fall-related injuries in people with learning disabilities. In K. Marshall, H. Bamber, R. Garbutt, & C. Easton (Eds.), Demystifying Integrated Care: A Handbook for Practice. Elsevier
Exploring nurses’ online perspectives and social networks during a global pandemic COVID‐19
Journal Article
O'Leary, L., Erikainen, S., Peltonen, L., Ahmed, W., Thelwall, M., & O'Connor, S. (2022)
Exploring nurses’ online perspectives and social networks during a global pandemic COVID‐19. Public Health Nursing, 39(3), 586-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12994
Objectives
Examine the online interactions, social networks, and perspectives of nursing actors on COVID-19 from conversations on Twitter to understand how the profession res...
Birth incidence, deaths and hospitalisations of children and young people with Down syndrome, 1990–2015: birth cohort study
Journal Article
Hughes-McCormack, L. A., McGowan, R., Pell, J. P., Mackay, D., Henderson, A., O'Leary, L., & Cooper, S. (2020)
Birth incidence, deaths and hospitalisations of children and young people with Down syndrome, 1990–2015: birth cohort study. BMJ Open, 10(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033770
Objective: To investigate current Down syndrome live birth and death rates, and childhood hospitalisations, compared with peers.
Setting: General community.
Participants: Al...
Recruitment settings, delivery contexts, intervention techniques and outcomes of health promotion programmes for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A systematic review
Journal Article
Maine, A., Brown, M. J., Ski, C. F., Thompson, D. R., Marsh, L., & O’Leary, L. (2020)
Recruitment settings, delivery contexts, intervention techniques and outcomes of health promotion programmes for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 99, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103592
Background
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at risk of developing long term health conditions, and a preventative health agenda research is em...
Dying For Change
Journal Article
Glover, G., O'Leary, L., Shooshtari, S., Taggart, L., Trollor, J., & Hatton, C. (2019)
Dying For Change. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63(7), 633-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12650
Purpose: To discuss the premature deaths of people with intellectual disabilities internationally, what is being done and what is needed to make a real difference.
Rationale:...
Early death and causes of death of people with Down syndrome: A systematic review
Journal Article
O'Leary, L., Hughes-McCormack, L., Dunn, K., & Cooper, S. (2018)
Early death and causes of death of people with Down syndrome: A systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12446
Background: It is thought that people with Down syndrome die younger than the general population, but that survival rates are improving.
Methods: Five databases were searched...
Early death and causes of death of people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review
Journal Article
O'Leary, L., Cooper, S., & Hughes-McCormack, L. (2017)
Early death and causes of death of people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12417
Background: Death of people with intellectual disabilities is considered to be earlier than for the general population.
Methods: Databases were searched for intellectual d...
Healthy lifestyle behaviours for people with intellectual disabilities: An exploration of organizational barriers and enablers
Journal Article
O'Leary, L., Taggart, L., & Cousins, W. (2018)
Healthy lifestyle behaviours for people with intellectual disabilities: An exploration of organizational barriers and enablers. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31, 122-135. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12396
Background
The health-related behaviours of people with intellectual disabilities may be determined by organisational influences. This innovative study aimed to explore manage...