Project Background: Globally, inactivity is a pandemic responsible for more than five million deaths annually and is one of the UN’s primary targets to reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In 2012, The Lancet published its first […]
3rd Annual I-PARC Conference: A Volunteers Perspective – DAIRE FITZMAURICE.
January saw the 3rd Annual Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I-PARC) Conference with the overarching theme ‘Getting more people active: Building bridges and pushing boundaries’. The conference was over two days and was split into […]
Publication: Teacher educators’ perspectives on gender responsive pedagogy in higher education
Research Impact: The enactment of gender responsive pedagogical approaches has the potential to support learning for all students and foster gender equality within and beyond education systems. This study investigated teacher educators’ perceptions of gender […]
Publication: Online teaching and learning in physical education teacher education: A mixed studies review of literature
Research Impact: Delivering physical education teacher education (PETE) programmes through online platforms has been proposed as an alternative (or complementary) to traditional in-person modes of learning. Prompted by the shift to online learning during the […]
Publication: A systematic review of school-based suicide prevention interventions for adolescents, and intervention and contextual factors in prevention
Research Impact: This is the first systematic review to narratively synthesize available evidence from 28 studies of post-primary school-based suicide prevention (PSSP) on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among 47,000 participants. Findings showed significant improvements, poor […]
Publication: Exploring Adolescents’ Perspectives on and Experiences with Post Primary School-based Suicide Prevention Interventions: A Meta-Ethnography Protocol
Research Impact: This meta-ethnography protocol outlines methods to synthesize adolescents’ perspectives on engaging with post-primary school-based suicide prevention (PSSP) interventions, as participants/end-users, intervention advisors, facilitators, and co-designers and co-researchers. Identified full texts will be reviewed […]
Publication: Effects of exercise on cognitive functioning in adults with serious mental illness: A meta-analytic review
Research Impact Summary: These random-effects meta-analyses estimated the population effects of exercise on cognitive outcomes/domains across 15 randomized controlled trials of 899 participants (~43% female) with Severe Mental Illness. In the overall sample, exercise resulted […]
Sprinting on empty: fasted training for better adaptation? dr. brian carson.
Why train fasted? Training in the fasted state has been practised by athletes for various reasons for centuries. Most early adopters likely pursued fasted training based on the fact that they trained early in the […]
Sport and Exercise Sciences: An Applied Degree Programme – dr. ian sherwin.
The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick run a four year BSc programme in the area of Sport and Exercise Sciences. The programme is designed to provide students with […]
Co-creating a preparatory policy engagement programme for quality physical education – Dr. Jenna r. lorusso.
Physical education, when provided in a quality form, can develop healthy, active, and engaged citizens who form the basis of sustainable development (UNESCO, 2021). However, the potential of quality physical education is not currently being […]
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