Research Impact Summary: Risky health-related behaviours (physical inactivity, alcohol abuse, smoking, poor dietary behaviours and illicit drug use) are primary causes of premature morbidity and mortality. There is a risk that individuals will engage in risky health-related […]
ABSTRACT Engagement in electronic health (eHealth) and mobile health (mHealth) behavior change interventions is thought to be important for intervention effectiveness, though what constitutes engagement and how it enhances efficacy has been somewhat unclear in […]
Research Impact: The Student Activity and Sport Study Ireland was a cross-sectional online survey among a representative sample (n = 8122) of university students in Ireland. The study assessed the participation of university students in sport and […]
Applications are invited for the following position in the Department of Physical Education & Sport Sciences Research Assistant in Physical Activity and Health (0.7 FTE) – Specific Purpose Contract). Salary Scale: €23,630 – €34,269 p.a. […]
For those of you who missed Prof. Bob Sallis’s inspiring seminar on “Exercise is Medicine – Connecting Fitness with Healthcare” in July 2018, the entire seminar is available to view below. This seminar was facilitated […]
‘Move for Life’: An evaluation of a peer mentoring intervention designed to cascade and consequently up-scale existing programmes to help inactive 50+ become more active. A multidisciplinary team of researchers, practitioners and policy makers are […]
“Exercise is Medicine: Connecting Fitness with Healthcare” Workshop When: July 2nd, 2018 Where: Clinical Education and Research Centre (CERC) University Hospital Limerick Time: 6.30pm (Registration and light refreshments) 7.00-8.30pm Free Registration at Eventbrite MedEx UL and […]
Abstract: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a leading cause of premature death worldwide. International guidelines recommend routine delivery of all phases of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Uptake of traditional CR remains suboptimal, as attendance at formal hospital-based CR […]
In Ireland, limited physical activity data exist that have been collected from representative samples of children and even fewer data collected where physical activity has been measured with precision1-5. The original Children’s Sport Participation and […]
Internships on the CSPPA (Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity) follow up study at the University of Limerick, Ireland (available from January 2018 to June 2018) This internship is an opportunity for individuals to spend […]
