Health Issues Resources

Questions on Health Issues were asked in 2001 and 2005.
Questions on Complementary Medicine were asked in 2005.
Questions on Healthcare were asked in 2006.
Questions on Public Services were asked in 2007 as part of a UK-wide study on Public Attitudes and Public Service Responsiveness.
Questions on health, mental health and self harm, pressures and influences, and sexual health were asked of 16 year olds in the Young Life and Times Survey.

ARK Resources

• Research Update 60 - Getting away from the hurt? - by Dirk Schubotz, focuses on self-harm among 16 year olds, using data from the Young Life and Times Survey.
• Research Update 52 - What difference does a decade make? Satisfaction with the NHS in Northern Ireland in 1996 and 2006 - by Ann Marie Gray compares results from the 2006 Life and Times Survey and the 1996 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey.
• Research Update 50 - Complementary and alternative medicine: Patterns of use in Northern Ireland - by Suzanne McDonough, Paula Devine and David Baxter, uses data from the 2005 NILT module on complementary medicine.
• Research Update 37 - Drinking, Smoking, Drugs and Sexual Intercourse - Education and Influences for Young People in Northern Ireland - by Sarah Hannaford, focuses on experiences and pressures on young people using data from the Young Life and Times Survey.
• Research Update 14 - Attitudes to Health Information and Public Involvement in Healthcare - by Ann Marie Gray and Dorothy Whittington
• Attitudes to the National Health Service in Northern Ireland, by Ann Marie Gray, uses data from the 1996 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey.
• Questions on Healthcare were asked within the Public Spending module of the 1996 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey.
• Tables of results from the 'Towards Better Sexual Health' Survey of 14-25 year olds are available on Surveys Online.

Links

• In Northern Ireland, health promotion is now part of the remit of the Public Health Agency.
• Intute is a free online service providing access to Web resources for education and research. It is aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners.
• The Taking Charge of Health Information project at Harvard University seeks to help consumers evaluate health and scientific information and consider how the information can be used to improve their lives.

Maintained by Paula Devine