Health Impact Assessment (HIA), as one process and set of tools used to embed Heath in All Policies, has long been an area of research that I am interested in. I am currently the Principal Investigator on an Emerging Investigator for Health award, funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland, with the project Development of a Health Impact Assessment Implementation Model: Enhancing Intersectoral Approaches in Tackling Health Inequalities (HIA-IM) (2023-2026). The project is based in UCC, co-hosted between the School of Public Health and ISS21.
I encourage and welcome doctoral and postgraduate research projects for supervision on topics related to approaches and tools that seek to strengthen Health in and for All Policies; proposed studies examining the role of cultural, structural, normative and ideological influences in addressing (or not) health inequities and inequalities in Irish policy and programme development; studies examining and informing the development of feminist urbanist approaches to creating liveable cities and towns.
Prior to HIA-IM, I worked as an EC-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action research fellow (2018-2022) based in ISS21, UCC, with my project GendeResearchIreland. This project explored the embedding of gender equality in Irish universities through the Athena SWAN Ireland Charter. Prior to GendeResearchIreland, I was scientific coordinator of the Slovak partner, based in Trnava University, Slovakia, of two EC funded projects; ACTION-FOR-HEALTH, a project which sought to reduce health inequalities through locally developed action plans with local authorities and GENOVATE (Transforming organizational culture for gender equality in research and innovation). My time working in Trnava University was an incredible experience for me, personally and professionally. Dr Jarmila Pekarcikova from Trnava University visited our School of Public Health in 2024, in order to strengthen educational and research collaborations, part of a research study trip funded under Erasmus +.
Before living in Slovakia, I completed my doctoral study, which was focused on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) institutionalization across the island of Ireland with a view to enhancing intersectoral approaches in promoting health and addressing health inequalities within policy development. This study was carried out in the Department of Government & Politics, supervised by Dr Aodh Quinlivan (UCC, 2008). Afterwards, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher on a HRB funded National Diabetes Register project (2008-2010) before moving to Slovakia in 2010.
In 2010 I held a position of research fellow funded by the Ministry of Education, Slovakia, on a project assessing HIA implementation in the country. I held the position of College Lecturer in the Department of Public Health, Trnava University, Slovakia (2010-2016), teaching postgraduate (MPH) modules in health promotion, research methods in public health and HIA before moving back to Ireland with my family in 2018. I also worked on three consortium projects for the ECDC while in Slovakia, specifically working on assessing experiences of developing and using surveillance system standards.
I am passionate about exploring and problematising the complex and nuanced processes of tackling health and social inequalities through programme and policy implementation. In particular, HIA as an approach to improving policy and programme development for public health, has always been a research and personal passion of mine. I have published two books on the topic; Integrating HIA with the Policy Process (edited) and HIA and Policy Development (monograph). I am a member of the WHO-designated Cork Healthy Cities steering group, currently in the position of Vice-Chair. With Denise Cahill, coordinator of Cork Healthy Cities, we published a co-edited book entitled Commitment, Collaboration and Continuity: Celebrating Cork as a Healthy City (ISBN: 978-1-9163790-8-4) released in early 2024. The healthy cities platform is transformational in strengthening and normalising the centrality of health within city policies and actions.
I am a member of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) sections (working groups) for HIA and a member of the EUPHA Health Promotion section steering group. I am a member of the UCC Academic Council since 2020 and a member of the UCC Research and Innovation Committee within Academic Council until November 2024.
With my family and the School of Microbiology, UCC, we fondly remember my grandfather Professor of Microbiology, Tadhg O'Mullane, with the annual Professor Tadhg O'Mullane Award for Academic Excellence. This is awarded to the highest scoring student in third year of the BSc in Microbiology. This is an event that we love coming together for every year with the School of Microbiology to celebrate student achievement and dedication, as well as remember our dear family member who played a significant and personal role in developing UCC.
In University College Cork, I coordinate two modules delivered within the BSc Public Health Sciences degree programme, which are also open to students from other degree programmes. 'Introduction to Theories and Practices of Health Promotion' (5 credits) (EH2008) is a core module delivered to second year students. I have designed a new module to be delivered to third year students of the BSc Public Health Sciences degree programme for the first time from January 2025, entitled 'Health Impact Assessment' (EH3005). This is the first module of its kind focused on enhancing skills and knowledge in HIA, to be delivered in a higher education institution on the island of Ireland. I am very excited to get it started!
I supervise students on the Masters in Public Health programme in the School of Public Health, UCC. I also supervise students on the Masters in Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland (RCSI).
Biography
I am a Research Fellow at the School of Public Health, University College Cork, Ireland. My research interests centre on the dynamics, influences, and pathways through which Health in and for All Policies approaches can become embedded across policy development. In particular, my research seeks to uncover the nuances and complexities across the relationships between policy, evidence and practice in public health.Health Impact Assessment (HIA), as one process and set of tools used to embed Heath in All Policies, has long been an area of research that I am interested in. I am currently the Principal Investigator on an Emerging Investigator for Health award, funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) Ireland, with the project Development of a Health Impact Assessment Implementation Model: Enhancing Intersectoral Approaches in Tackling Health Inequalities (HIA-IM) (2023-2026). The project is based in UCC, co-hosted between the School of Public Health and ISS21.
I encourage and welcome doctoral and postgraduate research projects for supervision on topics related to approaches and tools that seek to strengthen Health in and for All Policies; proposed studies examining the role of cultural, structural, normative and ideological influences in addressing (or not) health inequities and inequalities in Irish policy and programme development; studies examining and informing the development of feminist urbanist approaches to creating liveable cities and towns.
Prior to HIA-IM, I worked as an EC-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action research fellow (2018-2022) based in ISS21, UCC, with my project GendeResearchIreland. This project explored the embedding of gender equality in Irish universities through the Athena SWAN Ireland Charter. Prior to GendeResearchIreland, I was scientific coordinator of the Slovak partner, based in Trnava University, Slovakia, of two EC funded projects; ACTION-FOR-HEALTH, a project which sought to reduce health inequalities through locally developed action plans with local authorities and GENOVATE (Transforming organizational culture for gender equality in research and innovation). My time working in Trnava University was an incredible experience for me, personally and professionally. Dr Jarmila Pekarcikova from Trnava University visited our School of Public Health in 2024, in order to strengthen educational and research collaborations, part of a research study trip funded under Erasmus +.
Before living in Slovakia, I completed my doctoral study, which was focused on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) institutionalization across the island of Ireland with a view to enhancing intersectoral approaches in promoting health and addressing health inequalities within policy development. This study was carried out in the Department of Government & Politics, supervised by Dr Aodh Quinlivan (UCC, 2008). Afterwards, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher on a HRB funded National Diabetes Register project (2008-2010) before moving to Slovakia in 2010.
In 2010 I held a position of research fellow funded by the Ministry of Education, Slovakia, on a project assessing HIA implementation in the country. I held the position of College Lecturer in the Department of Public Health, Trnava University, Slovakia (2010-2016), teaching postgraduate (MPH) modules in health promotion, research methods in public health and HIA before moving back to Ireland with my family in 2018. I also worked on three consortium projects for the ECDC while in Slovakia, specifically working on assessing experiences of developing and using surveillance system standards.
I am passionate about exploring and problematising the complex and nuanced processes of tackling health and social inequalities through programme and policy implementation. In particular, HIA as an approach to improving policy and programme development for public health, has always been a research and personal passion of mine. I have published two books on the topic; Integrating HIA with the Policy Process (edited) and HIA and Policy Development (monograph). I am a member of the WHO-designated Cork Healthy Cities steering group, currently in the position of Vice-Chair. With Denise Cahill, coordinator of Cork Healthy Cities, we published a co-edited book entitled Commitment, Collaboration and Continuity: Celebrating Cork as a Healthy City (ISBN: 978-1-9163790-8-4) released in early 2024. The healthy cities platform is transformational in strengthening and normalising the centrality of health within city policies and actions.
I am a member of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) sections (working groups) for HIA and a member of the EUPHA Health Promotion section steering group. I am a member of the UCC Academic Council since 2020 and a member of the UCC Research and Innovation Committee within Academic Council until November 2024.
With my family and the School of Microbiology, UCC, we fondly remember my grandfather Professor of Microbiology, Tadhg O'Mullane, with the annual Professor Tadhg O'Mullane Award for Academic Excellence. This is awarded to the highest scoring student in third year of the BSc in Microbiology. This is an event that we love coming together for every year with the School of Microbiology to celebrate student achievement and dedication, as well as remember our dear family member who played a significant and personal role in developing UCC.
Research Interests
I have an interdisciplinary academic background in political science, social science, public health with health promotion. The consolidation of my educational background with my academic endeavours has refined my core research interest- a curiosity of political and social institutional and policy drivers in a variety of contexts. Throughout my research studies, these drivers have been conceptualised and theorised as influencers of policy, organisational and cultural structures; in advancing contextualised public health action; and in shaping lived experiences. An outline of my research interests can read in more detail here.Research Grants
| Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploring gender equality in Irish higher education: Qualitative case-study research into the response to, and process of, Athena SWAN (GendeResearchIreland) | European Commission | 01-SEP-18 | 30-DEC-22 | €222,666.00 | |
| Developing Methods for Systems-Informed Health Impact Assessments (System-HIA ) | National Institute for Health Research – Health Technology Assessment Programme | 01-MAY-23 | 31-JAN-24 | €158,893.73 | |
| Development of a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Implementation Model: Enhancing Intersectoral Approaches in Tackling Health Inequalities | Health Research Board | 01-DEC-22 | 31-DEC-26 | €636,806.00 | |
| Health Impact Assessments – current state of play and future direction | Other: Not Listed | 01-MAR-23 | 01-OCT-23 | €24,000.00 | |
| Toolkit for Proportionate and Consistent Consideration of Population and Human Health in Strategic Environmental Assessment | Environmental Protection Agency | 01-MAY-23 | 31-MAY-25 | €248,418.60 |
Publications
Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. O'Mullane, Monica (2015) Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2024) | 'Through the Lens of Critical Actors: Embedding gender equality in Irish universities through the Athena SWAN Ireland Charter' Monica O'Mullane and Caitríona Ní Laoire (2024) 'Through the Lens of Critical Actors: Embedding gender equality in Irish universities through the Athena SWAN Ireland Charter' In: Lorraine McIlrath, Helen Maher and Marie Connolly (eds). Transforming Gender Equality and Inclusion Within Higher Education in Ireland. London: London University Press. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' O'Mullane, M. (2015) 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' In: HIA in housing: Contentious and consensual. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' O'Mullane, M. (2015) 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' In: HIA in the Physical Environment: Policy development and community participation. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' O'Mullane, M. (2015) 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' In: Making a difference: informing local policy. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' O'Mullane, M. (2015) 'Health Impact Assessment and policy development The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland' In: O'Mullane, Monica (eds). Local government and health system structures: Setting the context for Health Impact Assessment (HIA). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Introduction' O'Mullane, M. (2013) 'Introduction' In: O'Mullane, Monica (eds). Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process: Lessons and Experiences from around the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Lessons Learned from Health Impact Assessment Experience around the World: Where to next?' O'Mullane, M. (2013) 'Lessons Learned from Health Impact Assessment Experience around the World: Where to next?' In: O'Mullane, Monica (eds). Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process: Lessons and Experiences from around the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Health Impact Assessment and the Policy Process' O'Mullane, M. (2013) 'Health Impact Assessment and the Policy Process' In: O'Mullane, Monica (eds). Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process: Lessons and Experiences from around the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Health Impact Assessment: The Conceptual Roots' O'Mullane, M. (2013) 'Health Impact Assessment: The Conceptual Roots' In: O'Mullane, Monica (eds). Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process: Lessons and Experiences from around the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2024) | Commitment, Collaboration and Continuity: Celebrating Cork as a Healthy City O'Mullane, M. & Cahill, D (Ed.). (2024) Commitment, Collaboration and Continuity: Celebrating Cork as a Healthy City Cork: Cork City Libraries. [Details] | |
| (2013) | Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process Lessons and experiences from around the world O'Mullane, Monica (Ed.). (2013) Integrating Health Impact Assessment with the Policy Process Lessons and experiences from around the world Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2024) | 'Development of a Health Impact Assessment Implementation Model: Enhancing Intersectoral Approaches in Tackling Health Inequalities- A Mixed Methods Study Protocol' Monica O'Mullane, Tara Kenny, Kirsty Nash, Sheena McHugh, Paul Kavanagh and Katherine Smith (2024) 'Development of a Health Impact Assessment Implementation Model: Enhancing Intersectoral Approaches in Tackling Health Inequalities- A Mixed Methods Study Protocol'. HRB Open Research, [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'What do the narratives tell us? Exploring the implementation of the Athena SWAN Ireland Charter' O'Mullane, Monica; (2023) 'What do the narratives tell us? Exploring the implementation of the Athena SWAN Ireland Charter'. Frontiers In Sociology, 7 :1-14 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Developing a theoretical framework for exploring the institutional responses to the Athena SWAN Charter in higher education institutions—A feminist institutionalist perspective' O'Mullane, Monica; (2021) 'Developing a theoretical framework for exploring the institutional responses to the Athena SWAN Charter in higher education institutions—A feminist institutionalist perspective'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 29 (2):215-235 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2017) | ''Special Issue- Health Impact Assessment' Harris-Roxas, B. and O'Mullane, M. (2017) ''Special Issue- Health Impact Assessment'. Global Health Promotion, 24 (2) [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Guided reflection as an organisational learning and data collection tool in a gender equality change management programme' Archibong U.;O'mullane M.;Kállayová D.;Karodia N.;Laoire C.;Picardi I. (2016) 'Guided reflection as an organisational learning and data collection tool in a gender equality change management programme'. International Journal of Organizational Diversity, 16 (1):19-34 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Developing a political science curriculum for non-traditional students' Buckley, F;Harris, C;O'Mullane, M;Reidy, T (2011) 'Developing a political science curriculum for non-traditional students'. European Political Science, 10 :248-258 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Informing the development of a national diabetes register in Ireland: A literature review of the impact of patient registration on diabetes care' O'Mullane M.;McHugh S.;Bradley C. (2011) 'Informing the development of a national diabetes register in Ireland: A literature review of the impact of patient registration on diabetes care'. Informatics in Primary Care, 18 (3):157-168 [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Editorial: Health impact assessment for health promotion, education and learning, 'Special Issue- Health Impact Assessment' Harris-Roxas, B. and O'Mullane, M. (2017) 'Editorial: Health impact assessment for health promotion, education and learning, 'Special Issue- Health Impact Assessment'. Global Health Promotion, 24 (2) [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Health Impact Assessment' O’Mullane, M and Harris-Roxas, B. (2015) 'Health Impact Assessment'. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 17 (1) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Development Education at University level in Slovakia: Experiences and Challenges' Jancovic, J., Fialova, Z. and O’Mullane, M. (2015) 'Development Education at University level in Slovakia: Experiences and Challenges'. Policy & Practice: Development Education Review, [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Health Impact Assessment' O'Mullane, M. and Harris-Roxas, B. (2015) 'Health Impact Assessment'. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 17 (1) [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Implementing the legal provisions for HIA in Slovakia: an exploration of practitioner perspectives' O'Mullane M; (2014) 'Implementing the legal provisions for HIA in Slovakia: an exploration of practitioner perspectives'. Health Policy, 117 (1) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | ''It sounds like a great idea but…': a qualitative study of GPs' attitudes towards the development of a national diabetes register' Mc Hugh SM, O'Mullane M, Perry IJ, Bradley C (2014) ''It sounds like a great idea but…': a qualitative study of GPs' attitudes towards the development of a national diabetes register'. BMJ quality & safety, [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Differences in the structure of outpatient diabetes care between endocrinologist-led and general physician- led services' O'Donnell, M;de Siun, A;O'Mullane, M;Smith, D;Bradley, C;Finucane, FM;Dinneen, SF (2013) 'Differences in the structure of outpatient diabetes care between endocrinologist-led and general physician- led services'. BMC Health Services Research, 13 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Trends in age-adjusted coronary heart disease mortality rates in Slovakia between 1993 and 2009' Psota, M., Pekarcikova, J., O’Mullane, M. and Rusnak, M. (2013) 'Trends in age-adjusted coronary heart disease mortality rates in Slovakia between 1993 and 2009'. Central European Journal for Public Health, 2 [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Predictors of depression symptoms in patients with diabetes in Slovakia' Majdan, M., Krajcovicova, L., Pekarcikova, J., Chereches, R. and O’Mullane, M. (2013) 'Predictors of depression symptoms in patients with diabetes in Slovakia'. International journal of psychiatry in medicine, 44 (4):351-366 [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Barriers to, and facilitators in, introducing integrated diabetes care in Ireland: a qualitative study of views in general practice' Mc Hugh S, O'Mullane M, Perry IJ, Bradley C (2013) 'Barriers to, and facilitators in, introducing integrated diabetes care in Ireland: a qualitative study of views in general practice'. Bmj Open, 3 (8) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Barriers to, and facilitators in, introducing integrated diabetes care in Ireland: a qualitative study of views in general practice' Mc Hugh, S;O'Mullane, M;Perry, IJ;Bradley, C (2013) 'Barriers to, and facilitators in, introducing integrated diabetes care in Ireland: a qualitative study of views in general practice'. Bmj Open, 3 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Ireland and the role of local government' O'Mullane, M,Quinlivan, A (2012) 'Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Ireland and the role of local government'. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 32 :181-186 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Health Impact Assessment and the Role of Local Government in Ireland' O’Mullane, M. and Quinlivan, A. (2012) 'Health Impact Assessment and the Role of Local Government in Ireland'. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 32 :181-186 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Short history of the Faculty of Medicine at the Historical University of Trnava: 375th anniversary of the University of Trnava, Slovakia' Chmelík, B., Rusnák, M., Bučko, L. and O’Mullane, M. (2011) 'Short history of the Faculty of Medicine at the Historical University of Trnava: 375th anniversary of the University of Trnava, Slovakia'. Journal of Ecology and Health, 6 (90):296-300 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Developing a political science curriculum for non-traditional students' Buckley, F,Harris, C,O'Mullane, M,Reidy, T; (2011) 'Developing a political science curriculum for non-traditional students'. Science, 10 :248-258 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Informing the Development of a National Diabetes Register in Ireland: A Literature Review of the Impact of Patient Registration on Diabetes Care' O'Mullane, M; McHugh, S; Bradley, C; (2010) 'Informing the Development of a National Diabetes Register in Ireland: A Literature Review of the Impact of Patient Registration on Diabetes Care'. Informatics in Primary Care, 18 (3) [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Review of Government Policy: Development of Ireland’s Drug Strategy, 2000 to 2007' O'Mullane, M. (2009) 'Review of Government Policy: Development of Ireland’s Drug Strategy, 2000 to 2007'. Irish Journal of Public Policy, 1 (1) [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'The Case for Health Impact Assessment in Irish Public Policy’' O'Mullane, M. (2009) 'The Case for Health Impact Assessment in Irish Public Policy’'. Administration, 56 (4):87-109 [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Diabetes care in Ireland: a survey of general practitioners' Mc Hugh, S; O'Keeffe, J; Fitzpatrick, A; de Siún, A; O'Mullane, M; Perry, I.J; Bradley, C; (2009) 'Diabetes care in Ireland: a survey of general practitioners'. Primary Care Diabetes, 3 (4):225-231 [DOI] [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | European Journal of Public Health O'Mullane M, Purdy J, Pursell L, Archibong U, McHugh S. (2023) A theoretical framework for developing a health impact assessment implementation model in Ireland European Journal of Public Health [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2023) | European Journal of Public Health O'Mullane M, Cahill D, Cronin J, Harford K, Ní Chonchúir A, Young M, Davoren, M. and Fitzgerald T. (2023) Implementing an action plan for the WHO designated Cork Healthy City, Ireland 2020-2030 European Journal of Public Health [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2010) | Society for Social Medicine Mc Hugh S, O'Mullane M, Perry IJ, Bradley C. (2010) Improving the quality of diabetes care: exploring the perspectives of general practitioners in Ireland Society for Social Medicine [Details] | |
| (2009) | National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) 2nd Annual Conference Buckley, F., Harris, C., O’Mullane, M. and Reidy, T. (2009) Teaching Innovations and the Challenges of Curriculum Development for Non-Traditional University Students National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) 2nd Annual Conference [Details] |
Published Reports
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2014) | Health in Impact Assessments. O’Mullane, M. and Guliš, G. (2014) Health in Impact Assessments. World Health Organisation, Copenhagen, Denmark. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Health Impact Assessment (HIA) research in Ireland: Are HIAs used in policy or left to gather dust on shelves?. O'Mullane, M. (2009) Health Impact Assessment (HIA) research in Ireland: Are HIAs used in policy or left to gather dust on shelves?. Quarterly International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA) Health Bulletin, New South Wales, Australia. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Impact Assessment in Policy-Making Circles: A lot Done, More to do’. O'Mullane, M. (2008) Impact Assessment in Policy-Making Circles: A lot Done, More to do’. PolicyLink, Publication series of the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM), Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland. [Details] |
Abstract
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2010) | IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF DIABETES CARE: EXPLORING THE PERSPECTIVES OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN IRELAND. McHugh, S,O'Mullane, M,Perry, IJ,Bradley, CP,NDRP (2010) IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF DIABETES CARE: EXPLORING THE PERSPECTIVES OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN IRELAND. Abstract [DOI] [Details] |
Editorship
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2017) | Health impact assessment for health promotion, education and learning. Harris-Roxas B;O'Mullane M; (2017) Health impact assessment for health promotion, education and learning. Editorship [DOI] [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2021) | How to turn Cork into a healthy city. O'Mullane, M. and Cahill, D. (2021) How to turn Cork into a healthy city. Newspaper Articles [Details] | |
| (2021) | What could we learn from a health impact assessment of Covid-19?. Monica O'Mullane and Ben Cave (2021) What could we learn from a health impact assessment of Covid-19?. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
My teaching experience and interests centre broadly on the interdisciplinary field of health promotion including Health in All Policies and Health Impact Assessment (HIA). My interests span also inequality studies, in particular, health and gender inequalities with institutionalist and feminist institutionalist theories and approaches; Irish and European policies and their development, Irish politics (local and national); comparative health care systems; qualitative research methods.
In University College Cork, I coordinate two modules delivered within the BSc Public Health Sciences degree programme, which are also open to students from other degree programmes. 'Introduction to Theories and Practices of Health Promotion' (5 credits) (EH2008) is a core module delivered to second year students. I have designed a new module to be delivered to third year students of the BSc Public Health Sciences degree programme for the first time from January 2025, entitled 'Health Impact Assessment' (EH3005). This is the first module of its kind focused on enhancing skills and knowledge in HIA, to be delivered in a higher education institution on the island of Ireland. I am very excited to get it started!
I supervise students on the Masters in Public Health programme in the School of Public Health, UCC. I also supervise students on the Masters in Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland (RCSI).
Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation Year | Student Name | Institution | Degree Type | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Mauro Cuna | UCC | M.Soc.Sc. | INTERROGATING COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH PROMOTION POLICY on TO MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY REDUCTION IN MOZAMBIQUE WHAT’S THE PROBLEM REPRESENTED TO BE? | |
| 2024 | Anne Linehan | RCSI | Supporting Health Literacy of acute orthopaedic Patients through the implementation of pre-discharge education reinforced by a targeted Patient Information Leaflet | ||
| 2020 | Aoibhne Murphy | UCC | BSocSc | Children with disabilities; exploring the positive effects on siblings and the family network |
Research Information
External Collaborators
| Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Jarmila Pekarčiková, Dr. Eva Nemčovská and Dr Marek Majdan | Department of Public Health, Trnava University | SLOVAKIA |
Contact details
- Monica O'Mullane
Research fellow - m.omullane@ucc.ie
- Western Gateway Building
UCC
Western Road
Cork - +353 21 4205513
- +353 21 4205513
- research.ucc.ie/profiles/X107/m.omullane@ucc.ie