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Strategic Project/ Canteen Ireland, Yvonne Feehan Jan 2013

Strategic Project/ Canteen Ireland, Yvonne Feehan

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CanTeen Ireland is an organisation set up to support, empower and develop young people who have or have had cancer between the ages of 12 and 25. Set up in May 1990, the nationwide support group provides members with a place where they can simply be young people, away from the day to day pressures that come with living with cancer in the hospital or at home. Having no dedicated wards in Irish hospitals for teenagers with cancer, CanTeen is an important resource for the country and steps up where the HSE falls down. CanTeen does not rely on the …


Ocd Ireland Reaching Gps: A Community-Based Research Project Examing How Ocd Ireland's Communication Is Received By General Practitioners, David Callaghan, Laura Desilles Jan 2013

Ocd Ireland Reaching Gps: A Community-Based Research Project Examing How Ocd Ireland's Communication Is Received By General Practitioners, David Callaghan, Laura Desilles

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Breath And Urine Alcohol Level Analysis To Increase Student Awareness Of Road Safety., Kim Daly Jan 2013

Breath And Urine Alcohol Level Analysis To Increase Student Awareness Of Road Safety., Kim Daly

Students Learning with Communities

The aim of this project was to increase student’s awareness of road safety and the relationship between alcohol and driving. This was carried out in conjunction with the Garda Road Safety Unit and the DIT interdisciplinary project known as CARS, College Awareness of Road Safety. This project was carried out last year by another student therefore the aim this year was to build and expand on the work that had been done so far. Increasing the student’s awareness was achieved by speaking to class groups to explain the project and asking them to take part by supplying samples of breath …