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Completed Projects

2011

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Dr Paula Mayock	Women and Homelessness: A Biographical Pathways Analysis	Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
Professor Sheila Greene	All You Need is...? Measuring Children's Perceptions and Experiences of Deprivation	Barnardos and Society of St Vincent de Paul
Dr Elizabeth Nixon	Parental Ethno-theories among Immigrant & Irish Parents of Infants in Ireland	Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
Dr Lorraine Swords	Family Well-Being in Difficult Times: A Model of Factors Influencing the Well-Being of Families on Limited Incomes in Ireland	Family Supprt Agency through Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

2010

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Professor Sheila Greene	The development of a framework for identifying the social impact of social research	Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), Government of Ireland Small Research Project Grants in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2007/08
Dr Paula Mayock	Cocaine Use in Northern Ireland: A Qualitative Study	Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), Northern Ireland
Professor Robbie Gilligan	What you need to know about Children and Racism	Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
Dr Michelle Share	Early School Leavers and Nutrition	safefood, The Food Safety Promotion Board.

2009

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Dr Michelle Share	Rialto Learning Community Out of School Time Project Baseline Research	Fatima Regeneration Board
Professor Sheila Greene	Rethinking Child Poverty and Social Exclusion	Combat Poverty Agency (CPA)
Dr Elizabeth Nixon	Parental Perspectives on Disciplining Children	The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)
Dr Elizabeth Nixon	Children’s Perspectives on Parenting Styles & Discipline	The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)
Dr Michelle Share	Baseline Research Evaluation for the Early Learning Initiative	National College of Ireland
Professor Robbie Gilligan	The Impact of Social Psychological and Educational Interventions to enhance Inter-group and Inter-ethnic Relations in Primary and Secondary school	Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
Dr Paula Mayock	The Process of Youth Homelessness Phase III	The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) & The Homeless Agency

2008

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Professor Sheila Greene	Ensuring that the Built Environment Enhances Child Well-Being in Social Housing	Combat Poverty Agency (CPA)
Professor Sheila Greene	Consultations with children, young people and parents regarding local services and initiatives for children and young people	Office of the Ombudsman for Children (OCO)
Dr Audrey Bryan	AIB Schoolmate evaluation 2005-2008 Phase IV	Allied Irish Banks (AIB) Plc- Better Ireland Programme
Dr Michelle Share	The development of a report on the evaluability of youngballymun	youngballymun
Dr Elizabeth Nixon	Discourses on Sexual Responsibility, Fatherhood and Masculinity among Young Men from Lower Socio-Economic Groups	Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA)
Dr Paula Mayock	Supporting LGBT Lives in Ireland: A Study of Mental Health and Well-Being	National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP)
Professor Robbie Gilligan	The Education of young people aged 17-19 years in long term Foster Care	The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)
Dr Jean Whyte	Early Intervention for Children aged 3 - 6 with Special Educational Needs: A Case Study of a Service Provider and the Experiences of the Service Users	National Council for Special Education (NCSE)
Professor Robbie Gilligan	Public Library Services for Children and Young People in Ireland	The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)
Dr Paula Mayock	Not Just Homelessness … A Study of 'Out of Home' Young People in Cork City	Health Service Executive,Southern Area (HSE)
Dr Jean Whyte	An Evaluation of the Work of An Cosán	An Cosán
Prof. Robbie Gilligan	Limerick Youth Advocacy Programme (YAP)	Health Service Executive,Midwest (HSE)

2007

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Professor Sheila Greene	A Study of Intercountry Adoption Outcomes in Ireland Since 1980 Phase 1	Adoption Board
Dr Jean Whyte	The Experiences of Students with Physical Disabilities in Second Level Schools	National Disability Authority (NDA)
Professor Jane Grimson & Dr Diane Hogan	Solas — Developing a psychosocial intervention for chronically ill children in hospital	Higher Education Authority (HEA)

2006

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Dr Paula Mayock	Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in the Context of Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE): An Assessment of the Challenges to Full Implementation of the Programme	Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) & Department of Education and Science
Dr Jean Whyte	Reconceptualising Community Playgroups	Playgroups Research Consortium
Prof. Sheila Greene	Evaluation of Trinity Access Programmes Primary School Initiatives	Trinity Access Programmes (TAP)
Dr Jean Whyte	A Review of Methods of Accessing the Experiences of Children with Disabilities Living in Residential Care Settings	Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) & Department of Health and Children
Dr Jean Whyte	Ombudsman for Children's Project: Participation Audit	Ombudsman for Children's Office (OCO)
Dr Jean Whyte	Study of Childcare Provision for Preschoolers with Special Needs in Co. Roscommon	Roscommon County Childcare Committee
Dr Paula Mayock	The Process of Youth Homelessness: A Qualitative Longitudinal Cohort Study	The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)(Phase I) and the Homeless Agency (Phase II)

2005

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Dr Jean Whyte	Hearing the voices of Children and Young People Living in Areas of Social and Economic Disadvantage in Relation to their Leisure and Recreational Needs	Combat Poverty Agency (CPA)
Dr Jean Whyte	Making a New Life in Ireland: Lone Refugee and Asylum Seeking Mothers and their Children	Daughters of Charity & Children's Research Centre
Professor Robbie Gilligan	The Educational and Social Support Experiences of Young People aged 13-14 years in Long Term Foster Care	The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)
Dr Jean Whyte	Student Councils in Second Level Schools	The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA)
Dr Helen Buckley	Listen to Me! Children's Experience of Domestic Violence
Dr Jean Whyte	'What is Smart?': A Qualitative Study using Ethnographic Methods of 5th Class Children's Concepts of Intelligence	Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

2004

Principal Investigator	Title	Funded By
Dr Helen Buckley	Development of a Framework for the Assessment of Vulnerable Children and their Families	North Eastern Health Board, South Eastern Health Board & South Western Area Health Board
Dr Paula Mayock	A study of sexual health issues, attitudes and behaviours: the views of early school leavers	Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA)
Cliona Murphy	AIB Schoolmate Programme Evaluation Phase III: Mature Operation Phase	Allied Irish Banks (AIB) Plc- Better Ireland Programme
Dr Jean Whyte	Issues in research with children with disabilities	National Disability Authority (NDA)
Dr Diane Hogan	Áit Eile project evaluation	Higher Education Authority (HEA)
Dr Jean Whyte	Evaluation of Barnardos' services to refugees in Dun Laoghaire and guidelines for best practice in dealing with the needs of refugees and asylum seekers	Barnardos

Last updated 17 May 2013 by The Children′s Research Centre (Email).