Professor Catherine Hayes
Assoc Prof/Specialist in Public Health, Public Health & Primary Care
Biography
Catherine Hayes obtained her undergraduate medical degree from University College Cork. She completed the Cork Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice. She then undertook a Master's in Public Health at University College Dublin. Having completed Higher Specialist Training in Public Health Medicine she was appointed Specialist in Public Health Medicine in the Eastern Health Board, now part of the Health Service Executive (HSE). She obtained her Doctorate from the School of Medicine at UCD. She was appointed Associate Professor in Public Health/Specialist in Public Health Medicine at Trinity College Dublin in 2011 in a joint academic-service post with the HSE.
She is a recipient of advanced career development training awards in cancer prevention from the National Institutes for Health US including the highly competitive and prestigious Training in Dissemination and Implementation Research (TIDIRH) Programme at National Cancer Institute in 2016 and was a key contributor to TIDIRH Ireland training in 2018.
The key direction of her research is to address the major worldwide societal preventable problems of tobacco and obesity identified as causing major global disease burden, deaths, and disability, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the research themes of "Cancer" and "Inclusive Society". It is informed by her work as a public health specialist in the Health Intelligence division of Research and Evidence within HSE to address the impact of research outcomes on policy; on health service planning and delivery and by the science of dissemination and implementation,
She has generated approximately 3m in research grant funding since her appointment to TCD. In the HRB funded We Can Quit2 trial HRB (Definitive Interventions and Feasibility Awards (DIFA, 2017) she led an international research team to pilot a community-based smoking cessation intervention We Can Quit (WCQ) for socio-economically disadvantaged women, delivered by trained local women. Strong peer reviewed publications were echoed by impact: WCQ is now embedded in HSE stop smoking services and as a programme in the Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan, providing model for action in Europe.
In a current HRB funded Applied Partnership Award (APA, 2019), her research and public health expertise is guiding optimisation and scale-up Implementation of Make Every Contact (by a Health Professional) Count (MECC), an evidence-based approach to decreasing cancer and other chronic diseases.
The Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) was a HRB-funded study conducted from 2016 to 2020. The study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate a complex intervention to support and promote healthy infant feeding practices among parents and primary caregivers within primary care settings to help reduce the risk of childhood obesity
She is a Trainer and Examiner for the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI), including two terms as Vice-Dean and Board Member. She was awarded Fellowship of the RCPI in 2020. She has over 100 publications and is an Associate Editor of the journal Pilot and Feasibility Studies. Prof Hayes supervises and examines PhD and Masters students. She was a Member of the 2017-20 academic assessment panel for the Structured Population and Health-services Research Education) Programme (SPHeRE), to develop future leaders in Population Health. She is a mentor for the TCD Aurora, Women in Leadership programme. She was recently honoured by election to Fellowship in Trinity College (April 2021). She is appointed by the Minister for Health to the newly formed National Research Ethics Committee. She is current President of the UK and Ireland Society for Social Medicine and Population Health, former External Liaison Officer and Senior Mentor. She is a long-standing member of the European Public Health Association.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Catherine Darker and Emma Burke and Stefania Castello and Karin O'Sullivan and Caitriona Reynolds and Fiona Dobbie and Joanne Vance and Nadine Dougall and Linda Bauld and Catherine Hayes, OP99"Process evaluation of we can quit, a smoking cessation programme for women living in socio-disadvantage areas in Ireland " the we can quit 2 pilot trial, J Epidemiol Community Health, Society of Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Exeter, UK, 7-9 September, 76, BMJ, 2022, ppA48-
Hayes CB, Population Health Management. A Position Paper, Trinity College Dublin, Health Service Executive, November, 2022, p4 - 82
Hayes CB, Patterson J, Castello S, Burke E, O'Connell N, Darker, CD Bauld L, Vance J, Ciblis A, Dobbie F, Loudon K, Declan D, Dougall N, Peer-Delivery of a Gender-Specific Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women Living in Disadvantaged Communities in Ireland We Can Quit2 (WCQ2)-A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24, (4), 2022, p564 - 573
Catherine Darker; Kirsty Loudon; Nicola O'Connell; Stefania Castello; Emma Burke; Joanne Vance; Caitriona Reynolds; Aine Buggy; Nadine Dougall; Pauline Williams; Fiona Dobbie; Linda Bauld; Catherine B Hayes, An application of PRECIS-2 to evaluate trial design in a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland, Pilot and Feasibility Studies , 8, (19), 2022
Catherine Hayes and Fiona Dobbie and Stefania Castello and Emma Burke and Nicola O Connell and Jennifer Patterson and Joanne Vance and Catherine Darker and Nadine Dougall and Linda Bauld, P62. The potential of a community-based smoking cessation programme to support smoke-free homes and to influence smoking attitudes or behaviour through social network analysis, J Epidemiol Community Health, Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Scientific Meeting, Exeter, UK, 7-9 September , 76, BMJ, 2022, ppA74-
Castello S, Darker CD, Vance J, Dougall N, Linda Bauld L , Hayes CB, The We Can Quit2 Smoking Cessation Trial: Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination Following a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 19, (4), 2022, p2333-
O'Murchu, E., Marshall, L., Hayes, CB., Harrington, P., Moran, P., Teljeur, C., Ryan, M. , Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical effectiveness, safety, adherence and risk compensation in all populations., BMJ Open, 12, (5), 2022
Hayes CB, Patterson J, Castello S, Burke E, O'Connell N, Darker, CD Bauld L, Vance J, Ciblis A, Dobbie F, Loudon K, Declan D, Dougall N, We Can Quit Too (WCQ2) A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Peer Delivered Outreach Community-based Smoking Cessation Intervention For Women Living In Disadvantaged Communities In Ireland, WONCA World Rural Health Conference, Limerick, 17-20 June, 2022
Meade O, O'Brien M, Mc Sharry J, Lawless A, CoughlinS, Hart J, Hayes CB.....Bryne M. , 'Enhancing the implementation of the Making Every Contact Count brief behavioural intervention programme in Ireland: protocol for the Making MECC Work research programme ', HRB Open Res, Health Research Board , 2022, -
Darker CD, Burke E, Castello S, O'Sullivan K, O'Connell, N., Vance, J, Reynolds C, Buggy A, Dougall, N, Loudon K, Williams P, Dobbie F, Bauld L and Hayes, CB., A process evaluation of 'We Can Quit' a community-based smoking cessation intervention targeting women from areas of socio-disadvantage in Ireland. , A process evaluation of 'We Can Quit' a community-based smoking cessation intervention targeting women from areas of socio-disadvantage in Ireland. , BMC Public Health, 22, 2022, p1528 -
Gorman, G, Toomey, E, Flannery, C, Redsell, S Hayes, C, Huizink, A, Kearney, PM. and Matvienko-Sikar, K, Fidelity of Interventions to Reduce or Prevent Stress and/or Anxiety from Pregnancy up to Two Years Postpartum- A Systematic Rreview, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 56 , (5), 2022, p525 - 525
O'Connell, N., Burke, E., Dobbie, F., Dougall, N., Mockler, D., Vance, J., Darker, C., Bernstein, S., Harper Brooks, A., Gilbert, H., Bauld, L., Hayes, CB. , Smoking cessation interventions for socio-economically disadvantaged women: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Systematic Reviews., 11, (1), 2022, p111-
Castello S, Darker CD, Bauld L, Vance J, Hayes CB. , The We Can Quit2 trial knowledge exchange and dissemination plan: Future research and policy priorities from a community perspective, Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 6th Conference of the European Network of Smoking Cessation and Prevention , Online , 2021 online edition , 7(Supplement), (15), 2021
Matvienko-Sikar, K., O' Neill, KN., Fraser, A., Hayes, CB., Howe, LD., Huizink, AC., Kearney, PM., Khashan, A., Redsell, S., O'Keeffe, LM., Maternal prenatal anxiety, depression and stressful life events and trajectories of cardiometabolic risk factors across childhood and adolescence: a prospective cohort study, BMJ Open, 2021
Gorman G., Toomey E., Flannery C., Redsell S., Hayes C., Huizink A., Kearney P.M., Matvienko-Sikar K., Fidelity of Interventions to Reduce or Prevent Stress and/or Anxiety from Pregnancy up to Two Years Postpartum: A Systematic Review, Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25, (2), 2021, p230 - 256, p230-256
Ó Murchú E.,Teljeur C.,Hayes C.,Harrington P.,Moran P., Ryan M., Cost-effectiveness Analysis of a Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Programme in Ireland , Value in Health, 24, (7), 2021, p948 - 956
Tully L., Spyreli E., Allen-Walker V., Matvienko-Sikar K., McHugh S., Woodside J., McKinley M.C., Kearney P.M., Dean M., Hayes C., Heary C., Kelly C., Recruiting `hard to reach" parents for health promotion research: experiences from a qualitative study, BMC Research Notes, 14, (276), 2021
Toomey, Elaine, Flannery, Caragh, Matvienko-Sikar, Karen, Olander, Ellinor K, Hayes, Catherine, Heffernan, Tony, Hennessy, Marita, McHugh, Sheena, Queally, Michelle, Kearney, Patricia M, Byrne, Molly, Heary, Caroline, Exploring healthcare professionals" views of the acceptability of delivering interventions to promote healthy infant feeding practices within primary care: a qualitative interview study, Public Health Nutrition, 24, (10), 2021, p2889-2899
Claire Kerins and Colette Kelly and Caitlin M. Reardon and Catherine Houghton and Elaine Toomey and Catherine B. Hayes and Fiona Geaney and Ivan J. Perry and Jenny McSharry and Sheena McHugh, Factors Influencing Fidelity to a Calorie Posting Policy in Public Hospitals: A Mixed Methods Study, Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 2021, p707668.-
Murray SR, Lyne SJ, Cryan MD, Mullin M, McGrath D, Hayes CB. , Not really a smoker? A study on the prevalence of and attitudes to occasional social smoking in a third level institution in Ireland., Eu J Pub Health, 14th European Public Health Conference Public health. Futures in a changing world , Online , 10-12 Nov, 31, (Supple 3), 2021
Murray, Seán R., Lyne, Sarah J., Cryan, Melissa D., Mullin, Martina, McGrath, David, Hayes, Catherine B., Not really a smoker? A study on the prevalence of and attitudes to occasional social smoking in a third level institution in Ireland, Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), 190, 2021, p941 - 948
Minogue V., Matvienko-Sikar K., Hayes C., Morrissey M., Gorman G., Terres A., The usability and applicability of knowledge translation theories, models, and frameworks for research in the context of a national health service, Health Research Policy and Systems, 19, (1), 2021
Nicolson, Gail Helena, Hayes, Catherine B., Darker, Catherine D., A Cluster-Randomised Crossover Pilot Feasibility Study of a Multicomponent Intervention to Reduce Occupational Sedentary Behaviour in Professional Male Employees, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (17), 2021, p9292
Darker CD, Burke E, Castello S, O'Sullivan K, O'Connell N, , Vance J, Reynolds C, Buggy A, Williams P, Dobbie F, Loudon K, Williams P, Bauld L, Hayes CB. , The We Can Quit2 trial: process evaluation of We Can Quit, a community-based smoking cessation programme tailored to women from socioeconomically disadvantaged (SED) areas in Ireland, Eu J Pub Health, 14th European Public Health Conference Public health futures in a changing world , Online (Dublin), 10-12 Nov, 31, (Supple 3), 2021
Murray SR, Lyne SJ, Cryan MD, Mullin M, McGrath D, Hayes CB. , Not really a smoker? A study on the prevalence of and attitudes to occasional social smoking in a third level institution in Ireland., Eu J Pub Health, 14th European Public Health Conference Public health. Futures in a changing world , Online , 10-12 Nov, 31, (Supple 3), 2021
Mellett C., O'Donovan A., Hayes C., The development of outcome key performance indicators for systemic anti-cancer therapy using a modified Delphi method, European Journal of Cancer Care, 17, (21), 2020, p7991-
Kerins, C, McHugh, S, McSharry, J Hayes, C, Reardon, CM.Geaney, F, Perry, IJ., Seery, S, Kelly, C, A systematic review of the barriers and enablers to implementation of menu labelling interventions from a food service industry perspective, Implementation Science, 15, (2 SI), 2020, pA171-
Matvienko-Sikar K., Flannery C., Redsell S., Hayes C., Kearney P.M., Huizink A., Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review, Women and Birth, 2020
Martin M. O"Donnell, Janis Baird, Cyrus Cooper, Sarah R. Crozier, Keith M. Godfrey, Michael Geary, Hazel M. Inskip, Catherine B. Hayes, The Effects of Different Smoking Patterns in Pregnancy on Perinatal Outcomes in the Southampton Women"s Survey, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, (21), 2020, p7991
Gail Nicolson, Catherine Hayes, Catherine Darker, A theory-based multicomponent intervention to reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in professional male workers : protocol for a cluster randomised crossover pilot feasibility study, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9, (175), 2020, p1 - 11
Toomey E., Matvienko-Sikar K., Doherty E., Harrington J., Hayes C.B., Heary C., Hennessy M., Kelly C., McHugh S., McSharry J., O'Halloran J., Queally M., Heffernan T., Kearney P.M., Byrne M., A collaborative approach to developing sustainable behaviour change interventions for childhood obesity prevention: Development of the Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) intervention and implementation strategy, British Journal of Health Psychology, 25, (2), 2020, p275 - 304
Hayes CB,, We Can Quit2 - Preliminary results of a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland. , J Epidemiol Community Health , Society for Social Medicine and Population Health, Annual Scientific Meeting, , Online (Cambridge), 09-11 Sept , 2020
Kerins C., McHugh S., McSharry J., Reardon C.M., Hayes C., Perry I.J., Geaney F., Seery S., Kelly C., Barriers and facilitators to implementation of menu labelling interventions from a food service industry perspective: A mixed methods systematic review, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 17, (1), 2020
Matvienko-Sikar, Karen, Griffin, Ciara, Kelly, Colette, Heary, Caroline, Lillholm Pico Pedersen, Majken, McGrath, Niamh, Toomey, Elaine, Harrington, Janas, Hennessy, Marita, Queally, Michelle, Hayes, Catherine, McSharry, Jenny, Devane, Declan, Byrne, Molly, Kearney, Patricia M., A core outcome set for trials of infant-feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity, International Journal of Obesity, 2020
Kerins, Claire, Houghton, Catherine, McHugh, Sheena, Geaney, Fiona, Toomey, Elaine, Hayes, Catherine, Perry, Ivan J., Kelly, Colette, Implementation of a Calorie Menu Labeling Policy in Public Hospitals: Study Protocol for a Multiple Case Study, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18, 2019, p160940691987833
Hayes C. , Recruitment of women from disadvantaged areas to a smoking cessation intervention: preliminary findings from the We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) cluster randomised controlled trial. , Eur J Public Health , 12th European Public Health (EPH) Conference. Building bridges for solidarity and public health, Marseilles, , 20 - 23 Nov, 29 (Suppl. 4), 2019, pp646-
Nicolson, G., Hayes, C., & Darker, C. , Examining total and domain-specific sedentary behaviour using the socio-ecological model - a cross-sectional study of Irish adults. , BMC Public Health , 19, (1155), 2019
Emma Burke, Fiona Dobbie, Nadine Dougall, Mary Adebolu Oluwaseun, David Mockler, Joanne Vance, Nicola O'Connell, Catherine Darker, Linda Bauld, Catherine Hayes, Smoking cessation programmes for women living in disadvantaged communities, "We Can Quit 2": A systematic review protocol, HRB Open Access, 2, (10), 2019
Hayes, Catherine, Ciblis, Aurelia, Darker, Catherine, Dougall, Nadine, Vance, Joanne, O"Connell, Nicola, Dobbie, Fiona, Loudon, Kirsty, Burke, Emma, Devane, Declan, Bauld, Linda, We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland: a study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 5, (1), 2019
Kelly D, Kelly A, O'Dowd T, Hayes CB, Antibiotic use in early childhood and risk of obesity: Longitudinal analysis of a national cohort, World Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
Hayes CB, We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): A community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland: study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, Tob. Prev. Cessation , 4th ENSP-SRP International Conference on Tobacco Control,, 5(Supplement):A43, 2019
Hennessy M, Cullerton K, Baker P, Brown A, Crawley H, Hayes C et al. , Time for complete transparency about conflicts of interest in public health nutrition research [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]., HRB Open Research , 2, (1), 2019
Toomey E, Matvienko-Sikar K, Heary C, Delaney L, Queally M, Hayes CB, Kearney PM, Byrne M, on behalf of the Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) study team., Intervention fidelity within trials of infant feeding behavioural interventions to prevent childhood obesity: a systematic review, Annals of Behavioral Medicine , 53, (1), 2019, p75 - 97
Griffin C, Toomey E, Queally M, Hayes CB, Kearney PM Karen Matvienko-Sikar K. , Influence of providing information to participants about development of trial outcomes on response rates and attitudes to questionnaire completion: Protocol for a study within a trial [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. , HRB Open Research, 2019
Matvienko-Sikar, Karen, Toomey, Elaine, Queally, Michelle, Flannery, Caragh, O Neill, Kate, Dinan, Ted G, Doherty, Edel, Harrington, Janas M, Hayes, Catherine, Heary, Caroline, Hennessy, Marita, Kelly, Colette, Mc Hugh, Sheena M, McSharry, Jenny, Stanton, Catherine, Heffernan, Tony, Byrne, Molly, Kearney, Patricia M, Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) study: protocol for a feasibility study, BMJ Open, 9, (8), 2019, pe029607
Hayes CB, O'Shea MP, Foley-Nolan C, McCarthy M, Harrington J., Barriers and facilitators to adoption, implementation and sustainment of obesity prevention interventions in schoolchildren - a DEDIPAC case study, BMC Public Health, 19, (198), 2019
Kerins C , McSharry J, Hayes CB, Perry IJ, Geaney F, Kelly C., Barriers and facilitators to implementation of menu labelling interventions to support healthy food choices: a mixed methods systematic review protocol, Systematic Reviews. SYSR-D-17-00402R1, 2018
Matvienko-Sikar K Byrne M, Kelly CN, Toomey E, Hennessy M, Devane D, Heary C. Harrington J, Hayes CB, Queally M, Kearney PM, , Developing an infant feeding core outcome set for childhood obesity prevention, The Lancet, Public Health Science Conference, Belfast, Nov 23, 2018., 392, 2018, ppS59-
SafeFood, What parents think about weaning. An island of Ireland study, 2018/11, 2018
Johnson H, O'Farrell, A, McKeown D, Sayers G, Hayes C, Beaton D., Is increasing life expectancy leading to more complexity?, Irish Medical Journal , 111, (1), 2018, 672
Toomey E, Byrne M, Houghton CE, Kelly CN, Matvienko-Sikar K, McSharry J, Queally M, Doherty E, Hayes CB, Hennessy M, McHugh S, Kearney PM, Heary C. , Health-care professional and parental views and experiences of implementing infant feeding interventions: a qualitative evidence synthesis , The Lancet , Public Health Science Conference , Belfast, Nov 23, 2018. , 11 , (392), 2018, ppS87-
Hayes, C.; Kelly, D.; Taut, C.; Nixon, E.; Zgaga, L.; Williams, J.; O'Dowd, T.; Reulbach, U. , Health Care Utilisation by Bullying Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study of a 9-Year-Old Cohort in Ireland, Healthcare, 6, (1), 2018, p19-
Keinan-Boker L, Silverman BG, Walsh, PM, Gavin AT, Hayes CB., Time trends in the incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Israel, 1994-2013., International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 27, (8), 2017, p1628 - 1636
Matvienko-Sikar K, Toomey E, Queally, M, Hayes C et al. , Developing an evidence-based pilot infant feeding behaviours intervention for childhood obesity in primary care, European Health Psychology Society. Innovative Ideas in Health Psychology, Padova, Italy, 29 Aug-2 Sept , 2017
Muellmann S, Steenbock B, De Cocker K, De Craemer M, Horodyska K, Bell J, Luszczynska A, Hayes CB, O'Shea MP, Langøien LJ, Roos G, van den Berg M, Hendriksen, M..... De Bourdeaudhuij I, Brug J, Pischke CR, Views of policy makers and health promotion professionals on factors facilitating implementation and maintenance of interventions and policies promoting physical activity and healthy eating: results of the DEDIPAC project, BMC Public Health, 17, (1), 2017, p932-
Hayes CB on behalf of DEDIPAC team, Conditions for Implementation of Diet and Physical Activity Interventions in Schools-A DEDIPAC study., GIC 2017, Expanding Implementation Perspectives: Engaging Systems, Toronto, 20-21 June, 2017
Hayes, CB , Differential effects on birth weight of smoking patterns of low-income Irish pregnant women , Eurpean Journal of Public Health, 10th European Public Health Conference, Stockholm, Nov 1-4, 27, (S3), 2017
Gabrielle McKee, Joe Barry, Martina Mullin, Shane Allwright, Catherine Hayes, Predictors of Daily and Occasional Smoking and Quitting in Irish University Students, Health, 9, 2017, p435 - 450
Hayes CB, Reulbach, U, Kelly, D, et al., Bullying and Health Care Utilisation in 9-year-olds: Baseline Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort., J Epidemiol Community Health, UK and Ireland Society for Social Medicine, University of York, 14-16 September, Suppl. 1, 2016, ppA108.1-
Pischke CR, Müllmann S, Steenbock B, Zeeb H, De Cocker K, De Craemer M, Hayes C, O'Shea MP,...., Brug J. , Views of policy makers and intervention implementers on factors facilitating the implementation and transferability of interventions and policies for the promotion of physical activity and a healthy diet in Europe, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (ICBM), , Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 Dec, 23, 2016, ppS226-
Hayes C, Kearney M, O'Carroll H, Zgaga L, Geary M, Kelleher CC., Patterns of Smoking Behaviour in Low-Income Pregnant Women: A Cohort Study of Differential Effects on Infant Birth Weight., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. , 13, (11), 2016, p1060-
Hayes C., Reulbach U., Kelly D., Nixon E., O' Moore M., Williams J., O'Dowd T. , Bullying and Health Care Ultilisation in 9-year-old Children - A Crossectional Study, Ir J Med Sci, Faculty of Public health Medicine, Summer Scientific Meeting, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland , 20-21 May, 185, ((Suppl 12)), 2016, ppS527 - S541
Horodyska K, Bell J, Łuszczyńska A, Pischke CR, Muellmann S, De Cocker K, Hayes CB et al., Critical implementation conditions in interventions and policies for obesity prevention: findings from DEDIPAC case study, 30th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society and British Psychological Society: Behaviour Change: Making an impact on health and health services, Aberdeen, 23-27 August, 2016
Chastin, S.F.M., De Craemer, M., Lien, N., Bernaards, C., Buck, C., Oppert, J.-M., Nazare, J.-A., Lakerveld, J., O'Donoghue, G., Holdsworth, M., Owen, N., Brug, J., Cardon, G., Conroy, D., Healy, G., Langøien, L.J., Reilly, J., Rutter, H., Salmon, J., Skelton, D., Abula, K., Ahrens, W., Alshayji, I., Arrogi, A., Arundell, L., Filho, V.C.B., Brondeel, R., Bullock, V., Burns, J., Busschaert, C., Capranica, L., Chastin, S., Condello, G., Crist, K., Dall, P., De Cocker, K., De Lepeleere, S., Dontje, M., Duvivier, B., Edelson, L., Fenton, S., Fisher, K., Fletcher, E., Freiberger, E., Hadgraft, N., Harvey, J., Hawari, N., Hayee, M., Hayes, C., Hinkley, T., Huang, W., Kilpatrick, M., Kirk, A., Koorts, H., Leask, C., Lee, J., Loyen, A., Määttä, S., Mair, J., McMicha, L., Mellis, M., Nicolaou, M., O'Dolan, C., Olander, E., Orme, M., Perchoux, C., Pulsford, R., Rebar, A., Routen, A., Rutten, G., Sanderson, P., Savelberg, H., Schmitz, C., Shaw, R., Sherar, L., Da Silva, K.S., Sudholz, B., Timperio, A., van Lieshout, R., Whelan, M., Wong, S., The SOS-framework (Systems of Sedentary behaviours): An international transdisciplinary consensus framework for the study of determinants, research priorities and policy on sedentary behaviour across the life course: A DEDIPAC-study, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13, (1), 2016
Hayes CB on behalf of DEDIPAC team., Conditions for Implementation of Diet and Physical Activity Interventions in Schools- A DEDIPAC study, 9th European Public Health Association (EUPHA) Conference, Vienna , 9-12th November 2016, edited by Hayes CB , 26, 2016
Kelly D, Kelly A, O'Dowd T, Hayes C, Antibiotic use in early childhood and body mass trajectory from birth to five years of age, Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, Miami, March 2016, 2016
Heneghan S., Cornyn S., Hayes C, Differences in Attitudes And Behaviour of Medical Students Towards Skin Cancer Prevention, Ir J Med Sci , 535, (185 (Suppl 12):), 2016, ppS527--
Horodyska, K ,Luszczynska, A, Hayes, CB, et al., Implementation conditions for diet and physical activity interventions and policies: an umbrella review, 31st International Congress of Psychology, Yokohama, Japan, 24-29 July, 2016
Heinen, M., Eldin, N., O'Dywer, U., Hayes, C., Heavey, P., Lynam, A., . . . Kelleher, C., Breastfeeding and birth weight are important predictors for childhood overweight and obesity: Results for 1885 6-7-year-old school-going children of the Childhood Growth Surveillance Initiative (COSI) in the Republic of Ireland., Proceedings of the Nutrition Society,, Carbohydrates in health: friends or foes, 14-07, 74, ((OCE1)), 2015, ppE126-
Hayes CB, O'Shea, M, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Roos G, Brug J. , Development of a methodological framework to assess the conditions necessary for the implementation and transfer of interventions or policies aimed at promoting healthy eating and increasing physical activity-a DEDIPAC study , 3rd Global Implmentation Conference, Dublin, 27-05, 2015
Horodyska K, Luszczynska A, Hayes C, O'Shea M, Langøien L, Roos G, Van Den Berg M, Hendriksen M, De Bourdeaudhuij I, Brug J., Implementation conditions for diet and physical activity interventions and policies: An umbrella review, BMC Public Health, 15, (1), 2015
Kelly D, Kelly A, O'Dowd T, Hayes C., Multiple antibiotic use in young children", Growing Up in Ireland, Dublin , December 2015, 2015
M. M. Heinen, N. Eldin, U. O'Dwyer, C. Hayes, P. Heavey, A. Lynam, J. O'Brien, L. E. Daly, C. Murrin, C. C. Kelleher;, Waist Circumference Improves Obesity Models but Social Disadvantage Remains Significant: Results among 10,766 Children of the Childhood Growth Surveillance Initiative (COSI) in the Republic of Ireland., International Journal of Epidemiology, International Epidemiology Association World Conference, Alaska, 01 Oct, 44, (suppl_1), 2015, ppi260-
Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI). Policy Group on Obesity, An expert report on how to clinically manage and treat obesity in Ireland, Dublin: Ireland, October, 2015
Heinen MM, Murrin C, Daly L, O'Brien J, Heavey P, Kilroe J, O'Brien M, Scully H, Mulhern LM, Lynam A, Hayes C, O'Dwyer U, Eldin N, Kelleher CC., The Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) in the Republic of Ireland: Findings from 2008, 2010 and 2012, Dublin, Health Service Executive, 2014
Hayes CB., Knowledge of Breast Cancer and its Association with Preventive Practice among Malaysian School-teachers, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Society for Social Medicine, 58th Annual Scientific Meeting., Oxford, 10-12 Sept 3014, 68: , (Suppl.1), 2014, ppA78 - A78
Ladewig EL, Hayes C, Browne J, Layte R, Reulbach, U., The influence of ethnicity on breastfeeding rates in Ireland: a cross-sectional study. , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 68, 2014, p356 - 362
Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI). Policy Group on Obesity, The race we don't want to win. Tackling Ireland's obesity epidemic. Evidence document, Dublin: Ireland, August, 2014
Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI). Policy Group on Obesity, The race we don't want to win. Tackling Ireland's obesity epidemic, RCPI, Dublin: Ireland, August, 2014
Heinen MM, Eldin N, O'Dywer U, Hayes C, Heavey P, et al. , Prevalence of overweight children aged 7 years: Results of the World Health Organisation Childhood Growth Surveillance Initiative in the Republic of Ireland. , Proceedings of The Nutrition Society , The Nutrition Society, Irish Section Meeting, Queens University Belfast, 19-21 June 2013. , 72 , ((OCE3)), 2013, ppE142-
Donohue F, Doherty C, Langan Y, White M, Morrow S, White M, Hayes CB , Mortality from SUDEP and Status Epilepticus in Ireland, Irish Medical Journal, 106, (3), 2013, p91 - 92
Heavey PM, McMahon O, McConnon A, O'Dwyer U, Hayes C, Eldin N and Kelleher CC. , Parents' attitudes and acceptability of anthropometric measurement of Irish school children. , Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , The Nutrition Society, Irish Section Meeting, Queens University Belfast, 19-21 June 2013, 72 , ((OCE)), 2013, ppE144-
Hayes C.B., Collins C., O'Carroll H., Wyse E., Gunning M., Geary M., Kelleher C.C., Effectiveness of motivational interviewing in influencing smoking cessation in pregnant and postpartum disadvantaged women, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 15, (5), 2013, p969 - 977
Hayes C, Duffy P, Burke E, McCallion P, McCarron M, National Longitudinal Study of the Nutritional Habits of Adults with an Intellectual Disability - Analysis of Baseline Data., Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Society for Social Medicine, 57th Annual Scientific Meeting, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, 11-13 Sept 2013, 67 (Suppl.1) , 2013, ppA54-
Hayes CB, Burke K , Morrissey M, Doherty N, Barry J , Evaluation of an International Summer School in Implementation Science at Trinity College Dublin 2012, Second Global Implementation Conference , Washington DC, August 19-21, 2013
Hayes, C. B., Kearney, M., Collins, C., O'Carroll, H., Wyse, E., Geary, M., Kelleher, C. C., Differential Effects of Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy on Birth Weight in a Cohort of Disadvantaged Women, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 66, 2013, pA22
Heinen MM, Eldin N, O'Dywer U, Hayes C, Heavey P, Lynam A, Mulhern LM, O'Brien JK, O'Brien MC, Scully H, Murrin CM, Kelleher CC. , Predictors of childhood obesity: Results of the World Health Organisation Childhood Growth Surveillance Initiative in the Republic of Ireland , Faculty of Public Health Medicine RCPI, Winter Scientific Meeting , Dublin, Dec 2013, 2013
Heavey P, Murrin C, O'Dywer U, Hayes C, Eldin N, Kelleher C , Waist circumference combined with BMI; a better predictor of childhood obesity? ROI data for 6609 children from the WHO surveillance initiative, European Heart Journal , 33, (Suppl 1), 2012, pp295 - 296
Hayes, C, Kearney M, Geary M, O'Carroll H, Wyse E, Collins C, Kelleher CC. , Differential Effects of Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy on Birth Weight in a Cohort of Disadvantaged Women., Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Society for Social Medicine, 56th Annual Scientific Meeting, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Sept 2012, 66, (Suppl. 1 ), 2012, ppA22 -
Hayes, C, Collins C., O'Carroll H, Wyse, Geary M, Kelleher CC. , Effectiveness of training in motivational interviewing in influencing smoking cessation in pregnant and postpartum women in lower socio-economic groups, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 55th Society for Social Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Warwick, Sept 2011, 65 , (Suppl II), 2011, ppA5 -
Hayes, C, Collins C., O'Carroll H, Wyse E, Gunning, M, Rhatigan A, Geary M, Kelleher CC. , Effectiveness of Training in Motivational Interviewing in Quitting or Reducing Smoking Intensity in Pregnancy and Post-partum., International Epidemiology Association (IEA) World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, 7-11 August 2011, 2011
Hayes C, Collins C,O'Carroll H, Wyse E, Geary M, Kelleher CC., Effectiveness of Training in Motivational Interviewing in Influencing Smoking Cessation in Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Lower Socio-economic Groups, 65:A5, 2011
Hayes, C, Collins C, Geary M, Kelleher CC., The Preference Effect in an Unblinded Health Promotion Intervention Trial- How Important is it? , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Society for Social Medicine, 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting, The University of Newcastle, 9-11th Sept. 2009, 63 , (Suppl 2), 2009, pp42-
Hayes C, Collins C, O'Reilly M, O'Carroll H, Wyse E, Rhatigan A, Kelly MT, Kearns A, Ormsby J, Geary M, Kelleher CC, Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Smoking in Pregnancy, April 2008, 16th United Kingdom Public Health Association (UKPHA) Annual Public Health Forum , Liverpool, 2008
Hayes C, Collins C, O'Reilly M, O'Carroll H, Wyse E, Rhatigan, A, Gunning M, Geary M, Kelleher CC., Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Smoking in Pregnancy, Society for Social Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting, edited by Southampton , 2008
Fitzsimon N, Johnson H, Hayes C, Mulholland D, Kelleher CC, Predictors of poor self-rated health at area level in the Eastern Regional Health Authority: a multilevel analysis., Irish medical journal, 100, (8), 2007, psuppl 47-9
Hayes C. , Steering a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to Fruition- Reflections and Insights., 6th UK and Ireland HIA Conference, Birmingham , Oct. 19th , 2004
Hayes C. , A Health Impact Assessment of Traffic and Transport in Ballyfermot. Dublin: Eastern Regional Health Authority, Dublin, Eastern Regional Health Authority, 2004
Hayes C. , Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of Traffic and Transport in Ballyfermot, Dublin. The Power of Local Action, International Healthy Cities Conference, Belfast, 2003
Hayes, C., Fitzpatrick, P., Daly, L., Buttimer, J., Screening mammography re-evaluated, Lancet (London, England), 355, (9205), 2000, p752-749; author reply 752
Miller, A.B., Baines, C.J., To, T., Wall, C., Duffy, S.W., Tabar, L., Moss, S., Blanks, R., Quinn, M.J., Nystrom, L., Hayes, C., Fitzpatrick, P., Daly, L., Buttimer, J., Law, M., Hackshaw, A., Wald, N., Cates, C., Senn, S., Leung, G.M., Lam, T.H., Hedley, A.J., Baum, M., Rozenberg, S., Liebens, F., Ham, H., Gotzsche, P.C., Olsen, O., Screening mammography re-evaluated (multiple letters), Lancet, 355, (9205), 2000, p747-752
Hayes, C., Fitzpatrick, P., Buttlmer, J., Hormone replacement therapy and mammography, Lancet, 355, (9216), 2000, p1726
Hayes C, Johnson Z, Fitzpatrick P, Buttimer J, Sayers G, Pelly H, McDonnell B, Thornton L., A Survey of the Period Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Ireland. , The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (UK), 30th November, 1999
Hayes C, O'Herlihy B, Hynes M, Johnson, Z. , The impact of reminder letters on attendance for breast cancer screening, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 1999
O'Herlihy B, Hayes C, Hynes M, Johnson Z. , Feasibility of Population Based Screening in Ireland. , Irish Journal of Medical Science , 167, (2), 1998, p72 - 73
Hayes C, Holland G, McManus J, O' Brien A, Kirrane A, Gallagher E, Prendiville E, Exchange of morbidity data between General Practice and Public Health, 15th WONCA World Conference, Dublin, 1998
Hayes C, Smyth F, Sheehan B, Daly P, Geraghty K, McShane J., General Practice Morbidity - A report from a pilot practice, 15th WONCA World Conference, Dublin, 1998
Chapter 4. Community Health Profiles in, editor(s)David Breur, Martin Davies , City Health Profiles - A Review of Progress, Copenhagen, World Health Organisation. Regional Office for Europe , 1998, pp29 - 40, [Hayes C.]
Hayes C, Mullan E, O' Brien E, Mee F., The role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) in Irish General Practice., 15th WONCA World Conference, Dublin, 1998
Hayes C, Johnson Z, Thornton L, Fogarty J, Lyons R, O'Connor M, Delany V, Buckley K, Ten-year survival of Down syndrome births., International journal of epidemiology, 26, (4), 1997, p822-9
Johnson Z, Fitzpatrick P, Hayes C, Sayers G, Pelly H, McDonnell B, Thornton L, Buttimer J, National survey of MRSA: Ireland, 1995., The Journal of hospital infection, 35, (3), 1997, p175-84
Johnson Z, Hayes C, Dack P, The standardized prescribing ratio--a new method for comparing prescribing between GPs, controlling for patient age and sex., Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 6, (5), 1997, p337-45
Johnson Z, Lillis D, Delany V, Hayes C, Dack P, The epidemiology of Down syndrome in four counties in Ireland 1981-1990., Journal of public health medicine, 18, (1), 1996, p78-86
Shelley E, Brennan P, Brenner H,. Collins C, Cronin M, Hayes C, The Happy Heart National Survey 1992 of Health Behaviors Associated with Coronary Heart Disease, Journal of the Irish Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons , 26, (2), 1996, p96 - 102
Hayes C., Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland , 1996
Hayes, C. B., Johnson, Z., Hynes, M., Utilisation of Hospital Beds by the Elderly-A Cohort Study of Admissions to a Teaching Hospital, Irish Medical Journal, 88, (4), 1995, p124-126
Thornton L, Fogarty J, Hayes C, Laffoy M, O'Flanagan D, Corcoran R, Parry JV, Perry KR, The risk of hepatitis A from sewage contamination of a water supply., Communicable disease report. CDR review, 5, (1), 1995, pR1-4
Fogarty, J., Thornton, L., Hayes, C., Laffoy, M., O' Flanagan, D., Devlin, J., Corcoran, R., Illness in a Community Associated with an Episode of Water Contamination with Sewage, Epidemiology and Infection, 114, (2), 1995, p289-295
Prichard, J., Allwright, S., NcSweeney, M., Macleod, D., O'Regan, M., Lyons, R.A., Power, C.K., Sreenan, S., Burke, C.M., Daly, L., Lonergan, M., Graham, I., Zhang, W., Bard, J.M., McCrum, E.E., McMaster, D., Fruchart, J.C., Cambien, F., Evans, A.E., Ryan, N., Clarke, R., Robinson, R., Refsum, R., Ueland, P., Lonergan, N., O'Donnell, A., McGivern, E., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Finnan, F., Davey Smith, G., McArdle, M., Kelleher, C.C., Ward, J., Broodle, S.E., Bleakney, G.M., Cullen, B.M., Gavin, A.T., Hurley, M., Fogarty, J., Boydell, L.R., Broddle, S.E., Scally, G.J., Kilcoyne, D., Anderson, S., Cassidy, C., Graham, I.M., Hickey, N., Mulcahy, R., Gorman, D., Carter, H., Collins, C., Shelley, E., Dean, G., Lavelle, P., O'Kelly, F., Power, B., Hillery, I., Gaffney, B., Darragh, P., Thornton, L., Clarke, A.T., Peyton, M., Scally, G., O'Reilly, D., Shelly, E., Kirke, P.N., O'Connell, B., Moloney, A.C., Evans, A., Hayes, C., Laffoy, M., O'Flanagan, D., Corcoran, R., Devlin, J., MacAulay, D.C., Stott, G., Kilbane, P., Contamination of a Public Water Supply. 13th All Ireland social medicine meeting - Proceedings of meeting held 9th - 11th October 1992 in Galway, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 163, (1), 1994, p30-36
Hayes C , Dack P, Johnson Z. , Prescribing patterns for combinations of warfarin and potentially dangerous interacting drugs, 10th International Conference of Pharmacoepidemiology (ICPE) , Stockholm, August , 1994
Coakley, F., Hayes, C., Fennell, J., Johnson, Z., A study of deliberate self-poisoning in a Dublin hospital 1986 " 1990, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 11, (2), 1994, p70-72
Hayes C, Thornton L, Fogarty J, Lyons R, O'Connor M, Delany V, Buckley K, Johnson Z., Survival of children with Down Syndrome Children in the Eastern Health Board area., Fourth European Symposium on the Prevention of Congenital Anomalies, Galway, 1994
O' Donnell B, Johnson Z, Howell F, Molloy B, Hayes CB et al. , Dublin 1992 A Healthy City? A Position Statement. , Irish Journal of Medical Science, Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Dublin, 2-3 December 1992, 162, (10), 1993, pp427 - 429
O'Neill, D., Hayes, C.B., Thornton, L., Harwood, M.P., Sayers, G.M., Laffoy, M., Utilisation of Hospital Beds by Elderly Patients -A Cohort Study. Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland section of epidemiology and preventive medicine - Proceedings of registrar's prize meeting held 20th February, 1992, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 162, (5), 1993, p184-185
Kennedy, M., McDonald, P., Foley-Nolan, C., Keane, E., Mullen, C., Hayes, C., The Economic Cost of an Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Food Poisoning, 'Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Section of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine - Proceedings of Registrar's Prize meeting, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 160, (1), 1991, p26-27
Hynes, M., O'Herlihy, B. P., Laffoy, M., Hayes, C., Patients 21 Days or more in an Acute Hospital Bed - Appropriateness of Care, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 160, (12), 1991, p389-392
Hayes C, Lyons RA, Warde C, A large outbreak of salmonellosis and its economic cost, Irish Medical Journal, 84, (2), 1991, p65-66
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hayes C, Translating and disseminating research findings to stakeholders: The We Can Quit 2 Pilot Trial of Smoking Cessation in Disadvantaged Women , HSE Share and Learn Seminar No. 4, Online, 21-09-22, 2022, HSE Research and Development
Kerins C, A food service industry perspective on the barriers and facilitators to menu labelling implementation: A review of the evidence. SPHeRE policy brief, SPHeRE, 04, 2022
Kerins C, Kelly C, Reardon C.M., Houghton C, Toomey E, Hayes C.B., Geaney F, Perry IJ, McSharry J, McHugh S., Factors influencing adherence to a calorie posting policy in Irish public hospitals. SPHeRE Policy Brief, SPHeRE , 05, 2022
Stefania Castello. Catherine Darker, Elaine Buckley, Caitriona Reynolds ,Aine Buggy,K O Hagan, N Cronin, Declan Devane, Nadine Dougall, Linda Bauld and Catherine B Hayes , Policy brief We Can Quit2 Trial, 2020, -
Calnan, S., Toomey, E., Matvienko-Sikar, K., Hayes, C., McHugh, S., Flannery, C., O'Neill, K., Doherty, E., Hennessy, M., Kelly, C., Heary, C., Queally, M., Heffernan, T., Byrne, M. and Kearney, P.M. , Role of integrated knowledge translation in developing and implementing a multi-component infant feeding intervention: Insights from the CHErIsH study., Eur Health Psychol , 21, (1), 2019
Hayes C, Barriers and facilitators to adoption, implementation and sustainment of obesity prevention interventions in schoolchildren, British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly Committee D (Environment and Social) on Childhood Obesity, Government Buildings, Dublin, 04-2018, 2018, British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
Hayes, CB, Training and Education in Implementation Science, Implementation Science Research Network (IMPRNT), NUIG, 19th Sept., 2016, Health Behavior Change Research Group
Hayes CB on behalf of DEDIPAC team, Conditions for successful implementation and transferability of good practice policies and multi-component interventions for dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviours across Europe, "DEDIPAC (Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity) Ireland" One day National Symposium, Dublin, 17th September, 2016
Hayes CB, New Opportunities for Personalised Cancer Prevention, 10th International Cancer Conference , Cancer Research: New Frontiers, New Hope, Trinity College Dublin, 16/10/2016, 2016
C. Hayes, U. Reulbach, E. Nixon, D. Kelly, J. Williams, M, O'Moore, T. O'Dowd , Bullying and Health Care Utilisation, Growing Up in Ireland conference on: Bullying in Children and their Health, Trinity College Dublin, 11th September, 2013, TCD and ESRI
Safefood, Examining Nutrition Surveillance on the island of Ireland, Dublin, Safefood, October , 2012, (ISBN: 978-1-905767-32-8), 1, 104
Hayes C. , Inequalities in Sexual Health in "An Equality Driven Health Service: How to Get There?", 2004
Hayes C. , "Review of Services for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Eastern Region". , 2002
Cronin M, Hayes C., Happy Heart Community Survey. An analysis of health behaviors associated with coronary heart disease in Malahide, Co. Dublin., Dublin, 1994
Hayes C., Measles in older children. , 1993
Hayes C., Could older patients be discharged earlier? , 1993
Hayes C, Doorley P, Bateson R. , A Healthy City? A Position Statement. , Dublin , 1992
De la Harpe D, Hayes C, Calmeyer M., What About Tuberculosis? , 1989
Research Expertise
Description
Professor Hayes is an experienced population health trial methodologist with an excellent record in Population Health and Implementation Science and in translation of research evidence into policy and practice to achieve maximum impact for health improvement. Her research addresses the development, implementation and evaluation of targeted interventions addressing behavioural risk factors, in particular tobacco and obesity-related determinants in prevention of chronic diseases using implementation science methodologies. Her significant research in tobacco has principally been as PI of population health trials, addressing implementation and outcomes of smoking cessation interventions on women's health. Her research is informed by the science of dissemination and implementation, collaborations with the health sector and local communities addressing the impact of research outcomes on health services and on policy. She uses her joint academic service and leadership role to advance policy implementation and health and health service improvement in the Health Service Executive. Her journal articles, policy briefs, presentations/workshops, have impacted on scientific world and influenced implementation by policymakers and senior health service managers. Professor Hayes continues to have a key role in developing capacity in implementation science research.Projects
- Title
- We Can Quit 2 (WCQ2): A pilot cluster randomized trial of a peer-led community-based smoking cessation intervention for disadvantaged women in Ireland
- Summary
- The recently published We Can Quit2 (WCQ2) pilot study was a pragmatic two-arm parallel-group cluster randomized controlled pilot trial of a peer-delivered community-based smoking cessation intervention (We Can Quit (WCQ) in disadvantaged Irish women. This pilot trial showed that a stop-smoking intervention tailored to a group of women smokers living in SED areas which was delivered by trained local women within their local communities was feasible. Furthermore, although not formally compared, more WCQ women were abstinent from smoking at the end of treatment. The results are relevant to enhance the design of a fully powered effectiveness trial, and provide important evidence on the barriers to deliver a tailored smoking cessation service to SED women smokers in Ireland.
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- 08-06-2017
- Date To
- 07-09-2022
- Title
- Implementation of Making Every Contact Count (MECC): developing a collaborative strategy to optimise and scale-up MECC
- Summary
- Many chronic illnesses can be prevented if people adopt healthier behaviours. Behavioural change through "Make Every Contact (by a Health Professional) Count (MECC)" is an evidence-based approach to decreasing cancer and other chronic diseases. The Making Every Contact Count (MECC) programme, in the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE), aims to train all healthcare professionals to support patients to make healthier lifestyle choices during routine healthcare contacts. In this multidisciplinary project, the HSE MECC Team and academic researchers work together to create a strategy to optimise expertise and scale-up the implementation of MECC more widely to maximise the chances of programme success.
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Board
- Date From
- 09/02/2020
- Date To
- 01/03/2023
- Title
- Designing, evaluating and implementing a pilot complex intervention in childhood obesity
- Summary
- This was an interdisciplinary collaboration involving researchers, policymakers and practitioners from University College Cork, National University of Ireland Galway, Trinity College Dublin and Mallow Primary Healthcare Centre. Its purpose was to develop future leaders in population health and health services research specifically in Health Economics, Implementation Science and Behavioural Science. The ICE Fellows worked together to design, implement and evaluate a pilot complex intervention to promote optimal infant feeding practices in primary care.
- Funding Agency
- Health Research Bpard
- Date From
- 29-01-2016
- Date To
- 28-01-2021
Recognition
Representations
President UK and Ireland Society for Social Medicine and Population Health (SSM-PH) Committee
Member National Research Ethics Committee (Ministerial Appointment)
Growing Up in Ireland Research and Practice Expert Advisory Group - established to support the ongoing development and implementation of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study which is transitioning to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) from 2023. The role of the group will be to advise on: the identification of data needs and priorities the development of the research needs reports for each wave the identification of potential research analyses to be undertaken with the data knowledge transfer, communications and maximising the use of GUI data.
Editorial Board, Pilot and Feasibility Studies
External Examiner, for Membership of Faculty of Public health Medicine in Ireland, part 3 Examination-newly introduced
National Clinical Advisory Group (CAG)
Editorial Board, Trials, (Associate Editor)
Invited Guest Editor, International Journal of Environmental and Public Health Research (IJERPH). Implementation and Perspective on Community Based Health Promotion Interventions
Member, Higher Specialist Training Committee, Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI
Member, Examinations Committee, Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI
Member, Curriculum Review Group, Higher Specialist Training, Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI
Faculty of Public Health Medicine Representative, RCPI. National Review of Implementation of the National Obesity Policy
Teaching Consultancy for External Organisation on Implementation Science
National academic public health expert on Tobacco control appointed by the Department of Health (compliance with various aspects of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control)
External Relations Lead, UK and Ireland Society for Social Medicine and Population Health (SSM-PH) Committee
Member of the Board of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland
National Academic Assessment Panel for the Structured Population and Health-services Research Education) Programme (SPHeRE)
Editorial Board Trials (Associate Editor)
Officer: Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland
Chairperson, Policy Action Group on Obesity Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Conference Chair, European Public Health Association annual scientific meetings
External Teaching and Examiner, Masters in Public Health Programme, University College Dublin
External Examiner (undergraduate) UCC third-year medical students. Epidemiology for Evidence-Based Healthcare
External Examiner (postgraduate) PhD UCC. Public health burden of diabetes in Ireland.
External Examiner for RCPI, Membership of Faculty of Public Health Medicine, (Parts 1 and 2)
External Examiner (postgraduate) PhD UCC. Implementation of a family focused lifestyle programme for managing childhood obesity in the community setting in Ireland.
External Examiner (postgraduate) MSc by Research RCSI. Training doctors to manage patients with multimorbidity.
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Population Health Evaluation Panel
Journal Reviews (verified by Publons): BMJ (5;) IJERPH (4); Pilot and Feasibility Studies (4); Irish Journal of Medical Science (3); BMC Health Services Research (2); British Journal of General Practice (2); BMJ Open (1); Plos One (1)
Abstract Reviewer National Institutes of Health US Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation
UK and Ireland Society for Social Medicine and Population Health
Post Graduate Medical and Dental Board (Ministerial appointment)
Awards and Honours
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin (FTCD)
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (FRCPI)
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine RCPI, (FFPHMI)
Selected for the highly competitive Training Institute in Dissemination and Implementation Research (TIDIRH) Programme, National Cancer Institute, US
Ireland-Northern Ireland-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Consortium training award. National Cancer Institute (NCI) Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention. Molecular Aspects of Cancer Prevention
Ireland-Northern Ireland-NIH Cancer Consortium training award. NCI Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention. Principles and Practice of Cancer Prevention and Control
Co-Facilitator with US NIH Faculty Members to deliver Training Institute in Dissemination and Implementation Research Ireland (TIDIRH-Ireland) Programme
Winner HRB Grant Holders Award - Best Team Concept for Innovation
TCD Visiting Professorships and Fellowships Benefaction Fund.
Shortlisted for the James McCormick Prize for Best Research Project. Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI) 19th Annual Scientific Meeting, UCD. Victimisation by Bullying and Health Care Utilisation: Baseline Analysis of the Growing Up in Ireland Childhood Cohort"
Health Research Board training award. Cochrane Collaboration. An Introduction to Cochrane Systematic Reviews
Finalist Biominis Innovation awards (Health Promotion Category) for "Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing to reduce smoking prevalence in pregnancy and to prevent relapse in the post-partum period"
TCD Visiting Professorships and Fellowships Benefaction Fund.
Irish Health Care Award, Best community project. A Health Impact Assessment of Traffic and Transport in Ballyfermot
Selected for Public Health Leadership Programme, Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Memberships
UK and Ireland Society for Social Medicine and Population Health. (President 2022-2023)
European Public Health Association (EUPHA). (International Scientific Advisory Committee, 2022-5)
Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI)
International Epidemiology Association
Cancer Trials Ireland
NCI Implementation Science Network
Board of Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI (Vice Dean 2010-11)
Board of Faculty of Public Health Medicine, RCPI (Vice Dean 2006-7)
All Island Obesity Forum
European Implementation Collaborative