Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Lina Zgaga, Bernie O'Donoghue-Hynes, Aisling Heary, Brian Gallwey, Joe Barry, Five-year standardised mortality ratios in a cohort of homeless people in Dublin, BMJ Open, 9, (1), 2019
Smyth BP, Barry J, Financial Support by Billionaires for Research and Policy Analysis Should Be Subject to Disclosure Rules, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 80, (2), 2019, p265 - 266
Ivers JH, Larkan F, Barry J., A Longitudinal Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of the Recovery Process in Opioid-Dependent Patients Post-Detoxification., Journal of psychoactive drugs, 50, (3), 2018, p231-239
Ivers JH, Zgaga L, Sweeney B, Keenan E, Darker C, Smyth BP, Barry J., A naturalistic longitudinal analysis of post-detoxification outcomes in opioid-dependent patients., Drug and Alcohol Review, 37, (S1), 2018, p339 - 347
Whiston, L., O'Keane, V., Barry, J.M., & Darker, C, Patient, family and clinician preferences for the intensity and implementation of patient and family participation in healthcare design and delivery in psychiatry. , European Journal of Psychiatry. , in press, 2018
Kelly, B.D., Sorin, G.M., Barry, J.M., Whiston, L., Donnelly-Swift, E., & Darker, C. , Community-based, cross sectional study of self-reported health in post-recession Ireland: what has changed? , QJM: An International Journal of Medicine., 111, (8), 2018, p555 - 559
Darker, C.D., Nicolson, G.H., Carroll, A., & Barry, J. , The barriers and facilitators to the implementation of National Clinical Programmes in Ireland: using the MRC framework for process evaluations. , BMC Health Services Research , 18, (733), 2018
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
Darker, C.D., Donnelly-Swift, E., Whiston, L., Moore, F. & Barry, J. , Determinants of self rated health in an Irish deprived suburban population - a cross sectional face-to-face household survey., Psychology, Health & Medicine, Dublin, 2017
Kelly P, Hegarty J, Barry J, Dyer KR, Horgan A., A systematic review of the relationship between staff perceptions of organizational readiness to change and the process of innovation adoption in substance misuse treatment programs., Journal of substance abuse treatment, 80, 2017, p6-25
Whiston, L., Joe M. Barry, & Darker, C.D. , Participation of patients and family members in healthcare services at the service and national levels: a lesson learned in Dublin, Ireland. , Patient Education and Counselling. , 100, (3), 2017, p583 - 591
Whiston, Lucy, Barry, Joe, Darker, Catherine, Preferred intensity and implementation of patient and family participation in an outpatient psychiatric service and an outpatient type 2 diabetes service, International Journal of Integrated Care, 17, (5), 2017, p5
Cousins G., Mongan D., Barry J., Smyth B., Rackard M., Long J., Potential impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Ireland: Evidence from the national alcohol diary survey, Alcohol and Alcoholism, 51, (6), 2016, p734-740
Darker C, Sweeney B, Keenan E, Whiston L, Anderson R, Barry J, Screening and Brief Intervention for illicit drug use and alcohol use in methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: Results of a randomised control trial feasibility study, Substance Use and Misuse, 51, (9), 2016, p1104 - 1115
Darker, C., Sweeney, B., Keenan, E., Whiston, L., Anderson, R., & Barry, J. , Tailoring a brief intervention for illicit drug use and alcohol use in Irish methadone maintained opiate dependent patients: a qualitative process. , BMC Psychiatry , 16, (373), 2016
Cousins G., Mongan D., Barry J., Smyth B., Rackard M., Long J., Estimating Risk of Alcohol Dependence Using Empirically Validated Ordinal Risk Zones Versus Recommended Binary Risk Zones of the RAPS4: A Validation Study Using Stratum-Specific Likelihood Ratio Analysis, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 40, (8), 2016, p1700-1706
Darker, C., Ho, J., Kelly, G., Whiston, L., & Barry, J. , Demographic and clinical factors predicting retention in methadone maintenance: results from an Irish cohort. , Irish Journal of Medical Science, 185, (2), 2016, p433 - 441
Darker CD, Sweeney BP, Barry JM, Farrell MF, Donnelly-Swift E, Psychosocial interventions for benzodiazepine harmful use, abuse or dependence., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , CD009652, (5), 2015
Cousins G, Boland F, Courtney B, Barry J, Lyons S, Fahey T., Risk of mortality on and off methadone substitution treatment in primary care: a national cohort study., Addiction, 111, 2015, p73 - 82
Ni Shuilleabhain, Barry, J., Kelly, A., O'Kelly, F., Darker, C., & O'Dowd, T. , Alcohol consumption in pregnancy: results from the general practice setting, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 183, (2), 2014, p231 - 240
Armstrong R, Barry J, Towards a framework for ImplementingEvidence Based Alcohol Interventions, Irish Medical Journal, 107, (2), 2014, p39 - 40
Deirdre J Murphy, Clare Dunney, Aoife Mullally, Nita Adnan, Tom Fahey, Joe Barry, A prospective cohort study of alcohol exposure in early and late pregnancy within an urban population in Ireland, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, (2), 2014, p2049-63
Gilroy D, O'Brien S, Barry J, Ivers Jo-Hanna, Whiston L, Keenan E, Darker C, Benzodiazepine use in a methadone maintained opioid dependent cohort in Ireland, Heroin Addiction and related clinical problems, 2014, p17 - 22
Murphy DJ, Mullally A, Cleary BJ, Fahey T, Barry J, Behavioural change in relation to alcohol exposure in early pregnancy and impact on perinatal outcomes--a prospective cohort study., BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 13, 2013, p8
Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Kelly, A., Smyth, B., & Barry, J. , Non-attendance at counselling therapy in cocaine-using methadone-maintained patients: lessons learnt from an abandoned randomised controlled trial, Irish Journal of Medical Sciences, 181, (1), 2012
Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Kelly, A., Smyth, B., and Barry, J. , Cognitive behavioural coping skills therapy in cocaine using methadone maintained patients: a pilot randomised controlled trial, Heroin Addiction & Related Clinical Problems, 14, (3), 2012, p101-110
Darker, C., Sweeney, B., El Hassan, H., Smyth, B., Ivers, J., & Barry, J, Brief interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption in opiate dependent methadone maintained patients: results from an implementation study. , Drug & Alcohol Review, 31, (3), 2012, p348 - 356
Aoife Mullally, Brian J Cleary, Joe Barry, Tom P Fahey and Deirdre J Murphy, Prevalence, predictors and perinatal outcomes of peri-conceptional alcohol exposure-retrospective cohort study in an urban obstetric population in Ireland, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 11, (27), 2011
Darker CD, Sweeney BP, El Hassan HO, Smyth BP, Ivers JH, Barry JM, Brief interventions are effective in reducing alcohol consumption in opiate-dependent methadone-maintained patients: Results from an implementation study., Drug and alcohol review, 2011
Field CA, Klimas J, Barry J, Bury G, Keenan E, Lyons S, Smyth BP, Cullen W, Alcohol screening and brief intervention among drug users in primary care: a discussion paper., Irish journal of medical science, 2011
Jan Klimas, Catherine Anne Field, Joe Barry, Gerard Bury, Eamon Keenan, Suzi Lyons, Bobby Smyth, Walter Cullen, Commentary on 'The research translation problem: Alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care - real world evidence supports theory', Drugs: education, prevention and policy, Online, 2011, p1 - 3
Smyth, B.P., Darker, C., Donnelly-Swift, E., Barry, J.M., & Allwright, S.P. , A telephone survey of parental attitudes and behaviours regarding teenage drinking, BMC Public Health, 10, 2010, p297
Barry, J.M., Darker, C.D., Thomas, D.E., Allwright, S.P., & O'Dowd T. , Primary medical care in Irish prisons, BMC Health Services Research, 10, (74), 2010, p74 - 79
Mullen L, Keenan E, Barry J, Long J, Mulholland D, Grogan L, Delargy I., Factors predicting completion in a cohort of opiate users entering a detoxification programme., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 179, 2010, p569 - 573
Smyth BP, Barry J, Keenan E, Ducray K, Lapse and relapse following inpatient treatment of opiate dependence., Irish medical journal, 103, (6), 2010, p176-9
Barry J, Ward M, Cotter S, MacDiarmada J, Hannan M, Sweeney B, Grant KA, McKeown P, Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, November-December 2008, Eurosurveillance, 14, (1), 2009, p1 - 4
Ryder N, Cullen W, Barry J, Bury G, Keenan E, Smyth BP, Prevalence of problem alcohol use among patients attending primary care for methadone treatment., BMC Family Practice, 10, (42), 2009
O'Meara M O, Barry J, Mullen L, Epidemiology of Hepititis C infection, ERHA/HSE Eastern Region, Irish Medical Journal, 100, (2), 2007, p365 - 366
Barry J, O'Dowd T, Investing in alcohol is no longer responsible [letter], British Medical Journal, 334, 2007, p1235 - 1235
Long J, Keenan E, Grogan L, Mullen L, Barry J, Sinclair H, HIV infection among heroin users and area of residence, Irish Medical Journal, 99, (8), 2006, p230 - 233
Kavanagh P, Long J, Barry J, Completeness and accuracy of the drug treatment reporting system in Dublin, Ireland, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 175, (3), 2006, p52 - 56
Long J, Keenan E, Grogan L, Mullen L, Barry J, Sinclair H, HIV infection among heroin users and area of residence, Irish Medical Journal, 99, (8), 2006, p230 - 233
Smyth B, Barry J, Keenan E, Irish injecting drug users and hepatitis C: the importance of the social context of injecting, International Journal of Epidemiology, 34, 2005, p166 - 172
R. O'Loughlin, S. Allwright, J. Barry, A. Kelly and C. Teljeur, Using HIPE data as a research and planning tool: limitations and opportunities, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 174, (2), 2005, p40 - 45
K. Murray- Lillibridge, J. Barry, S. Reagan, D. O'Flanagan, G. Sayers, C. Bergin, E. Keenan, S. O'Briain, P. Plunkett, G. McMahon, C. Keane, P. O'Sullivan, D. Igoe, L. Mullen, M. Ward, A. Smith and M. Fischer, Epidemiological findings and medical, legal, and public health challenges of an investigation of severe soft tissue infections and deaths among injecting drug users - Ireland, 2000, Epidemiological Infections, 2005, p1 - 8
B.P. Smyth, J. Barry, A. Lane, M. Cotter, M. O'Neill, C. Quinn and E. Keenan, In-patient treatment of opiate dependence: Medium-term follow-up outcomes, British Journal of Psychiatry, 187, 2005, p360 - 365
Cullen W, Barry J. et al. (Dublin Area Hepatitis C Initiative Group), Hepatitis C among drug users: consensus guidelines on management in general practice, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 173, (3), 2005, p1 - 6
Barry J, Ireland's workplace smoking ban [Editorial], Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 12, (1), 2005, p1 - 4
Teljeur C, Barry J, Kelly A, The potential impact on travel times of closure and redistribution of A& E units in Ireland, Irish Medical Journal, 97, (6), 2004, p173 - 175
Unexplained severe illness and death among injecting drug users in Scotland, Ireland and England from April to August 2000 in, editor(s)Scheld W, Murray B, Hughes J , Emerging Infections, Washington, ASM Press, 2004, pp121 - 132, [Fischer M, Whitney A, Ahmed S, Barry J, Jones J]
Alcohol: damaging personal health and the social fabric in, editor(s)Mulholland J , Building a Better Ireland, Dublin, Joe Mulholland, 2003, pp80 - 83, [Barry J]
Cullen W, Bury G, Barry J, O'Kelly FD., Hepatitis C infection among drug users attending general practice., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 172, (3), 2003, p123 - 127
Public health before private profit in, editor(s)Denyer S, Boydell L Wilde J, Hearne U , Reflecting Leadership - leadership for building a healthy society, Dublin, The Institute of Public Health in Ireland, 2003, pp101 - 103, [Barry J]
Cahill R, Keenan E, Clarke A, Boland M, Barry J, Consequences of legislative changes to methadone prescribing in Ireland, International Journal of Drug Policy, 14, 2003, p241 - 245
Smyth BP, O'Connor JJ, Barry J, Keenan E, Retrospective cohort study examining incidence of HIV and hepatitis C infection among injecting drug users in Dublin, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 57, 2003, p310 - 311
Mullen L, Barry J, Igoe D, Keenan E, Ward M, Murray K, Unexplained illness among injecting drug users in Dublin: a case-control study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56, 2002, p575 - 576
Barry J, Policy response to opioid misuse in Dublin, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 56, (1), 2002, p6 - 7
Barry J, Thornton L, Igoe D, Case of botulism in Ireland, Eurosurveillance Weekly, 7, (13), 2002
Bargagli AM, Sperati A, Davoli M, Perucci C, Vicente J, Hartnoll R, Barry J, Brugal T, Buster M, Ferraz de Olveira F, Haastrup L, Heinemann A, Kouklinos A, Risser D, Svensson D, Vuori E, Mortality among problem drug users in Europe: A project of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDD), Heroin Addiction and Related Cliical Problems, 4, (1), 2002, p5 - 15
Comiskey CM, Barry JM, A capture-recapture study of the prevalence and implications of opiate use in Dublin, European Journal of Public Health, 11, 2001, p198 - 200
Mullen L, Barry J, An analysis of 15-19 year-old first attenders at the Dublin Needle Exchange, 1990-1997, Addiction, 96, 2001, p251 - 258
Ward M, Barry J, Opiate-related deaths in Dublin, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 170, (1), 2001, p35 - 37
Fitzgerald M, Barry J, O'Sullivan P, Thornton L, Blood-borne infections in Dublin's opiate users, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 170, (1), 2001, p32 - 34
Smyth B, Barry J, Keenan E, Syringe borrowing persists in Dublin despite harm reduction interventions, Addiction, 96, 2001, p717 - 727
Long J, Allwright S, Barry J, Reaper Reynolds S, Thornton L, Bradley F, Parry JV, Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and risk factors in entrants to Irish prisons: a national cross sectional survey, British Medical Journal, 323, 2001, p1209 - 1212
Thornton L, Barry J, Long J, Allwright S, Bradley F, Parry JV, Comparison between self-reported hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV antibody status and oral fluid assay results in Irish prisoners, Communicable Disease and Public Health, 3, (4), 2000, p253 - 255
Allwright S, Bradley F, Long J, Barry J, Thornton L, Parry JV, Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and risk factors in Irish prisoners: results of a national cross sectional survey, British Medical Journal, 321, 2000, p78 - 82
The psychosocial health of Irish traveller mothers in, editor(s)MacLachlan M, O'Connell M , Cultivating Pluralism - Psychological, Social and Cultural Perspectives on a Changing Ireland, Dublin, Oak Tree Press, 2000, pp93 - 116, [Heron S, Barry J, Fitzgerald M, MacLachlan M]
Ireland in, editor(s)Farrell M, Howes S, Verster A, Davoli M, Solberg U, Greenwood G, Robertson K , Insights - Reviewing current practice in drug-substitution treatment in the European Union, EMCDDA Series 3, Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2000, pp135 - 145, [Barry J]
Smyth B, O'Brien M, Barry J, Trends in treated opiate misuse in Dublin: The emergence of chasing the dragon., Addiction, 95, 2000, p1217 - 1223
Langton D, Hickey A, Bury G, Smith M, O'Kelly F, Barry J, Sweeney B, Bourke M, Methadone maintenance in general practice: impact on staff attitudes, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 169, (2), 2000, p133 - 136
Barry J, Bloodborne viruses in Dublin's opiate users , Eurosurveillance Weekly, 5, (13), 2000
Murray K, Barry J, O'Flanagan D, Unexplained illness and death among injecting drug users in Dublin, Ireland - update, Eurosurveillance Weekly, 5, (25), 2000
Cullen W, Bury G, Barry J, O'Kelly F, Drug users attending general practice in Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA), Irish Medical Journal, 93, (7), 2000, p214 - 217
O'Sullivan P, Barry J, Reporting delay in the AIDS Surveillance System of the Eastern Health Board [letter], Irish Medical Journal, 92, 1999, p405 - 405
Keenan E, Barry J, Managing drug use in general practice [letter], British Medical Journal, 319, 1999, p1497-
Developments in the Epidemiology of disease in the next century in, editor(s)Leahy AL,Wiley MM , The Irish Health System in the 21st Century, Dublin, Oak Tree Press, 1998, pp173 - 181, [Barry J]
Barry J, Kirke P, Congenital Anomalies in the Irish Traveller Community, Irish Medical Journal, 90, (6), 1997, p233 - 234
Barry J, Maternal and infant health of Irish Travellers, University of Dublin, 1996
Johnson Z, O'Connor M, Pomeroy L, Johnson H, Barry J, Scully M, Fitzpatrick E, Prevalence of HIV and associated risk behaviour in attendees at a Dublin needle exchange, Addiction, 89, 1994, p603 - 607
Barry J, Alcohol use in post-primary school children, Irish Medical Journal, 86, (4), 1993, p128 - 129
Barry J, Avoidable Mortality as an Index of Health Care Outcome: Results from the European Community Atlas of 'Avoidable Death', Irish Journal of Medical Science, 161, (8), 1992, p490 - 492
Observed Patterns of HIV Related Risk Behaviour Amongst Intravenous Drug Users Attending a Dublin Needle Exchange in Its First Year in, editor(s)N. Loimer, R. Schmid, A. Springer , Drug Addiction and AIDS, New York, Springer-Verlag Wien, 1991, pp368 - 371, [Scully M, Pomeroy L, Johnson Z, Johnson H, Barry J]
Barry J, An evaluation of the Notification of Birth Form, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 158, (5), 1989, p102 - 104
Paul E, Evans J, Barry J et al, Geographical variations in mortality from conditions amenable to medical interventions in Europe: The European Community Atlas of Avoidable Death, World Health Statistics Quarterly, 42, (1), 1989, p42 - 49
Barry J, The misery of measles for patients and their families, Communicable Disease Report, 88, (46), 1988, p3 - 3
Dean G, Barry J, The Oldest Old, Irish Journal of Medical Science, 156, (4), 1987, p122 - 123
Barry J, Perinatal health of Travellers and an evaluation of the notification of birth form, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 1987
Barry J, The misery of measles for patients and their families, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1985
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Barry J, Ward M, Cotter S, MacDiarmada J, Hannan M, Sweeney BMcKeown P, Botulism in injecting drug users, Dublin, Ireland, 2008, Dublin, Epi-Insight, HPSC, January, 2009, 1, 4
Barry S, Kearney A, Lawler E, McNamee E, Barry J, The Coombe Women's Hospital Study of Alcohol, Smoking and Illicit Drug Use, 1988-2005, Dublin, Department of Health and Children, 2007
Barry J, Sinclair H, Kelly A, O'Loughlin R, Handy D, O'Dowd, Inequalities in health in Ireland - hard facts, Dublin, Department of Community Health & General Practice Trinity College, 2001, 1, 88
Long J, Allwright S, Barry J, Reaper-Reynolds S, Thornton L, Bradley F, Hepatitis B,hepatitis C and HIV in Irish Prisoners, Part ll: Prevalence and risk in committal prisoners 1999, Dublin, The Stationery Office, 2000, 1, 59
Allwright S, Barry J, Bradley F, Long J, Thornton L, Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV in Irish Prisoners: prevalence and risk, Dublin, The Stationery Office, 1999, 1, 67
Herity B, Hynes M. Barry J, Cancer - Ireland and the EC, Dublin, Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 1991, 1-45
Barry J, Herity B, Solan J, Vital Statistics of Travelling People, 1987, Dublin, The Health Research Board, 1989, 1-36
Barry J, Daly L, Census of Travelling People, 1987, Dublin, The Health Research Board, 1988, 1-44