Health Promotion Staff, Diarmuid O'Donovan

Diarmuid O'Donovan MD, MSc (Public Health), FFPHMI, DCH, DTM&H [E-Mail]

Senior Lecturer in Social & Preventive Medicine / Director of Public Health (Health Service Executive, West)

Full Publications List

Brugha, R., Balfe M., Conroy, R.M., Clarke, E., Fitzgerald, M., O'Connell, E., Jeffares, I., Vaughan, D., Fleming, C., O'Donovan, D. (2011). Young adults' preferred options for receiving chlamydia screening test results: a cross-sectional survey of 6085 young adults. International Journal STD AIDS, 22(11), 635-9.

Brugha, R., Balfe, M., Jeffares, I., Conroy, R.M., Clarke, E., Fitzgerald, M., O'Connell, E., Vaughan, D., Coleman, C., McGee, H., Gillespie, P. and O'Donovan, D. (2011). Where do young adults want opportunistic chlamydia screening services to be located? Journal of Public Health, 33(4), 571-8. (doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdr02).

Fitzpatrick, P., Howell, F., O’Donovan, D., Hayes, C., Weakliam, D. and Barry, J. (2011). Manifesto for Public Health: the need for inter-sectoral efforts. Public Affairs Ireland, 79, 11-13.

Balfe M, Brugha R, O’Connell E, McGee H, O’Donovan D. (2010). Where do young Irish women want Chlamydia-screening services to be set up? A qualitative study employing Goffman's impression management framework.  Health and Place,16:16-24

Callaghan M, Cormican M, Prendergast M, Pelly H, Cloughley R, Hanahoe B, O’Donovan D. (2009). Temporal and spatial distribution of human cryptosporidiosis in the west of Ireland 2004-2007.  International Journal of Health Geographics, 8:64.  [download] 2.55MB

O’Connell E, Brennan W, Cormican M, Glacken M, O’Donovan D, Vellinga A, Cahill N, Lysaght F, O’Donnell J.(2009). Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sexual behaviour among female students attending higher education in the Republic of Ireland.  BMC Public Health, 9:397.  doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-397 [download] 214KB

Manandhar M, Maimbolwa M, Muulu E, Mwanga Mulenga M, O’Donovan D. (2009). Intersectoral debate strengthens alliances, advocacy and action for maternal survival in Zambia.  Health Promotion International, 24:58-67. 2008; doi: 10.1093/heapro/dan036 [download] 83.1

O’Donovan D.(2008). The Atlas of Health: Mapping the Challenges and Causes of Disease.  Earthscan, London.

Balanda, K., McMaster, C., Pursell, L., Kearns, N., Graham, A., Barron, S. Fahy, L, O’Donovan, D. (2008).  All-Ireland Health and Wellbeing Data Set; INIsPHO Data Briefing No.2008:3; Working Document.  Ireland and Northern Ireland’s Population Health Observatory, Dublin 2008.

Vellinga A, O’Donovan D, de la Harpe D.(2009). Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admission in Ireland.  BMC Health Services Research, 8:88 [download] 214KB

Vellinga A, Howell F, O’Donovan D.(2007).  The impact of the smoking ban in Ireland: modelling hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(S1):A6 [download] 664KB

Pelly H, Cormican M, O’Donovan D, Cahlmers RM, Hanahoe B, Cloughley R, McKeown P, Corbett-Feeney G. (2007).  A large outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in western Ireland linked to a public water supply: a preliminary report.  Eurosurveillance, 12:5

Pursell L, Allwright S, O’Donovan D, Paul G, Kelly A, Mullaly BJ, D’Eath M. (2007). Before and after study of bar workers perceptions of the impact of smoke-free workplace legislation in the Republic of Ireland.  BMC Public Health, 7:131 [download] 248KB

Allwright S, Paul G, Greiner B, Mullaly B, Pursell L, Kelly A, Bonner B, D’Eath M, McConnell B, McLaughlin J, O’Donovan D, O’Kane, Perry I. (2005). Legislation for smoke free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study.  BMJ, 331:1117 [download]97.1KB

Burke S, Keenaghan C, O’Donovan D, Quirke B. (2004). Health in Ireland – an unequal state.  Public Health Alliance Ireland, [download] 281KB 

Schim van der Loeff, M., Hansmann, A., Awasana, AA., Ota, MO., O’Donovan, D., Sarge-Njie, R., Ariyoshi, K., Milligan, P, & Whittle, H. (2003). Survival of HIV-1 and HIV-2 perinatally infected children in The Gambia: cohort study with 7 years follow up. AIDS, 17:2389-2394 [download] 75.4KB

O’Donovan D, Rideout A. (2002). Guidelines for Drug Action Teams on conducting local confidential inquiries into drug related deaths.  Department of Health, London.

O’Donovan, D., Cooke, R., Joce, R., Eastbury, A., Waite, J, & Stene-Johansen, K. (2001). An outbreak of hepatitis A among injecting drug users. Epidemiology & Infection, 127:469-473. [download] 102KB

Bennett J, O’Donovan D. (2001). Substance misuse among health care workers.  Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 14:195-199.

O’Donovan, D., Iversen, A., Trounce, J, & Curtis, S. (2000). An extensive outbreak of group C meningococcal infection involving two preschool nurseries. Communicable Disease and Public Health, 3:103-120.

O’Donovan, D., Ariyoshi, K., Milligan, P., Ota, M., Yamuah ,L., Sarge-Njie. R, & Whittle, H. (2000). Maternal plasma viral RNA levels determine marked differences in mother-to-child transmission rates of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in The Gambia. AIDS, 14:441-448 [download] 79.8KB

Ota MOC, O’Donovan D, Alabi AS, Milligan P, Yamuah LK, N’Gom PT, Harding E, Ariyoshi K, Wilkins A, Whittle HC. (2000).  Maternal HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection and child survival in The Gambia.  AIDS,14:435-439

Robinson E, Joce R, O’Donovan D, Bruce M, Gaudoin J, Iversen A. (2000). Lookbacks for HIV infected health care workers – time to reconsider.  Communicable Disease and Public Health, 3:71-72

Ota M, O’Donovan D, Marchant A, Yamuah L, Harding E, Jaffar S, McAdam KP, Corrah T, Whittle H. (1999).  HIV-negative infants born to HIV-1 but not HIV-2 positive mothers fail to develop a Bacille Calmette-Guerin scar.  AIDS, 13:996-998

Ariyoshi K, Schim van der Loeff M, Cook P, Whitby D, Corrah T, Jaffar S, Cham F, Sabally S, O’Donovan D, Weiss RA, Schulz TF, Whittle H. (1998). Kaposi’s sarcoma in the Gambia, West Africa is less frequent in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection despite a high prevalence of human herpesvirus 8.  Journal of Human Virology, 1:193-199

O’Donovan D, Lloyd-Evans N, Manneh K. (1997).  Rapid assessment of sexually transmitted infections and knowledge, attitudes and behaviours among pregnant women in The Gambia.  Report to the World Bank.

O’Donnabhain D, Duff D. (1989). Aneurysms of the Vein of Galen.  Archives of Disease in Childhood; 64:1612-1617

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