Health Promotion Staff, Margaret Hodgins

Health Promotion Staff, Margaret Hodgins

Margaret Hodgins BA, MA, PhD, Reg. Psychology [E-Mail]

Lecturer and Project Leader in the Health Promotion Research Centre

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Margaret Hodgins, BA, MA, PhD, Reg. Psychology is a Lecturer at the Department of Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway and is a Project Leader in the Health Promotion Research Centre. Margaret is also currently Chair of the Association for Health Promotion, Ireland.

Having completed her primary degree and postgraduate studies in Dublin University, Trinity College. Margaret has held previous posts as the Director of the Social Care Programme at the Department of Health Promotion, and as a lecturer in Waterford Institute of Technology.

Research Interests

• Workplace Health Promotion, Workplace Bullying
• Healthy Ageing
• Health Promotion in the Travelling Community
• The Health Promoting University

Teaching Interests

• Health and Public Policy
• Settings for health Promotion: Workplace, Primary Health Care , University

Selected Publications

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Scriven, A., and Hodgins, M. Editors, (2011) Health Promotion Settings. Principles and Practice London, Sage   

Hodgins, M and Griffith J. (2011) A whole sysytems approach to working in settings, in  A. Scriven, A., and M. Hodgins, Editors,  Health Promotion Settings. Principles and Practice London, Sage   

Hodgins, M., Griffith, J. and Whiting, R. (2011)  Workplace Health Promotion in SMEs: an example of good practice in  A. Scriven, A., and M. Hodgins, Editors,  Health Promotion Settings. Principles and Practice London, Sage  

Dromgoole, N and Hodgins, M. (2010) Exposure to occupational violence and abuse in Taxi Drivers National Institute of Health Sciences , 5, (4), 108-109   

Hodgins, M., Battel-Kirk, B and Asgeirsdottir, A. (2010) Building Capacity in Workplace Health Promotion: The case of the Healthy Together e-learning project. Global Health Promotion 17 (1) 60-68.   

McKenna, V., Connolly, C. and Hodgins, M. Usefulness of a competency based reflective portfolio for student learning on a Masters Health Promotion programme. Health Education Journal , 70 (2) 170-175    

Hodgins, M and McKenna, V . (2010) Social welfare, housing and health policy and the determinants of quality of life for older people in the Republic of Ireland. Quality in Ageing 11, (2) 19-28   

Hodgins, M. (2009) Evaluation of Pilot Health and Safety Teaching Materials for Use in Post-Primary Schools. National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin, 5, (2) 75-76  

Hodgins, M. (2008). "Shut up and put up" - Barriers to tackling Workplace Bullying in a Public Sector Organisation. National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin, 4, (4) (supplement), 25-26. download (477KB)

Hodgins, M. (2008). Taking a Health Promotion Approach to the Problem of Bullying. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 8(1), 13-23.   download (129KB)  

Hodgins, M. & Swinburne, L. (2008). 'It sort of widens the Health word' Evaluation of a Health Promotion Intervention in the Youth Work Setting. Youth Studies Ireland, 3(1), 30-44.  download (67KB)

Hodgins, M. & Swinburne, L. (2008). 'It sort of widens the Health word' Evaluation of a Health Promotion Intervention in the Youth Work Setting. National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin, 4, (4) (supplement), 14-15. download (472KB)

Hodgins, M., Hogan, V., & Galvin, M.  (2007). Reconciling Work and Family Life - Policy and Practice in Ireland.  Administration 54(4), 56-76. download (1.09MB)

Hodgins, M., Millar, M. & Barry, M.M. (2006). "..it's all the same no matter how much fruit or vegetables or fresh air we get" Traveller women's perceptions of illness causation and health inequalities". Social Science & Medicine, 62(8), 1978 – 1990. download (208KB)

Hodgins, M., & Greve, J. (2004). Ageism in Health Policy. Administration, 52(2), 78-98. download (1.49KB)

Sheehan, J., Delahunty, A., McMahon, A., & Hodgins, M. (2004). Mature trainees perceptions of the process of their family therapy training. Human Systems, 15(4), 288-299. download (227KB)

McMahon, A., Hodgins, M., & Kelleher, C. (2002). Feasibility of a Men's Health Promotion Programme in Irish Primary Care. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 17(1), 20-23. download (83.2KB)

Hodgins, M., & Fuller, R. (2001). "Come for the weight-loss, stay for the enjoyment" - exploring attributions for initiating and maintaining exercise. Irish Journal of Psychology, 22(2), 38-50. download (763KB)

McEvoy, H., Mulkerrin, E., Hodgins, M., & Kelleher, C. (2001). Correlates of Self-related Health in a Geriatric Day Care Centre. Age and Ageing, 30, (supplement 1), 43. download (239KB)

Hodgins, M., Clerkin, P. & Kelleher, C. (2000). Adult Health Education Materials Journal of Health Gain, 4(1), 22-23. download (232KB)

Hodgins, M. & Kelleher, C. (1998).  Education for Social Care Workers - The Views of Course Participants. Studies in the Education of Adults, 30(2), 208-215. download (1.33KB)

Hodgins, M. & Kelleher, C. (1998).  Health and Well-Being in Social Care Workers. Women's Studies Review. Women's Studies Centre. National University of Ireland, Galway. download (799KB)

Hodgins, M. & Delahunty, A. (1994). Evaluating Programmes in Social Care. Irish Journal of Psychology, 15(4), 559-573. download (764KB)

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