Health Promotion, Dr Martin Power

Dr. Martin Power  BA, PhD. [ email]

A lecturer with the Discipline of Health Promotion, NUI Galway, Martin pursued his undergraduate degree and doctoral thesis at NUI Galway.  Before joining the Discipline, Martin held posts both with IT Carlow, and the Adult and Continuing Education Centre, NUI Galway. Martin is co-ordinator for years 1 and 3 of the BA Social Care and teaches on a variety of courses across the School.

Research Interests

• Social Care; theory and practice.
• Care planning.
• Risk.
• Social Policy.
• Adult Education.

Teaching Interests.

• Social Care.
• Social Policy.
• Health Promotion.

Professional activities.

• Committee member and website officer for the Irish Social Policy Association.

Selected Publications

Power, M., & Van Lente, E. (2012). Caring about care planning: A survey of assessment and care planning tools, processes and perspectives from residential settings for older people in the Republic of Ireland. Health Promotion Research Centre. National University of Ireland, Galway.  download (1.14MB)

Power, M. and Lavelle, M-J. (2011). Qualifications of non-nursing residential care staff in the Republic of Ireland. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 12(3), 152-161.

Taylor, G. & Power, M. (2010). Risk, science and blood: The politics of the haemophilia crisis in Ireland. Health, Risk & Society, 12(6), 515-530.

Power, M. (2010). Legal responses to public crisis: Tribunals of inquiry and the blood crisis in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Social Criminology, 2(2), 36-63. d ownload (177KB)

Taylor, G. & Power, M. (2010). Risk, science and blood: Politics, HIV, hepatitis & haemophilia in Ireland. E-book available at http://www.riskscienceblood.com/

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