Health Promotion Staff, Professor Margaret M. Barry

Professor Margaret M. Barry MA, PhD, APsSI [ Email]

Professor of Health Promotion and Public Health and Director of the Health Promotion Research Centre, Discipline of Health Promotion, School of Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway.

Profile

Margaret M. Barry is Professor of Health Promotion and Public Health and Head of the WHO Collaborating Center for Health Promotion Research at the School of Health Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway.  Professor Barry has published widely in mental health promotion and works closely with policymakers and practitioners on the development, implementation and evaluation of mental health promotion interventions and policies at national and international level.  Elected as Global Vice President for Capacity Building, Education and Training (2007-2010) by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) in 2007, she is coordinating international collaborative work on the development of core competencies for health promotion, including a major European Commission funded initiative (CompHP) in the European region.  Professor Barry has served as board member of a number of international and European steering groups, research councils and scientific committees, and has also acted as expert adviser on mental health promotion development in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK, New Zealand and Canada.

Having completed her primary degree and doctoral studies in Psychology at Trinity College, Dublin, she has held previous posts as Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK; Trinity College, Dublin, and as Deputy Director of the Health Services Research Unit at University College, North Wales. Visiting Fellow at the Victorian Health Foundation, Australia in 2007 and Visiting Lecturer in 2002 at the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London. Co-author of the international text Implementing Mental Health Promotion (Barry and Jenkins, 2007) published by Elsevier.

Teaching Interests

• Concepts and principles of health promotion
• Mental health promotion
• Psychological determinants of health
• Evaluation research methods.

Research Interests

• Mental health promotion
• Evidence-based practice and evaluation research in health promotion
• Public perceptions of mental health and health inequalities
• Community mental health
• Capacity building and health promotion competencies

Professional Activities    

• International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) Global Vice President for Capacity Building, Education and Training (2007-2010)
• WHO Mainstreaming Health Promotion Project: Review of the Evidence Base for Health Promotion Actions (Member and Lead Reviewer 2010- present)
• WHO Technical Implementation Group on Benchmarking Progress on the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World (Member 2005-2009)
• International Union for Health Promotion and Education 2010-2016 (Elected Board Member)
• IUHPE/EURO Sub-Committee on Training and Accreditation in Health Promotion 2004-2010 (Chair)
• International Steering Group for the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Policy at STAKES, Finland (2007-present) (Member)
• Partnership for Children (Trustee Board Member)
• European Commission, Executive Agency for Health and Consumers funded project ’Developing Competencies and Professional Standards for Health Promotion Capacity Building in Europe’ (CompHP) September 2009- August 2012 (Project Leader)
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control funded project on Translating Health Communications 2009-2012 (Project Coordinator)
• Member of Advisory Group for the EU DETERMINE project on addressing health inequities.
• Expert advisor to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on the development of a pan-Canadian policy framework for mental health promotion (September – December 2009).  
• Expert reviewer to the Department of Health, London on the development of a Public Mental Health Framework report as apart of the New Horizons mental health policy – including peer review of the Public Mental Health Framework Evidence report and set of briefing papers (January – May 2010).
• NHS Health Scotland – expert reviewer of the Outcomes Framework for Scotland’s Mental Health Improvement Strategy, November 2009.
• External Advisor on the implementation of the Department of Health’s Public Mental Health Framework in England, working with the University of Central Lancashire on the development of Commissioning Guides for Local Authorities (May – July, 2010).
• Review author for the Office of Science & Innovation, UK Foresight Project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing project (2008-2009).
• NHS Scotland- Independent Review Panel member for Scotland’s National Programme on Improving Mental Health and Well-being (2006-7).Research Advisory Board of HEMIL, the Health Promotion Research Centre, University of Bergen, Norway (2008-present) (Member)
• Scientific Council for the Ludwig Boltzman Institute for Health Promotion Research, Vienna (2008-present)
• School of Public Health (EHESP) and the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (INPES) France, Health Promotion Chair, Member of Scientific Committee 2011- present 
• Advisory Board of the National Office for Suicide Prevention, Ireland (Member 2008-2010)
• Research and Evaluation Panel of the See Change Programme – the National Mental Health Stigma Reduction Partnership (Member 2010-present)
• Scientific Committee of the Sixth World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, Washington, November 2010 (Member 2009-2010)
• Global Scientific Committee of the IUHPE 20^th Global Conference in Geneva 2010 (Member 2009-2010)
• Scientific Committee of the IUHPE 9^th European Health Promotion Conference in Talinn, September 2012 (Member)
• Editorial Boards: International Journal of Mental Health Promotion; Journal of Public Mental Health; Advances in School Mental Health Promotion.

Selected Publications

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Van Lente E, Barry M M., Molcho M, Morgan K, Watson D, Harrington J, McGee H.  (2012). Measuring Population Mental Health and Social Well-being. International Journal of Public Health, 57(2), 421-430, published online doi:10.1007/s00038-011-0317-x. - download

Barry, M.M., Clarke, A.M., Jenkins, R. and Patel, V. (2011) . Rapid Review of the Evidence on the Effectiveness of Mental Health Promotion Interventions in Low and Middle Income Countries. Mainstreaming Health Promotion: Reviewing the health promotion actions for priority public health conditions. Geneva: World Health Organisation.

Battel-Kirk, B. and Barry, M.M. (2011). Scoping Study Health Promotion Workforce Capacity and Education and Training Needs in Low and Middle Income Countries. Paris: International Union of Health Promotion and Education.

Dempsey, C., Battel-Kirk, B. & Barry, M.M. (2011) The CompHP Core Competencies Framework for Health Promotion Handbook. International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE): Paris, http://www.iuhpe.org/uploaded/CompHP_Competencies_Handbook.pdf

Clarke, A., O’Sullivan, M. & Barry, M.M. (2010). Context matters in programme implementation Health Education, 110(4) 273-293. download (147KB)

Clarke, A.M. & Barry, M.M. (2010). An evaluation of the Zippy’s Friends emotional wellbeing programme for primary schools in Ireland. Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway. download (1.5MB)

Harrington, J., Perry, I.J., Lutomski, J., Fitzgerald, A.P., Sheily, F., McGee, H., Barry, M.M., Van Lente, E., Morgan, K., &Shelley, E. (2010) Living longer and feeling better: healthy lifestyle, self-rated health, obesity and depression in Ireland. The European Journal of Public Health, 20(1), 91-5. download (66.6KB)

Barry, M.M. (2009) Addressing the determinants of positive mental health: concepts, evidence and practice.  International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 11(3) 4-17.

Barry, M.M., Allegrante, J.P., Lamarre, M-C., Auld, E. and Taub, A. (2009) The Galway Consensus Conference: International collaboration on the development of core competencies for health promotion and health education. Global Health Promotion, 16 (2), 5-11.

Barry M.M., van Lente, E., Molcho, M., Morgan, K., McGee, H., Conroy, R., Watson, D., Shelley, E. and Perry, I. (2009) SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland: Mental Health and Social Well-being Report. Department of Health and Children. Dublin: The Stationery Office.

Barry, M.M. and Friedli, L. (2008) The influence of social, demographic and physical factors on positive mental health in children, adults and older people. Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project. State-of-Science Review: SR-B3. London: Government Office of Science and Innovation, UK.

Barry, M.M. and Jenkins R. (2007)  Implementing Mental Health Promotion. Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier: Oxford.

Barry, M. M. (2007). Researching the implementation of community mental health promotion programs. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 18, 240-6.

Barry, M. M. (2007). Generic principles of effective mental health promotion.  International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 9 (2), 4-16.

Barry, M.M. Reynolds, C., Sheridan, A. and Egenton, R. (2006) Implementation of the Jobs programme in Ireland. Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol 5 (4) 10-25.

Barry, M. M. and McQueen D.V.  (2006) The nature of evidence and its use in mental health promotion.  Chapter 9 in Herrman, H., Saxena, S and Moodie, R.  (Eds)  Promoting Mental Health: Concepts, Emerging Evidence, Practice. World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse in collaboration with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and the University of Melbourne, 108-111.

Barry, M.M , Domitrovich, C. and Lara, A.  (2005) The implementation of mental health promotion programmes. In: The Evidence of Mental Health Promotion Effectiveness: Strategies for Action (Eds.) E. Jané-Llopis, M.M. Barry, C. Hosman and V. Patel.  Promotion & Education, IUHPE Special Issue, Supplement 2, 2005, 30-35.  

Jané-Llopis, E. and Barry. M.M. (2005) What makes mental health promotion effective? In : The Evidence of Mental Health Promotion Effectiveness: Strategies for Action (Eds.) E. Jané-Llopis, M.M. Barry, C. Hosman and V. Patel. Promotion & Education, IUHPE Special Issue, Supplement 2, 2005, 47-55. 

Barry, M.M. (2005) The art, science and politics of creating a mentally healthy society: Lessons from a cross border rural mental health project in Ireland.  Journal of Public Mental Health Vol. 4 (1) 30-34.

Byrne, M., Barry, M.M. and Sheridan, A. (2004)  Implementation of a school-based mental health promotion programme in Ireland .  International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 6(1), 17-25.

Barry, M.M. (2003) Designing an evaluation framework for community mental health promotion.  Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(4), 26-36.

Barry, M.M. (2002) Challenges and opportunities in strengthening the evidence base for mental health promotion.  Promotion & Education, Vol. IX/2, 44-48.

Barry, M.M. (2001) Promoting Positive Mental Health: Theoretical Frameworks for Practice. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol. 3 (1), 25-34.

Barry, M.M., Doherty, A., Hope, A., Sixsmith, J. and Kelleher, C.C.  (2000) A community needs assessment for rural mental health promotion.  Health Education Research, Vol. 15 (3), 293-304.

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