Health Promotion Staff, Michal Molcho

Michal Molcho BA, MA, PhD [E-Mail]

Lecturer

Profile

Michal Molcho is a Lecturer in Health Promotion and the coordinator of the Health Promotion Postgraduate programme in Dublin. She has an undergraduate degree in Criminology and a postgraduate degree in Sociology from Bar Ilan University, Israel. Michal is Deputy PI of the Irish Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study and a member of the Survey of Lifestyle and Nutrition (SLÁN) consortium.

For further detail on the HBSC project see: www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc

Teaching Interests

• Quantitative research methods
• Social determinants of health
• Injury prevention
• Sociology of health and illness
• Children’s studies

Research Interests

• Adolescents' health
• Youth violent behaviour
• Injury prevention 
• Immigrant’s health
• Food poverty

Professional Activities   

• Member of World Health Organisation collaborative study, the Health Behaviours of school-aged children (HBSC) (since 1996). Chair of the Violence and Injury  working group, member of the Methodology Development Group, the Scientific Development Group and Member of the study Protocol Preparation Group for the 2010/11 survey
• Member of the scientific committee for the “Researching Children’s Worlds   conference (February 2008).
• Member of the Irish National Committee on Children Research
• Member of the Irish Steering Committee of the Child Safety Alliance

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Barry, M., Van Lente, E., Molcho, M., Morgan, K., McGee, H., Conroy, R.M., Watson, D., Shelley, E. & Perry, I.(2009). SLAN 2007: Survey of   Lifestyle , Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland . Mental Health and Social Well-Being.: Department of Health and Children. Dublin: The Stationery Office. download (9.3MB)

Craig, W., Harel-Fisch, Y., Fogel-Grinvald, H., Dostaler, S., Hetland, J., Simons-Morton, B., Molcho, M., Gaspar de Matos, M.,  Overpeck, M., Due, P., & Pickett P., the HBSC Violence & Injuries Prevention Focus Group & the HBSC Bullying Writing Group.   (2009). A cross-national profile of bullying and victimisation among adolescents in 40 countries. International Journal of Public Health.  54, S216-S224. download (205KB) 

Dallago, L., Santinello, M., Perkins, D.D, Boyce, W., Molcho, M. & Morgan, A. (2009). Adolescent Place Attachment, Social Capital, and Perceived Safety: A Comparison of 13 Countries. American Journal of Comunity Psychology 44(1-2), 148-60. download (387KB)

Molcho, M., Craig, W., Due, P., Pickett, W., Harel-Fisch, Y., & Overpeck, M. (2009). Cross-national time trends in bullying behaviour 1994-2006: findings from Europe and North America.  International Journal of Public Health. 54, S1-S10. download (159KB)

O'Connell, A., Gavin, A., Kelly, C., Molcho, M., & Nic Gabhainn S. (2009). The Mean age at menarche of Irish girls in 2006. Irish Medical Journal, 102(3):76-79. download (13KB)

Currie, C., Molcho, M., Boyce, W., Holstein, B., Torsheim, T. & Richter, M. (2008). Researching health inequalities in adolescents: The development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Family Affluence Scale. Social Science & Medicine, 66(6), 1429-1436 download (164KB) 

Molcho M., Kelly C., Gavin A., Nic Gabhainn S. (2008). Inequalities in Health among School-aged Children in Ireland. Dublin: Department of Health and Children. download (657KB)

Morgan, K., McGee, H., Watson, D., Perry, I., Barry, M., Shelley, E., Harrington, J., Molcho, M., Layte, R., van Lente, E., Ward, M., Lutomski, J., Conroy, R. & Brugha, R. (2008). SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Main Report. Dublin: Department of Health and Children. download (10.5KB)

Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S., & Kelleher, C. (2007). Assessing the use of the Family Affluence scale among Irish School Children. Irish Medical Journal 100(8), 37-39. download (1980KB)

Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S., & Kelleher, C. (2007). Interpersonal relationships as predictors of positive health among Irish youth: The more the merrier. Irish Medical Journal, 100(8), 33-36. download (1980KB)

Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S., Kelly, C., Friel, S. & Kelleher, C. (2007). Food poverty and health among schoolchildren in Ireland: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Public Health Nutrition 10(4), 364-370. download (141KB)

Nic Gabhainn, S., Kelly, C., & Molcho, M. (2007). HBSC Ireland 2006: National Report of the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children in Ireland. Dublin: Department of Health and Children. download (125MB)

Molcho, M., Harel, Y., Pickett, W., Schiedt, P.C., Mazur J. & Overpeck, M.D. (2006). The epidemiology of non fatal injuries among 11, 13 and 15 year old youth in 11 Countries: Findings from the 1998 WHO-HBSC cross national survey. Injury Control and Safety Promotion 13(4):205-211. download (117KB)

Hemmo-Lotem, M., Jinich-Aronowitz, C., Endy-Findling, L., Molcho, M., Klein, M., Waisman, Y., Danon, Y.L. & Merrick, J. (2005). Child injury in Israel: Emergency room visits to a children’s medical centre. The Scientific World Journal, 5: 253-263 download (4KB) 

Molcho, M., Harel, Y. & Lash, D. (2004).  The Co-Morbidity of Substance Use and Youth Violence among Israeli School Children. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 16(3):23-251. download (4KB)

Pickett, W., Schmid, H., Boyce, W.F., Simpson, K., Scheidt, P.C., Mazur, J., Molcho, M., King, M.A., Godeau, E., Overpeck, M., Aszmann, A., Szabo, M. & Harel, Y. (2002). Multiple risk behavior and injury: an international analysis of young people. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 156, 786-793. download (117KB)

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