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Dr Mary Byrne B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
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Biography:
Dr. Mary Byrne is a half-time Lecturer in Primary Care at the Discipline of General Practice and Primary Care at NUI Galway, where she co-ordinates inter-disciplinary postgraduate education programmes in Clinical Education and Clinical Primary Care. She holds a PhD and a Masters in Health Promotion, a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, and a BA in Psychology and Music. For her doctoral research she developed and evaluated a school-based programme promoting positive mental and emotional health for 15-18 year olds. During this time she was a member of the inaugural Advisory Board for INTERCAMHS, the International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Schools. Following this she was Project Manager of the SPHERE study, a randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice. Her current research interest lies in the transfer of postgraduate learning into the primary care workplace. |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Gillespie, P,O'Shea, E,Murphy, AW,Smith, SM,Byrne, MC,Byrne, M,Cupples, ME (2012) 'Relative cost effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention in selected patient subgroups with existing coronary heart disease'. European Journal Of Health Economics, 13 :429-443. [DOI] [Details] |
| Prior L, Wilson J, Donnelly M, Murphy AW, Smith SM, Byrne M, Byrne M, Cupples ME (2011) 'Translating policy into practice: a case study in the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease'. Health Expectations, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Logue-Kennedy M, Lyons R, Carroll C, Byrne MC, O'Hagan L, Dignan E. (2011) 'Services for children with (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders in the Republic of Ireland: current and future service provision'. American Journal of Audiology, 20 :9-18. [DOI] [Details] |
| Gillespie P, O'Shea E, Murphy AW, Smith SM, Byrne MC, Byrne M, Cupples ME (2011) 'Relative cost effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention in selected patient subgroups with existing coronary heart disease'. Journal Of Health Economics, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Buckley BS, Byrne MC, Smith SM. (2010) 'Service organisation for the secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease in primary care'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (Issue 3 Art No: CD00). [Details] |
| O'Donovan, BGG,Armstrong, P,Byrne, MC,Murphy, AW (2010) 'A mixed-methods prospective study of death certification in general practice'. Family Practice, 27 :351-355. [DOI] [Details] |
| Gillespie, P,O'Shea, E,Murphy, AW,Byrne, MC,Byrne, M,Smith, SM,Cupples, ME (2010) 'The cost-effectiveness of the SPHERE intervention for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease'. International Journal Of Technology Assessment In Health Care, 26 :263-271. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Leathem CS, Byrne MC, Cupples ME, Byrne M, Corrigan M, Murphy AW, Smith SM (2009) 'Using the opinions of coronary heart disease patients in designing a health education booklet for use in general practice consultations'. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 10 :189-199. [Details] |
| Murphy, AW,Cupples, ME,Smith, SM,Byrne, M,Byrne, MC,Newell, J (2009) 'Effect of tailored practice and patient care plans on secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: cluster randomised controlled trial'. British Medical Journal, 339 . [DOI] [Details] |
| MacCrosain, AM,Byrne, MC (2009) 'Are we ignoring the problem of sleep disorder in children with intellectual disabilities?'. Irish Journal Of Medical Science, 178 :427-431. [DOI] [Details] |
| Leathem, CS,Cupples, ME,Byrne, MC,O'Malley, M,Houlihan, A,Murphy, AW,Smith, SM (2009) 'Identifying strategies to maximise recruitment and retention of practices and patients in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of an intervention to optimise secondary prevention for coronary heart disease in primary care'. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9 . [DOI] [Details] |
| Cupples, ME,Byrne, MC,Smith, SM,Leathem, CS,Murphy, AW (2008) 'Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in different primary healthcare systems with and without pay-for-performance'. Heart, 94 :1594-1600. [DOI] [Details] |
| Spillane, V,Byrne, MC,Byrne, M,Leathem, CS,O'Malley, M,Cupples, ME (2007) 'Monitoring treatment fidelity in a randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention'. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 60 :343-352. [DOI] [Details] |
| Byrne, M, Cupples, ME, Smith, SM, Leathem, C, Corrigan, M, Byrne, MC, Murphy, AW (2006) 'Development of a complex intervention for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care using the UK Medical Research Council framework'. American Journal Of Managed Care, 12 :261-266. [Details] |
| Murphy, AW,Cupples, ME,Smith, SM,Byrne, M,Leathem, C,Byrne, MC (2005) 'The SPHERE Study. Secondary prevention of heart disease in general practice: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of tailored practice and patient care plans with parallel qualitative, economic and policy analyses. [ISRCTN24081411]'. Current Controlled Trials In Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 . [DOI] [Details] |
| Byrne M, Barry MM, Sheridan A. (2004) 'Implementation of a School-Based Mental Health Promotion Programme in Ireland'. International Journal Of Mental Health Promotion, 6 (2):17-25. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Byrne, MC (2007) 'Health for All' In: Downes, P & Gilligan, AL (eds). Beyond Educational Disadvantage. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] |
Byrne, M; Barry, MM; Nic Gabhainn, S; Newell, J (2005) 'The Development and Evaluation of a Mental Health Promotion Programme for Post-Primary Schools in Ireland' In: Jensen, B.B. & Clift, S (eds). The Health Promoting School: International Advances in Theory, Evaluation and Practice. Copenhagen: Danish University of Education Press.  [Details] |
Other Journals
| Campion J, Byrne MC. (2011) 'Multimorbidity - the Practice Nurse Perspective (part 2)' Nursing in General Practice 4 (6) :20-23. [Details] |
| Campion J, Byrne MC (2011) 'Multimorbidity in Primary Care (part 1)' Nursing in General Practice 4 (5) :20-23. [Details] |