Dr. Michal Molcho B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
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Biography:
| Dr Michal Molcho is a Sociologist (Sociology of Health) and Lecturer in Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, and member of the Health Promotion Research Centre (HPRC) since 2005. Prior to joining the Department of Health Promotion, she worked in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel (1996-2004) as a researcher and later as an associate researcher and project director in the Research Program on Adolescent Health. Qualifications include B.A. in Criminology, M.A. in Sociology of Health and Ph.D. Sociology (2003). Teaching commitments include modules on the M.A. in Health Promotion, M.Sc. in Occupational Health, the Medical undergraduate programme (Professionalism) and the B.A. Connect with Children, and is course coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion delivered in Dublin and the acting director of the MA/Postgraduate Programme in Health Promotoin. Other relevant activities include: - Deputy Principal Investigator for Ireland with the WHO collaborative study, HBSC. Member of the International Coordinating Committee, Deputy Chair of the Scientific Development Group, the Methods Development Group and the Protocol Preparation Group for the 2009/10 & 2013/14 surveys, and chair of the Violence and Injury focus group of the HBSC network; - Consultant for WHO Region for Europe, the Violence and Injury Prevention Programme for the year of 2011; - Member of the steering committee of the Irish Child Safety Alliance. - Member of the adult Irish Survey of Life style and Nutrition (SLÁN) 2007 study consortium. |
Research Interests
| adolescents health; injuries; violence; social inequalities; methodology |
Research Projects
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Project: MF07-P38 INVESTIGATING FOOD POVERTY IRISH-M.MOLCHO ( RM7038) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 01-JAN-08 / 15-OCT-09 |
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Project: GALWAY CITY HEALTH PROFILE SURVEY 07 ( ROG612) Role: ROLE_DESC Description: DESCRIPTION Start/End Dates: 01-SEP-07 / 31-MAR-08 |
Book Chapters
| Mazur J., Scheidt P.C., Overpeck M.D., Harel Y., Molcho M (2001) 'Etude des accidents chez les adolescents en relation avec le statut economique: une perspective internationale' In: Colloque Inegalites socio-economiques et prevention des risques. Amsterdam: ECOSA. [Details] |
| Scheidt, P., Harel, Y., Jacquat, B.J., Marshall, L., Mazur, J., Molcho, M., Overpeck, M., Pickett, W. (2001) 'Violence and injuries preventions' In: Currie, C.; Samdal, O.; Boyce, W.; Smith, B (eds). Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children: a World Health Organization Cross-National Study: Research Protocol for the 2001/02 Survey. Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK. [Details] |
| Harell, Y., Molcho, M. (2001) 'Dieting, Body perception and Food Intake Among Jewish-Israeli Girls from a Cross-National Perspective' In: Lebenthal, E.; Shapira, N (eds). Nutrition in the Female Life Cycle. ISAS, Jerusalem. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Harel, Y., Lache, D.O. (2006) 'Alcohol and drug use among Israeli adolescents' In: Kandel, I.; Merrick, J.; Sher, L (eds). Adolescence and Alcohol: an international perspective. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Kelly, C., Nic Gabhainn, S. (2011) 'Immigrant Children in Ireland: Health and social wellbeing of first and second generation immigrants' In: The changing faces on Ireland. Rotterdam: Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. [DOI] [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Mazur, J., Scheidt, P.C., Overpeck, M.D., Harel, Y., Molcho, M. (2001) 'Adolescents injuries in relation to economic status: An International perspective'. Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 8 (3):179-182. [Details] |
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.  [Details] |
| 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. [Details] |
| Nansel, T.R., Craig, W., Overpeck, M.D., Saluja, G., Ruan, J., Molcho, M. and the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Bullying Working Group (2004) 'Cross-national consistency in relationship between bullying behaviours and psychosocial adjustment'. Archives Of Pediatrics And Adolescent Medicine, 158 :730-736. [Details] |
| Lissau, I., Overpeck, M., Ruan, W.J., Hediger, M.L., Due, P., Holstein, B. J., Godeau, E., Maes, L., Casper de Matos, M., Molcho, M., Harel, Y., Nic Gabhainn, S., Välimaa, R., Vereecken, C., Zaborskis, A. (2004) 'Body mass index, overweight and obesity in adolescents in Europe and the United States'. Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 158 :27-33. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Frenkel, S., Slonim, E., Horani, A., Molcho, M., Barzel, I., Blumental, E.Z. (2005) 'Operator Learning Effect and Interoperator Reproducibility of the Scanning Laser Polarimeter With Variable Corneal Compensation'. Ophthalmology, 112 (2):257-261. [Details] |
| 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. [Details] |
| Pickett, W., Craig, W., Harel, Y., Cunningham, J., Simpson, K., Molcho, M., Mazur, J., Dostaler, S., Currie, C.E. (2005) 'Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury'. Paediatrics, 116 (6):855-863. [DOI] [Details] |
| Pickett, W., Molcho, M., Simpson, K., Janssen, I., Kuntsche, E., Mazur, J., Harel, Y., Boyce, W.F. (2005) 'Cross-national study of injury and social determinants in adolescents'. Injury Prevention, 11 :213-218. [DOI] [Details] |
| 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'. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 13 (4):205-211. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Laufer, A., Harel, Y., Molcho, M. (2006) 'Daring, substance youth, and involvement in violence among school children: Exploring a path model'. Journal of school violence, 5 (3):71-88. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| 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. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| 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. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S., Kelly, C., Friel, S., Kelleher, C. (2007) 'Food poverty and health among schoolchildren: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study'. PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, 10 (4):364-370. [Details] |
| Currie, C., Molcho, M., Boyce, W., Holstein, B., Torsheim, T., Richter, M. (2008) 'Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the HBSC Family Affluence Scale'. Journal of Social Science and Medicine, 66 (6):1429-1436. [DOI] [Details] |
| 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., HBSC Violence and Injuries Prevention Focus Group, HBSC Bullying Writing Group (2009) 'A cross-national profile of bullying and victimisation among adolescents in 40 countries'. International Journal Of Public Health, 54 :215-224. [DOI] [Details] |
| 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 :76-79. [Details] |
| Harrington, J., Lutomski, J., Molcho, M. & Perry, I.J. (2009) 'Food poverty and dietary quality: is there a relationship?'. Journal Of Epidemiology And Community Health, 63 (3):A1-A36. [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Molcho, M. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) 'Patterns in weight reduction behaviour by weight status in schoolchildren'. Public Health Nutrition, 13 (8):1229-1236. [DOI] [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Cristini, F., Nic Gabhainn, S., Santinello, M., Moreno, C., Gaspar de Matos, M., Bjarnson, T., Baldassari, D. & Due, P. (2010) 'Health and well-being among child immigrants in Europe'. Eurohealth, 16 (1):20-23. [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Molcho, M., Doyle, P. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) 'Psychosomatic symptoms among school children'. Journal of Adolescents Health and Medicine, 22 (2):229-234. [Details] |
| Sentenac, M., Gavin, A., Arnaud, C., Molcho, M., Godeau, E. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) 'Victims of bullying among children with a disability or chronic illness and their peers: a cross-national study between Ireland and France'. Jounal of Adolescent Health, 48 (5):461-466. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Kelly, K. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) 'Deficits in health and well-being among immigrant children in Ireland: the explanatory role of social capital'. Translocation: Migration and Social Change, 6 (1). [Details] |
| Molcho, M. & Yafe, E. (2010) 'School injury in Israel: findings from Magen David Adom'. Injury Prevention, 16 (1). [Details] |
| Walsh, S., Molcho, M., Harel-Fisv, Y., Huybh, Q., Kukaswadua, A., Aasvee, K., Varnau, D., Ottova, V., Ravens-Sieberer, U. & Pickett, W. (2010) 'Physical and emotional health problems experienced by youth engaged in violent behaviour'. Injury Prevention, 16 (1). [Details] |
| Molcho, M. & Pickett, W. (2011) 'Some thoughts about 'acceptable' and 'non-acceptable' childhood injuries'. Injury Prevention, 17 :147-148. [DOI] [Details] |
| Harrington, J., Fitzgerald, A.P., Lutomski, J., Layte, R., Molcho, M. & Perry, I.J. (2011) 'Sociodemographic, health and lifestyle predictors of poor diets'. Public Health Nutrition, 14 (Dec):2166-2175. [DOI] [Details] |
| Harel-Fisch, Y. Walsh, S.D., Fogel-Grinvald, H., Amitai, G., Pickett, W., Molcho, M., Due, P., Gaspar de Matos, M., Craig, W. & members of the HBSC Violence and Injury Prevention Focus Group (2011) 'Negative school perceptions and involvement in school bullying: A universal relationship across 40 countries'. Journal Of Adolescence, 34 :639-652. [DOI] [Details] |
| Van Lente, E;, Barry, MM; Molcho, M; Morgan, K; Watson, D; Harrington, J; McGee, H (2011) 'Measuring Population Mental Health and Social Well-being'. International Journal Of Public Health, 57 (2):421-430. [DOI] [Details] |
| Setanc, M., Arnaud, C., Gavin, A., Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S. & Godeau, E. (2012) 'Peer victimization among school-aged children with chronic conditions'. Epidemiologic Reviews, 34 (1):120-128. [DOI] [Details] |
| de Róiste, A., Kelly, C., Molcho, M., Gavin, A. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2012) 'The relationship between measures of school participation and the health and wellbeing of young people in Ireland'. Health Education, 112 (2):88-104. [Details] |
| De Looze, M.E., Pickett, W., Raaijmakers, Q., Kuntcshe, E., Hublet, A., Nic Gabhainn, S., Bjarrnason, T., Molcho, M., Vollenberg, W. & ter Bogt, T. (2012) 'Early Risk Behaviours and Adolescent Injury in 25 European and North American Countries: A Cross-National Consistent Relationships'. The Journal Of Early Adolescence, 32 (1):104-125. [DOI] [Details] |
Other Journals
| Kelly, C., Nic Gabhainn, S., Molcho, M., Walsh, K. (2006) 'Health Behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC): A World Health Organisation collaborative cross-national study. National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin' National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin 3 (3) :75-76. [Details] |
| Gavin A., Molcho M., Kelly C., Nic Gabhainn S. (2008) 'Family and school relationships as predictors of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis use in Irish adolescents: differences between sustained and experimental substance use' National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin 4 (4) :50-51. [Details] |
| Molcho M, Kelly C., Nic Gabhainn S. (2008) 'Towards understanding food poverty among Irish Children' National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin 4 (4) :42-43. [Details] |
| Walsh K., Molcho M., Dineen B., Kelleher C., Nic Gabhainn S. (2008) 'Cluster randomisation and design effects in school surveys: an exploration of the Irish Health Behaviours in School-aged Children data' National Institute of Health Sciences Research Bulletin 4 (4) :37-39. [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S. (2009) 'Health and related behaviour of children in DEIS schools' School Completion Programme Newsletter Spring (3) . [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Kelly, C.N.M., Molcho, M., Kelleher, C., Nic Gabhainn, S. (2006) Self-reported weight and height: response rates from Irish schoolchildren Nutrition Society Irish section meeting [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Kelly, C. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) Perceptions of local area as predictors of injury and physical activity among schoolchildren in Ireland International Union of Health Promotion and Education World Conference Geneva, Switzerland, [Details] |
Published Reports
| Harel, Y., Elenbogen-Frankocitch, S., Molcho, M., Abu-Asba, K., Habib, J. (2002) Health Behaviors in School-Aged Children (HBSC) World Health Organization Cross-National Study. JDC-Brookdale Institute and Bar-Ilan University Press, Jerusalem. [Details] |
| Harel, Y., Molcho, M., Tillinger, E. (2004) Health Behaviors in School-Aged Children (HBSC) World Health Organization Cross-National Stud: Findings from the Third National Study. Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat Gan. [Details] |
| Hanafin, S., Brooks, A-M., McGee, H., Brady, G., Roche, G., McKeever, R., Nic Gabhainn, S., Molcho, M. (2007) State of the Nations Children Ireland 2006. Office of the Minister for Children. Dublin: The Stationery Office, Dublin. [Details] |
| Nic Gabhainn, S., Kelly, C., Molcho, M. (2007) HBSC Ireland 2006: National Report of the 2006 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children in Ireland. Department of Health and Children, Dublin. [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Davin, V., Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S. (2008) Family structure and children’s eating patterns: secondary analysis of the Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HBSC) study 2002. NIHS, Limerick. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Kelly, C., Sheridan, A., Barry, M., Nic Gabhainn, S. (2008) Ireland: Social cohesion for mental well-being in adolescence. WHO/HBSC Forum 2007: Social Cohesion for Mental Well-being among Adolescents. WHO Regional Offi ce for Europe, Copenhagen. [Details] |
| 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. Department of Health and Children. The Stationery Office, Dublin. [Details] |
| 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, Dublin. [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Walker, L., Brennan, G., Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S. (2008) Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland study 2006: Socio-demographic patterns in the health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people’s lives. HBSC 2006 Full Variable Report. Health Promotion Research Centre, NUI Galway, Galway. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Walker, L., Brennan, G., Molcho, M. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2008) Full variable report from the 2006 HBSC Ireland survey. Department of Health and Children, Dublin. [Details] |
| Barry, M., Van Lente, E., Molcho, M., Morgan, K., McGee, H., Conroy, R.M., Watson, D., Shelley, E., Perry, I. (2009) SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle , Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland . Mental Health and Social Well-Being. Department of Health and Children. Dublin: The Stationery Office. Dublin: The Stationery Office, Dublin. [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S. (2009) Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland 2006 Middle Childhood Study: Socio-demographic patterns in the health behaviours, risk behaviours, health outcomes and social contexts of young people’s health. Office of the Minister for Children, Dublin. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Barry, M., Van Lente, E., McGee, H., Morgan, K., Conroy, R., Watson, D., Perry, I. & Harrington, J. (2009) SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Injuries in Ireland. Findings from national population survey. The Stationery Office, Department of Health & Children, Dublin. [Details] |
| Kelly, C., Molcho, M., Gavin, A. & Nic Gabhainn, S (2009) Full variable report from the HBSC Ireland 2006 Middle Childhood survey. Report to the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Department of Health and Children, Government of Ireland, Dublin. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Bjarnason, T., Cristini, F., Gaspar de Matos, M., Koller, T., Moreno, C., Nic Gabhainn, S., Santinello, M. (2009) Foreign-born children in Europe : an overview from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. International Organisation for Migration, Brussels. [ARAN Link] [Details] |
| Brooks, A.M., Hanafin, S., Cahill, H., Nic Gabhainn, S. & Molcho, M. (2010) State of the Nation's children: Ireland 2010 report. Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dublin. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Craig, W., Pickett, W., Harel, Y., Aasvee, K. & Varnei, D. (2010) Fighting and bullying. In: Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study Protocol: Background, methodology and mandatory items for the 2009/10 Survey. Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR, Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR. [Details] |
| Brooks, A.M., Hanafin, A., Kearns, N., Molcho, M., Nic Gabhainn, S., Pursel, L. (2010) The socio-environmental context of child well-being and the involvement of children in the development of national set of well-being indicators. Socio-environmentally determined health inequities among children and adolescents. Denmark:World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen. [Details] |
| Currie, C., Griebler, R., Inchley, J., Theunissen, A., Molcho, M., Samdal, O. & Dur, W. (Eds.) (2010) Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study Protocol: Background, methodology and mandatory items for the 2009/10 Survey. Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR. Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR, Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Craig, W., Pickett, W., Harel, Y., Aasvee, K. & Varnei, D. (2010) Injuries. In: C. Currie, R. Griebler, J. Inchley, A. Theunissen, M. Molcho, O. Samdal & W. Dur (Eds.), Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study Protocol: Background, methodology and mandatory items for the 2009/10 Survey.. Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR. Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR, Edinburgh: CAHRU & Vienna: LBIHPR. [Details] |
| Doyle, P., Kelly, C., Cummins, G., Sixsmith, J., O'Higgins, S., Molcho, M. & Nic Gabhainn, S. (2010) Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: What do children want to know?. Department of Health and Children, Dublin. [Details] |
| Molcho, M., Morgan, A., the Violence and Injury Prevention working Group and the Physical Activity Working Group (2010) Injury and physical activity in context: findings from the HBSC study . Socio-environmentally determined health inequities among children and adolescents. Denmark:World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen. [Details] |
Invited papers
| Molcho, M. (2009) Injuries in the community. Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Dublin. Invited papers [Details] |
Non Published Reports
| Nic Gabhainn, S., Bourke, H., Molcho, M. (2005) Data on Community Involvement and Perceptions from HBSC Ireland 2002. A short report to the National Children's Office. Health Promotion Research Cente, NUI, Galway. Non Published Reports [Details] |