Workshop 2

Workshop 2 summary

The aim of the second workshop was to develop a shared HBCRG and HSE Health and Wellbeing research agenda. The workshop involved presentations by policy makers, planners and researchers on barriers and facilitators to iKT, followed by panel discussions, and small group work on the development of HRB Applied Partnership Award projects.

Download iKT Workshop Briefing Document.

You can now access PDFs of the presentations from workshop 2 below:

• Dr Maria O’Brien, Making Every Contact Count Lead, HSE
  Making Every Contact Count: How evidence has shaped the policy and programme‌ to date
• Sarah O’Brien, Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle Lead, HSE
  Separating the Wheat from the Chaff 
• Marita Hennessy, PhD student, Health Behaviour Change Research Group, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
  Widening my SPHeRE of influence: research, policy and practice
• Dr Jenny McSharry, Assistant Director, Health Behaviour Change Research Group, School of Psychology, NUI Galway
  Increasing attendance at structured education in Type 2 diabetes: Working with practice and policy partners to develop a multi-level implementation strategy
• Dr Robert Murphy, Senior Economics Research Officer, Research Services Unit, Department of Health
  A 360 degree perspective on achieving the use of research evidence in policy