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Sheena McHugh
Researcher at University College Cork
Publications - 98
Citations - 1281
Sheena McHugh is an academic researcher from University College Cork. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Health care. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 77 publications receiving 810 citations. Previous affiliations of Sheena McHugh include National University of Ireland.
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Exploring healthcare professionals’ views of the acceptability of delivering interventions to promote healthy infant feeding practices within primary care: a qualitative interview study
Elaine Toomey,Elaine Toomey,Caragh Flannery,Karen Matvienko-Sikar,Ellinor K. Olander,Catherine Hayes,Tony Heffernan,Marita Hennessy,Sheena McHugh,Michelle Queally,Patricia M. Kearney,Molly Byrne,Caroline Heary +12 more
TL;DR: While promising, factors such as coordination and clarity of HCP roles and resource allocation need to be addressed to ensure acceptability of interventions to HCP involved in delivery.
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Behaviour change techniques and theory use in healthcare professional-delivered infant feeding interventions to prevent childhood obesity: a systematic review
Karen Matvienko-Sikar,Elaine Toomey,Lisa Delaney,Caragh Flannery,Sheena McHugh,Jenny McSharry,Molly Byrne,Michelle Queally,Caroline Heary,Patricia M. Kearney +9 more
TL;DR: This systematic review of early childhood feeding interventions for obesity prevention has insufficiently integrated psychological theories into their development and evaluation and recommends greater consideration of psychological theory incorporating family and systems approaches and responsive feeding in future intervention development.
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Social, biological, behavioural and psychological factors related to physical activity during early pregnancy in the Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (Cork, Ireland) cohort study.
Caragh Flannery,Darren Dahly,Molly Byrne,Ali S. Khashan,Sheena McHugh,Louise C. Kenny,Fionnuala M. McAuliffe,Patricia M. Kearney +7 more
TL;DR: The findings highlight potential links between PA, a low education level and a low socioeconomic background and these factors should be considered for future interventions to improve low PA levels during pregnancy.
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A collaborative approach to developing sustainable behaviour change interventions for childhood obesity prevention: Development of the Choosing Healthy Eating for Infant Health (CHErIsH) intervention and implementation strategy.
Elaine Toomey,Karen Matvienko-Sikar,Edel Doherty,Janas M. Harrington,Catherine Hayes,Caroline Heary,Marita Hennessy,Colette Kelly,Sheena McHugh,Jenny McSharry,Joanne O'Halloran,Michelle Queally,Tony Heffernan,Patricia M. Kearney,Molly Byrne +14 more
TL;DR: An innovative use of the Behaviour Change Wheel is described to integrate multiple sources of evidence collected from practice, policy, research, and parent stakeholders to concurrently develop an evidence-based intervention to improve parental infant feeding behaviours and an implementation strategy to facilitate sustainable delivery by health care professionals in routine primary care.