Health Resources

Questions on Health Issues were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey in 2001 and 2005.
Questions on Complementary Medicine were asked in NILT in 2005.
Questions on Healthcare were asked in NILT in 2006.
Questions on Mental Health were asked in NILT in 2021 and 2023.
Questions on Public Services were asked in NILT in 2007 as part of a UK-wide study on Public Attitudes and Public Service Responsiveness.
Questions on health, mental health and self harm, pressures and influences, and sexual health were asked of 16 year olds in the Young Life and Times Survey.

ARK Resources

• Research Update 153 - Access to Mental Health Supports in Northern Ireland - by Nicole Bond, Siobhan O'Neill, Paula Devine and Martina McKnight, is based on data from the 2023 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey.
• The seminar Experiences of accessing Mental Health Supports in Northern Ireland: Findings from the 2023 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey was held on 14 May 2024, to launch the release of findings from the 2023 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey.
• Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report - A team led by ARK produced the Fifth and Sixth Peace Monitoring Reports which chart peace, political and social policy (including health) in Northern Ireland.Research Update 145 - Attitudes to mental health and suicide in Northern Ireland - by Siobhan O'Neill, Margaret McLafferty and Paula Devine, uses data from the 2021 Northern Ireland LIfe and Times survey.
• Research Update 80 - Messed up? Sexual lifestyles of 16 year olds in Northern Ireland - by Dirk Schubotz, uses data from the 2011 Young Life and Times Survey.
• The Men in Northern Ireland factsheet series includes issues on Men and health (MINI3a), and Young men and sexual health (MINI8).
• Research Update 81 - Loneliness in Northern Ireland Adolescents - by Siobhan Murphy and Mark Shevlin uses data from the 2011 Young Life and Times Survey.
• Research Update 60 - Getting away from the hurt? - by Dirk Schubotz, focuses on self-harm among 16 year olds, using data from the Young Life and Times Survey.
• Research Update 52 - What difference does a decade make? Satisfaction with the NHS in Northern Ireland in 1996 and 2006 - by Ann Marie Gray compares results from the 2006 Life and Times Survey and the 1996 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey.
• Research Update 50 - Complementary and alternative medicine: Patterns of use in Northern Ireland - by Suzanne McDonough, Paula Devine and David Baxter, uses data from the 2005 NILT module on complementary medicine.
• Research Update 37 - Drinking, Smoking, Drugs and Sexual Intercourse - Education and Influences for Young People in Northern Ireland - by Sarah Hannaford, focuses on experiences and pressures on young people using data from the Young Life and Times Survey.
• Research Update 14 - Attitudes to Health Information and Public Involvement in Healthcare - by Ann Marie Gray and Dorothy Whittington
• Attitudes to the National Health Service in Northern Ireland, by Ann Marie Gray, uses data from the 1996 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey.
• Questions on Healthcare were asked within the Public Spending module of the 1996 Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey.
• Tables of results from the 'Towards Better Sexual Health' Survey of 14-25 year olds are available on Surveys Online.

Links

• The Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031 sets the future strategic direction of mental health services in Northern Ireland for the next decade.
• The role of the Mental Health Champion for Northern Ireland is to further the mental health agenda across all platforms to promote emotional health and wellbeing, access to evidence-based support and services and promote recovery
• In Northern Ireland, health promotion is now part of the remit of the Public Health Agency.

Maintained by Paula Devine