Public Health Interventions Officer (Loneliness) Fixed Term

This post will be based between both organisations and aims to help inform the identification and design of effective public health interventions to address loneliness and to effectively measure the outcomes of these interventions.

 Duties

• To undertake a systematic review of the literature on the area of loneliness interventions.
• To explore methodologies for understanding loneliness across the life cycle and within different populations.
• To assess both health professionals' and wider societal understanding of loneliness using qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• To appraise the level of stigma that is associated with loneliness across the life cycle and within different populations.
• To develop an evaluation model to assess policy and services in the area of loneliness across the lifecycle.
• To explore and provide analysis and commentary on data sets that are relevant to understanding loneliness across the lifecycle including NICOLA, TILDA, Growing up in Ireland, Bio Bank.
• To explore the risk factors for loneliness especially the linkages between loneliness and depression, association and disassociation.
• To develop and facilitate collaborative partnerships in the area of loneliness across Ireland, the UK, Europe and internationally.
• To prepare material for publication in international academic journals and presentations at international conferences.
• To prepare funding proposals / applications to major external bodies.
• Co-ordinate and plan meetings and seminars.

Person Specification & Further Details:

Please refer to http://www.publichealth.ie/jobs for details on criteria required for this post and the recruitment process.