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Suzanne Guerin is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Oncology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research primarily focuses on several key topics, notably Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Family and Disability Support Research, Migration, Health and Trauma, Cancer survivorship and care, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, and Down syndrome and intellectual disability research.

Guerin has published in a variety of scientific journals with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • British Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • BMC Palliative Care
  • HRB Open Research
  • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Age and Ageing

Several of their recent papers include:

  • Family-centred care in early intervention: A systematic review of the processes and outcomes of family-centred care and impacting factors, 2021, Child Care Health and Development
  • Decision-making in palliative care: patient and family caregiver concordance and discordance-systematic review and narrative synthesis, 2022, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
  • A scoping review of the evidence for community-based dementia palliative care services and their related service activities, 2022, BMC Palliative Care
  • A qualitative study of the needs of older adults with intellectual disabilities, 2021, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a theory-driven group-based complex intervention versus usual physiotherapy to support self-management of osteoarthritis and low back pain (SOLAS), 2020, Trials

Guerin collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Jonathan Drennan, Siobhán Fox, George Kernohan, Suzanne Timmons, and Michael Connolly.

Best Publications

  • Pupils' definitions of bullying

    Suzanne Guerin;Eilis Hennessy

  • “Not the Romantic, All Happy, Coochy Coo Experience”: A Qualitative Analysis of Interactions on an Irish Parenting Web Site

    Ellen Brady;Suzanne Guerin

  • A qualitative analysis of the experiences of elite athletes who have admitted to doping for performance enhancement

    Kate Kirby;Aidan Moran;Suzanne Guerin

  • Deliberate self-harm in children and adolescents: a qualitative study exploring the needs of parents and carers.

    Sinéad Byrne;Sophia Morgan;Carol Fitzpatrick;Carole Boylan

  • The relationship between bullying, depression and suicidal thoughts/behaviour in Irish adolescents.

    Carla Mills;Suzanne Guerin;Fionnuala Lynch;Irenee Daly

  • Using Children’s Drawings as Data in Child-Centred Research

    Brian Merriman;Suzanne Guerin

  • Validation of the confusion assessment method in the palliative care setting.

    K Ryan;M Leonard;S Guerin;S Donnelly

  • A comparison of the social competence of children with moderate intellectual disability in inclusive versus segregated school settings.

    Sharon Hardiman;Suzanne Guerin;Elaine Fitzsimons

  • Using intervention mapping to develop a theory-driven, group-based complex intervention to support self-management of osteoarthritis and low back pain (SOLAS)

    Deirdre A. Hurley;Laura Currie Murphy;David Hayes;Amanda M. Hall

  • Family-centred care in early intervention: A systematic review of the processes and outcomes of family-centred care and impacting factors.

    Elaine McCarthy;Elaine McCarthy;Suzanne Guerin

  • An Evaluation of the Parents Plus Early Years Programme: A Video-based Early Intervention for Parents of Pre-school Children with Behavioural and Developmental Difficulties

    John Sharry;Suzanne Guerin;Claire Griffin;Michael Drumm

  • A study of complicated grief symptoms in people with intellectual disabilities

    P. Dodd;S. Guerin;J. McEvoy;S. Buckley

  • Review of Family-Based Psychosocial Interventions for Childhood Cancer

    Emma Meyler;Suzanne Guerin;Gemma Kiernan;Fin Breatnach

  • Facilitating public and patient involvement in basic and preclinical health research.

    James Maccarthy;Suzanne Guerin;Anthony G. Wilson;Emma R. Dorris

  • End-of-Life Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Paid Carer Perspectives

    Karen Ryan;Suzanne Guerin;Philip Dodd;John McEvoy

  • Irish norms for the SCORE-15 and 28 from a national telephone survey

    Declan Fay;Alan Carr;Ken O'Reilly;Paul Cahill

  • Protocol for a thematic synthesis to identify key themes and messages from a palliative care research network

    Emma Nicholson;Tara Murphy;Philip Larkin;Charles Normand

  • Convention of hope–communicating positive, realistic messages to families at the time of a child’s diagnosis with disabilities

    Alison Harnett;Edel Tierney;Suzanne Guerin

  • Family and marital profiles of couples in which one partner has depression or anxiety.

    Deirdre Hickey;Alan Carr;Barbara Dooley;Suzanne Guerin

  • An exploration of the experience, confidence and attitudes of staff to the provision of palliative care to people with intellectual disabilities.

    Karen Ryan;John McEvoy;Suzanne Guerin;Philip Dodd

  • A Systematic Review of Suicidality in People with Intellectual Disabilities.

    Philip Dodd;Ailbhe Doherty;Suzanne Guerin

  • A Controlled Clinical Evaluation of the Parents Plus Children’s Programme: A Video-based Programme for Parents of Children Aged 6 to 11 with Behavioural and Developmental Problems

    Michael Coughlin;John Sharry;Carol Fitzpatrick;Suzanne Guerin

Frequent Co-Authors

Aidan Moran
Aidan Moran University College Dublin
Alan Carr
Alan Carr University College Dublin
Chris Lonsdale
Chris Lonsdale Australian Catholic University
Gianluca Setti
Gianluca Setti Polytechnic University of Turin
Shane Connelly
Shane Connelly University of Oklahoma
Jelte M. Wicherts
Jelte M. Wicherts Tilburg University
John T. Chibnall
John T. Chibnall Saint Louis University

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