Use of a Living Lab Approach to Implement a Smoke-Free Campus Policy.

While universities have increasingly become tobacco-/smoke-free, to our knowledge, no campus has reported 100% policy compliance. Innovative approaches to encourage compliance and ongoing data collection are needed. This paper describes actions undertaken, framed within a Living Lab (LL) approach, to implement smoke-free campus policies in an Irish university.

Developing a health promoting university in Trinity College Dublin-overview and outline process evaluation.

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have the potential to impact positively on the health and wellbeing of their staff and students. Using and expanding on the 'health promoting university' (HPU) platform within HEIs, this article provides a description of 'Healthy Trinity', which is an initiative underway in Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. First, Healthy Trinity is contextualized in background literature including international and national policy and practice.

Development and proposed evaluation of an eHealth learning tool for undergraduate university students in Ireland.

Undergraduate university students are at a critical stage of development in terms of their academic, social, psychological and behavioural health. Patterns established during these formative years can last a lifetime. eHealth tools have the potential to be engaging, convenient and accessible to a wide range of students by providing health information and enhancing the uptake of positive health behaviours.

A peer-led survey of student alcohol Behaviours and motives in undergraduate students.

Background: This study examines Irish undergraduate students' behaviours and motives regarding alcohol consumption. The study explores both levels and patterns of consumption.

Method: A cross-sectional design using a convenience sample of (n = 213) students from a selection of different courses in Health Sciences at Trinity College Dublin was used to obtain this data.

Not really a smoker? A study on the prevalence of and attitudes to occasional social smoking in a third level institution in Ireland.

Background: Occasional smoking is defined as any smoking occurring on a less than daily basis. Social smoking, i.e.