Research Manuscript Database

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2011). Preparing for Life early childhood intervention: Assessing the early impact of Preparing for Life at six months. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2016). Preparing For Life early childhood intervention final report: Did Preparing For Life improve children's school readiness? Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

Pitsia, V., & Kent, G. (2021). School readiness of five-year-old children from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: evidence from the Preparing for Life evaluation. Irish Educational Studies, 1-21.

O’Rourke, C., O’Farrelly, C., Booth, A., & Doyle, O. (2017). ‘Little bit afraid ‘til I found how it was’: Children’s subjective early school experiences in a disadvantaged community in Ireland. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 25(2), 206–223.

O'Sullivan, A., Fitzpatrick, N., & Doyle, O. (2017). Effects of early intervention on dietary intake and its mediating role on cognitive functioning: A randomised controlled trial. Public Health Nutrition, 20(1), 154-164.

O’Sullivan, A., Fitzpatrick, N., & Doyle, O. Effects of early intervention on dietary intake and its mediating role on cognitive functioning: A randomised controlled trial. Unpublished manuscript.

Tatlow-Golden, M., O’Farrelly, C., Booth, A., & Doyle, O. (2017). “Bursting” to go and other experiences: Children’s views on using the toilet in the first school year. The Journal of School Nursing, 33(3), 214–222.

Tatlow-Golden, M., O’Farrelly, C., Booth, A., O’Rourke, C., & Doyle, O. (2016). ‘Look, I have my ears open’: Resilience and early school experiences among children in an economically deprived suburban area in Ireland. School Psychology International, 37(2), 104–120.