Research Manuscript Database

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2009). Report on children's profile at school entry 2008-2009: Evaluation of the 'Preparing For Life' early childhood intervention programme. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2010). Preparing for Life early childhood intervention: Impact evaluation report 1: Recruitment and baseline characteristics. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute, University College Dublin.

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2011). Report on children’s profile at school entry 2008-2011: Evaluation of the ‘Preparing For Life’ early childhood intervention programme. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute. (2014). Preparing For Life: Early childhood intervention: Assessing the impact of Preparing For Life at thirty-six months. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

PFL Evaluation Team at the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy. (2015). Preparing For Life: Early childhood intervention: Assessing the impact of Preparing For Life at forty-eight months. Dublin, Ireland: UCD Geary Institute.

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.