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Tosca Dea CV

Tosca Dea CV

Education

MA Health Promotion, 2018 (University of Galway)

BS Nutrition, 2016 (University of Nevada, Reno)

Publications

Barry, M., Kuosmannen, T., Keppler, T., Dowling, K., Harte, P. (2024). Priority Actions for promoting population mental health and wellbeing. Mental Health & Prevention, 33 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2023.200312

Published Reports

Improving the Mental Health & Wellbeing of Priority Population Groups: An evaluation of the Act Belong Commit mental health promotion initiative in Irish community settings. (In progress)

Evidence Synthesis of Community-based Mental Health Promotion Interventions for Priority Groups in Ireland prepared for the Health Service Executive, Ireland. (2024)

Adaptation of the Minding Your Wellbeing Programme and Train-the-Trainer Model for Delivery to Older People in Community Settings prepared for the Health Service Executive, Ireland. (2024)

Development of the National Mental Health Promotion Framework: Report prepared for the Department of Health, Ireland. (2023) Final plan published 13 December 2024, called Pathways to Wellbeing.

Evidence Synthesis of the Impact of Mental Health Promotion: A systematic rapid evidence assessment of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions across the life course prepared for the Department of Health, Ireland. (2022)

National Healthy Workplaces Framework Website Content Project. (2022)

Workplace Mental Health Promotion Interventions & Supports Provided by Voluntary Organisations to Workplaces prepared for the Department of Health, Ireland. (2021)

Membership & Training

Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES #32761)

Health Promotion Practictioner (IUHPE #0056)

Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner

Community Dietician (CDR #86056425)

White Tiger Qigong Instructor

Yoga Alliance UK & USE (#232998) RYT-500

Yin Yoga 300-HR

Yoga Therapy Ireland (#9/M1098)

Heartsaver CPR/AED & Cardiac First Responder

Brief Intervention Certification

Relevant Work Experience

University of Galway

Research Assistant

The focus of my research has been mental health promotion and workplace health promotion with duties including:

Research – Quantitative data gathering including scoping and rapid reviews of peer-reviewed and grey literature evidence and policies, qualitative data gathering including interviews with policy makers and service providers, appraising and synthesising evidence.

Report preparation – Developing and adhering to work plans, writing report narratives, composing PowerPoint presentations and project milestone briefs for stakeholder committees, meeting aggressive deadlines.

Consultation and collaboration with stakeholders – Strong and targeted communication and knowledge translation skills and thorough, comprehensive understanding of health promotion concepts and principles to ensure meaningful: interviews with stakeholder representatives, study participants and international leaders in Mental Health Promotion; committee progress meetings and dissemination of findings to stakeholders; NGO and other intersectoral committee meetings; collaboration with information technology and design teams to translate content to website platforms; camaraderie and teamwork with University research staff and client stakeholders.

Teaching Assistant

Duties include preparing Powerpoint presentations, delivering online and in-person lectures, facilitating online and in-person group tutorials, grading papers, liaising with students and ensuring their needs are met, supervising undergraduate and post-graduate dissertations, creating and editing online learning materials. These duties were carried out under the following programmes offered by the University of Galway:

MA Health Promotion – Determinants of Health Module (exploring the wider impacts of biological, psychological, social, environmental and ecological determinants on individual and population health through the lens of equity, public health policy and community participation) & Supportive Environments Module (exploring the workplace as a setting to create and nurture wellbeing). With teaching under various other modules in the Masters programme.

Post Graduate Diplomas – Workplace Wellness (exploring the workplace as a setting to create and support wellbeing emphasising the importance of multi- component strategies to enhance organisational culture) & Mental Health Promotion (strengthening protective factors for population mental health with an emphasis on equitable, whole-of-society approaches).

MS Occupational Health – Workplace Health Promotion (comparing/contrasting WPHP concepts with Occupational Health and Safety and discussing multi-component approaches to workplace wellbeing).

Undergraduate-level Medical School – Health and Society Module (broadening the medical paradigm to consider biopsychosocial and socio-ecological models of health and the influence of social determinants and societal structure on population health and health behaviours).

Other work experience

Various groups in America & Ireland

Yoga & Wellness Consultant (2012-Present)

Various organisations in America & Ireland

Corporate Wellness Consultant (2019-2020)

Croí Heart & Stroke Foundation (Galway, Ireland)

Health Promotion Administrator (2017-2019)

Lumos & Associates, Inc. (Reno, Nevada USA)

Office Manager (2003-2017)

Sam Goody Record Store (Reno, Nevada USA)

Customer Service Representative & Third Key Holder (2001-2003)