Queens's University Belfast 2022-2026 ADR UK Programme
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University of Belfast
Department Name: Centre for Public Health
Abstract
The Administrative Data Research Centre for Northern Ireland (ADRC NI) comprises Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University, and, along with the National Statistical Agency (NISRA), forms ADR Northern Ireland (ADR NI). Our aims are to maintain the confidence of the different publics in the use of administrative data for research and to maximise the use of administrative data as a rich resource for evidence-based policy making and evaluation. Collectively, ADRC NI and NISRA, with their separate but overlapping roles and functions will support the ADR UK's four areas of focus (Trust and sustainability; Research for public good; Researcher access & support; and Available data for research) set out in the Full Business Case for Administrative Data Research UK.
Trust & sustainability: ADRC NI has an exemplary track record of engaging with the different publics to demonstrate the utility and benefits of research based on administrative data. Our current approach will be progressed moving from engagement to involvement to create in-built pathways-to-impact, ensuring that our work will be placed throughout government departments, service providers, local authority councils, and the work of voluntary, community and social enterprise sector groups. We also will lead on the development of the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel, to act as a public engagement service within the NI data landscape.
Research for public good. ADRC NI will continue to deliver academically excellent policy-relevant research led by field experts. However, the co-production by stakeholders ensures that outputs are aligned with the priorities and needs of Departments and the wider society. The health and wider societal effects of the pandemic still feature in our proposed portfolio of research, but we will also continue to build on new linked datasets within the arena of children known to social services, prisoners and those who are homeless but will add three additional goals: (i) in collaboration with stakeholders, to build NI expert hubs in these areas, (ii) to bring the separate strands together using the linked data and a life-course approach as a bridge between providers perhaps confirming the benefits of interagency collaboration; and (iii) finally, to seek collaborations across ADR UK to build thematic networks around areas of common interest where sharing, learning and exploitation of natural experiments arising from devolution can occur.
Researcher access & support: Our ambition is to increase the capacity within the Social Sciences to manipulate and analyze large and complex datasets, especially of early career researchers. Remote access to NI-specific datasets for the research community throughout the UK is now possible through the establishment of the SeRP infrastructure at BSO, mirroring the SAIL capabilities in NI, and the adoption of the ONS Secure Researcher Service for access to NISRA datasets. Our HSC Research and Development Office-funded Statistical and Methodological Support Officers continue to assist academic and other researchers both through the labyrinthine applications and governance processes and the technical aspects of research.
Available data for research: ADRC NI has successfully undertaken policy-related research incorporating data from a wide array of government departments and, in partnership with NISRA, we will jointly develop the NI themed datasets and a new Data Acquisition Programme. ADRC NI, through our HDR UK links have improved resources for linkage and remote access through SeRP infrastructure. ADRC NI is also now closely integrated with other UKRI (HDR UK) investments to deliver data connectivity for the use of health and social care data for research, and is working with the Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health to expedite the introduction of the 'Secondary Uses' legislation that will facilitate the wider access to and use of health and social services data in Northern Ireland.
Trust & sustainability: ADRC NI has an exemplary track record of engaging with the different publics to demonstrate the utility and benefits of research based on administrative data. Our current approach will be progressed moving from engagement to involvement to create in-built pathways-to-impact, ensuring that our work will be placed throughout government departments, service providers, local authority councils, and the work of voluntary, community and social enterprise sector groups. We also will lead on the development of the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel, to act as a public engagement service within the NI data landscape.
Research for public good. ADRC NI will continue to deliver academically excellent policy-relevant research led by field experts. However, the co-production by stakeholders ensures that outputs are aligned with the priorities and needs of Departments and the wider society. The health and wider societal effects of the pandemic still feature in our proposed portfolio of research, but we will also continue to build on new linked datasets within the arena of children known to social services, prisoners and those who are homeless but will add three additional goals: (i) in collaboration with stakeholders, to build NI expert hubs in these areas, (ii) to bring the separate strands together using the linked data and a life-course approach as a bridge between providers perhaps confirming the benefits of interagency collaboration; and (iii) finally, to seek collaborations across ADR UK to build thematic networks around areas of common interest where sharing, learning and exploitation of natural experiments arising from devolution can occur.
Researcher access & support: Our ambition is to increase the capacity within the Social Sciences to manipulate and analyze large and complex datasets, especially of early career researchers. Remote access to NI-specific datasets for the research community throughout the UK is now possible through the establishment of the SeRP infrastructure at BSO, mirroring the SAIL capabilities in NI, and the adoption of the ONS Secure Researcher Service for access to NISRA datasets. Our HSC Research and Development Office-funded Statistical and Methodological Support Officers continue to assist academic and other researchers both through the labyrinthine applications and governance processes and the technical aspects of research.
Available data for research: ADRC NI has successfully undertaken policy-related research incorporating data from a wide array of government departments and, in partnership with NISRA, we will jointly develop the NI themed datasets and a new Data Acquisition Programme. ADRC NI, through our HDR UK links have improved resources for linkage and remote access through SeRP infrastructure. ADRC NI is also now closely integrated with other UKRI (HDR UK) investments to deliver data connectivity for the use of health and social care data for research, and is working with the Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health to expedite the introduction of the 'Secondary Uses' legislation that will facilitate the wider access to and use of health and social services data in Northern Ireland.
Organisations
- Queen's University of Belfast (Lead Research Organisation)
- Northern Ireland Assembly (Collaboration)
- Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Collaboration)
- Voice of Young People in Care (Collaboration)
- Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- BELFAST CITY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission (Collaboration)
- SOUTH EASTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST (Collaboration)
- Public Health Agency (PHA) (Collaboration)
- Inspire Wellbeing (Collaboration)
- ULSTER UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (HSCNI) (Collaboration)
- ACTION MENTAL HEALTH (Collaboration)
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (Collaboration)
- Government of Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists (Collaboration)
Publications
Bucholc M
(2023)
Artificial Intelligence for Dementia Research Methods Optimization
Bucholc M
(2023)
Artificial intelligence for dementia research methods optimization.
in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Bunting L
(2024)
Changing Trends in Child Welfare Inequalities in Northern Ireland
in The British Journal of Social Work
Cooper J
(2022)
A project designed to examine, for the first time, the health records of adult prisoners in Northern Ireland and their linkage to other available health data: the test case of prisoner post-release mortality risk.
in International Journal of Population Data Science
Cooper J
(2022)
Record linkage studies of drug-related deaths among former adult prisoners who have been released to the community: a scoping review.
in International Journal of Population Data Science
Cooper J
(2023)
Record linkage studies of primary care utilisation after release from prison: A scoping review protocol
in PLOS ONE
Cooper J
(2023)
Linking prison health care data to other health data: A novel data linkage study in Northern Ireland
in International Journal of Population Data Science
Cooper JA
(2023)
Record linkage studies of drug-related deaths among adults who were released from prison to the community: a scoping review.
in BMC public health
| Description | Consultation Response: Independent Review of Children's Social Care Northern Ireland |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/consultations/consultation-recommendations-independent-review-childrens... |
| Description | Consultation Response: Independent Review of Protect Life 2 Action Plan |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/news/review-protect-life-2-action-plan-commences |
| Description | Evidence cited in Mental Health in Northern Ireland Fundamental Facts 2023 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://www.mentalhealthchampion-ni.org.uk/files/mentalhealthchampionni/2023-10/Mental%20Health%20in... |
| Description | Invited Member All Party Group (APG) on Mental Health |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Invited Member All Party Group (APG) on Suicide Prevention |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Invited member of Protect Life 2 Achieving Evidence & Best Practice Subgroup from Oct 2023 - present |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Response to the DoH consultation on the recommendations from the Independent Children's Services as part of QUB Centre for Research on Child, Youth and Family welfare |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Written submission to response to the inquiry raised by The Environmental Audit Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/121542/default/ |
| Description | BR-UK: Behavioural Research UK Leadership Hub |
| Amount | £352,216 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | WT13380430 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2023 |
| End | 10/2028 |
| Description | Department for the Economy (DfE) Northern Ireland: - DfE PhD Studentships (£ 65000; 2022 - 2025) |
| Amount | £65,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | GROUNDSWELL - UKPRP |
| Amount | £520,003 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | COM/5634/20 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | Medicines in an ageing society - an interdisciplinary research programme: MED-AGE |
| Amount | £193,296 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | PDM2310\11 |
| Organisation | The Dunhill Medical Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 02/2027 |
| Description | ADR UK Ambassador (Northern Ireland Healthcare in Prison ) |
| Organisation | South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Research Programme 5 'Prisons and Health'. Continued communication with representatives from the NI Healthcare in Prison team who are key to enabling access to, and use of, data and its linkage and are members of the project steering group. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ms. Kelly (NI Healthcare in Prison) is part of the project steering group. Ms. Kelly and her team have undertaken the task of data extraction for 16 variables (by electronic/manual modes) from prison health records (2012-2021). Ms. Kelly attended the ADR UK 2023 Conference to support the work programme and answered questions about the project during an oral presentation. Ms. Kelly was invited to become an ADR UK ambassador in December 2023. |
| Impact | Ms. Kelly is a Business Support Manager (Healthcare in Prison in Northern Ireland, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust (SEHSCT)). |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | All Party Group Suicide Prevention |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Assembly |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I sit as an academic advisor on the All Party Group Suicide Prevention, presenting my research and also providing expert opinion on other potentially relevant research. I provide advice on policy plans and evaluation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators expertise in policy and practice have helped inform interpretation and policy relevance of my research. |
| Impact | - invited talk at Jan 2024 APG " Self Harm & Suicide in Northern Ireland: New evidence from linked administrative data" |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | All Party Group for Mental Health |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Assembly |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I sit as an academic advisor on the All Party Group for Mental Health, presenting my research and that of ADRC NI researchers and also providing expert opinion on other potentially relevant research. I provide advice on policy plans and evaluation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | n/a |
| Impact | none |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Choice Community Coalition to tackle inequalities of people with severe mental illness |
| Organisation | Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This was a partnership in which all the partners contributed time and resources. We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project |
| Impact | We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. Public Health Health Services Research Arts Psychotherapy Art and Design Epidemiology Psychology |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Choice Community Coalition to tackle inequalities of people with severe mental illness |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Communities |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This was a partnership in which all the partners contributed time and resources. We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project |
| Impact | We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. Public Health Health Services Research Arts Psychotherapy Art and Design Epidemiology Psychology |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Choice Community Coalition to tackle inequalities of people with severe mental illness |
| Organisation | Inspire Wellbeing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This was a partnership in which all the partners contributed time and resources. We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project |
| Impact | We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. Public Health Health Services Research Arts Psychotherapy Art and Design Epidemiology Psychology |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Choice Community Coalition to tackle inequalities of people with severe mental illness |
| Organisation | Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This was a partnership in which all the partners contributed time and resources. We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project |
| Impact | We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. Public Health Health Services Research Arts Psychotherapy Art and Design Epidemiology Psychology |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Choice Community Coalition to tackle inequalities of people with severe mental illness |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This was a partnership in which all the partners contributed time and resources. We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project |
| Impact | We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. Public Health Health Services Research Arts Psychotherapy Art and Design Epidemiology Psychology |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Choice Community Coalition to tackle inequalities of people with severe mental illness |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Department | Centre for Public Health (CPH) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This was a partnership in which all the partners contributed time and resources. We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project |
| Impact | We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. Public Health Health Services Research Arts Psychotherapy Art and Design Epidemiology Psychology |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Choice Community Coalition to tackle inequalities of people with severe mental illness |
| Organisation | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This was a partnership in which all the partners contributed time and resources. We established a community coalition to tackle the health and social inequalities of people living with severe mental illness. we undertook research on the health and social needs of people living with severe mental illness We undertook workshops with key stakeholders in the public and voluntary sectors we organised workshops and meetings with providers of community assets we undertook a mapping exercise of assets and organisations we ran PhotoVoice workshops with people with severe mental illnesss and set up a Photographic exhibition We set up a conference on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness We produced a video film of the CHOICE project |
| Impact | We consolidated a Community Coalition in preparation for stage 3 of the AHRC funding Awarded funding of £1.9M through the AHRC Mobilising community assets to tackle health inequalities programme. Public Health Health Services Research Arts Psychotherapy Art and Design Epidemiology Psychology |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with Voices of Young People in Care (VOYPIC) Northern Ireland |
| Organisation | Voice of Young People in Care |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Providing information on our research directly to those individuals to whom it relates, children in care or young adults previously in care of social services. Organized a series of workshops to allow for the co-production of research with "experts by experience". Developed an internship opportunity for one of our "experts by experience" to work within the ADRC-NI as a Research and Communications Assistant. |
| Collaborator Contribution | as above |
| Impact | Promotion of events on Twitter |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Department of Health - SOSCARE |
| Organisation | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (HSCNI) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Development of a Project Steering Group to share findings from the project and to answered research questions which are of interest to the Department which can be answered by the data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of a Project Steering Group to provide expert advice on the data used within the project, on the interpretation of findings and of the policy relevance or impact of the research. Also, providing research questions which are of interest to the Department which can be answered by the data. |
| Impact | SOSCARE Steering Group Meetings (twice yearly) Data Insights Publication cited in the new Northern Ireland Strategy for Looked After Children 2020 |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Involving care experienced young people in administrative data research |
| Organisation | Voice of Young People in Care |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I established the relationship with VOYPIC in early 2020; plans for involvement workshops were subsequently paused for the pandemic. We then re-started in 2022. I coordinated the relationship between VOYPIC and our relevant research team, including providing budgetary support and guidance around engagement and involvement, as well as organising a series of workshops. I continue to support the research team. We are now moving into a phase where we are developing an internship specifically for care experienced young people from VOYPIC within our team at ADRC NI, the first of its kind as far as we are aware. I also provide strategic oversight and direction in terms of our work both with VOYPIC and other potential partners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | VOYPIC bring unparalleled expertise in working with care experienced young people, as well as bringing onboard the young people themselves. They guide us as to the appropriate level of content, how to reach out to young people and keep them involved, and what their needs are moving forward, as well as being present and supporting every workshop and assisting with organisation. |
| Impact | Four workshops with care experienced young people both sharing results of and getting their input and guidance into administrative data research relating to their lives. Feedback on research priorities, shaping of research questions. We have now secured further funding from the Widening Participation Unit at QUB to support an internship for one of the young people, which we hope will be offered on a rolling basis after successful completion of a pilot. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Public Data Panel |
| Organisation | Belfast City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | For ADRC NI I led our contribution to both the pilot phase of NIPDP and its Phase 1 start up which is ongoing. This involved weekly coordinating meetings during the pilot as well as session facilitation. Now it involves coordinating and directing the establishment of the panel and managing the budget as well as establishing and facilitating independent advisory group meetings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners from Belfast City Council and HSCNI contributed staff time to the organisation and delivery of the pilot. HSCNI funded the pilot. Currently Belfast City Council contribute in an advisory capacity to the establishment of Phase 1 of the NIPDP. In November 2023 the project team secured additional funding through HSCNI for a Business Support Manager to support the delivery of NIPDP as a full-time post over 2 years from 2024 - 2026. |
| Impact | Report from Pilot: https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/Northern-Ireland-Public-Data-Panel-Report.pdf Conference presentations at IASSIST and IPDLN |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Public Data Panel |
| Organisation | Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland (HSCNI) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | For ADRC NI I led our contribution to both the pilot phase of NIPDP and its Phase 1 start up which is ongoing. This involved weekly coordinating meetings during the pilot as well as session facilitation. Now it involves coordinating and directing the establishment of the panel and managing the budget as well as establishing and facilitating independent advisory group meetings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners from Belfast City Council and HSCNI contributed staff time to the organisation and delivery of the pilot. HSCNI funded the pilot. Currently Belfast City Council contribute in an advisory capacity to the establishment of Phase 1 of the NIPDP. In November 2023 the project team secured additional funding through HSCNI for a Business Support Manager to support the delivery of NIPDP as a full-time post over 2 years from 2024 - 2026. |
| Impact | Report from Pilot: https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/Northern-Ireland-Public-Data-Panel-Report.pdf Conference presentations at IASSIST and IPDLN |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Northern Ireland wide Impact of COVID-19 |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | I am leading a piece if work exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the Northern Ireland population. I chair research team meetings and line manage a post-doctoral researcher working on the project who in based within my centre at QUB. |
| Collaborator Contribution | PHA: The research is funded by the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland's Health & Social Care Research & Development. Two expert Public Health Agency staff advise on COVID milestones, on relevant research questions, dissemination pathways and potential policy implications. UU: The Northern Ireland Mental Health Champion, Prof Siobhan O'Neill, is a Professor at Ulster University and is costed into this project. She provides expert advice on mental heath, on relevant research questions, dissemination pathways and potential policy implications. |
| Impact | Publication: Maguire A, Kent L, O'Neill S, O'Hagan D, O'Reilly D. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychotropic medication uptake: time-series analysis of a population-wide cohort. Br J Psychiatry. 2022 Dec;221(6):748-757. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2022.112. PMID: 35968915. Presentations at academic conferences listed in relevent section |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Northern Ireland wide Impact of COVID-19 |
| Organisation | Ulster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I am leading a piece if work exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the Northern Ireland population. I chair research team meetings and line manage a post-doctoral researcher working on the project who in based within my centre at QUB. |
| Collaborator Contribution | PHA: The research is funded by the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland's Health & Social Care Research & Development. Two expert Public Health Agency staff advise on COVID milestones, on relevant research questions, dissemination pathways and potential policy implications. UU: The Northern Ireland Mental Health Champion, Prof Siobhan O'Neill, is a Professor at Ulster University and is costed into this project. She provides expert advice on mental heath, on relevant research questions, dissemination pathways and potential policy implications. |
| Impact | Publication: Maguire A, Kent L, O'Neill S, O'Hagan D, O'Reilly D. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychotropic medication uptake: time-series analysis of a population-wide cohort. Br J Psychiatry. 2022 Dec;221(6):748-757. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2022.112. PMID: 35968915. Presentations at academic conferences listed in relevent section |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Occupation and Mental Health Research Steering Group |
| Organisation | Action Mental Health |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Met with steering group on numerous to discuss findings and to co-develop a proposal for funding. Our team provided presentations on key findings from a portfolio of ADR studies on the theme of occupation and mental health and outlined plans for a funding proposal as well as dissemination plans |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have greatly contributed to this collaboration, identifying key initiatives and strategies that could potentially benefit from our administrative data findings. Our PI was invited by the Equality Commission to give a presentation to the Mental Health Charter. Partners greatly supported the development of a funding proposal, detailing assistance they will provide with dissemination and development of policy briefing's and other materials. |
| Impact | Peer review paper published in 2023: Occupation type, family demands and mental health: analysis of linked administrative data. Funding application submitted to ESRC SDAI fund for a study examining the occupational gender composition and mental health. Team is multidisciplinary involving expertise in economics, health economics, psychology, social policy, gender equality, occupational health among many other disciplines |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Occupation and Mental Health Research Steering Group |
| Organisation | Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Met with steering group on numerous to discuss findings and to co-develop a proposal for funding. Our team provided presentations on key findings from a portfolio of ADR studies on the theme of occupation and mental health and outlined plans for a funding proposal as well as dissemination plans |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have greatly contributed to this collaboration, identifying key initiatives and strategies that could potentially benefit from our administrative data findings. Our PI was invited by the Equality Commission to give a presentation to the Mental Health Charter. Partners greatly supported the development of a funding proposal, detailing assistance they will provide with dissemination and development of policy briefing's and other materials. |
| Impact | Peer review paper published in 2023: Occupation type, family demands and mental health: analysis of linked administrative data. Funding application submitted to ESRC SDAI fund for a study examining the occupational gender composition and mental health. Team is multidisciplinary involving expertise in economics, health economics, psychology, social policy, gender equality, occupational health among many other disciplines |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Occupation and Mental Health Research Steering Group |
| Organisation | Equality and Human Rights Commission |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Met with steering group on numerous to discuss findings and to co-develop a proposal for funding. Our team provided presentations on key findings from a portfolio of ADR studies on the theme of occupation and mental health and outlined plans for a funding proposal as well as dissemination plans |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have greatly contributed to this collaboration, identifying key initiatives and strategies that could potentially benefit from our administrative data findings. Our PI was invited by the Equality Commission to give a presentation to the Mental Health Charter. Partners greatly supported the development of a funding proposal, detailing assistance they will provide with dissemination and development of policy briefing's and other materials. |
| Impact | Peer review paper published in 2023: Occupation type, family demands and mental health: analysis of linked administrative data. Funding application submitted to ESRC SDAI fund for a study examining the occupational gender composition and mental health. Team is multidisciplinary involving expertise in economics, health economics, psychology, social policy, gender equality, occupational health among many other disciplines |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Occupation and Mental Health Research Steering Group |
| Organisation | Government of Northern Ireland |
| Department | Department for Communities |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Met with steering group on numerous to discuss findings and to co-develop a proposal for funding. Our team provided presentations on key findings from a portfolio of ADR studies on the theme of occupation and mental health and outlined plans for a funding proposal as well as dissemination plans |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have greatly contributed to this collaboration, identifying key initiatives and strategies that could potentially benefit from our administrative data findings. Our PI was invited by the Equality Commission to give a presentation to the Mental Health Charter. Partners greatly supported the development of a funding proposal, detailing assistance they will provide with dissemination and development of policy briefing's and other materials. |
| Impact | Peer review paper published in 2023: Occupation type, family demands and mental health: analysis of linked administrative data. Funding application submitted to ESRC SDAI fund for a study examining the occupational gender composition and mental health. Team is multidisciplinary involving expertise in economics, health economics, psychology, social policy, gender equality, occupational health among many other disciplines |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Occupation and Mental Health Research Steering Group |
| Organisation | Irish Congress of Trade Unions |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Met with steering group on numerous to discuss findings and to co-develop a proposal for funding. Our team provided presentations on key findings from a portfolio of ADR studies on the theme of occupation and mental health and outlined plans for a funding proposal as well as dissemination plans |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners have greatly contributed to this collaboration, identifying key initiatives and strategies that could potentially benefit from our administrative data findings. Our PI was invited by the Equality Commission to give a presentation to the Mental Health Charter. Partners greatly supported the development of a funding proposal, detailing assistance they will provide with dissemination and development of policy briefing's and other materials. |
| Impact | Peer review paper published in 2023: Occupation type, family demands and mental health: analysis of linked administrative data. Funding application submitted to ESRC SDAI fund for a study examining the occupational gender composition and mental health. Team is multidisciplinary involving expertise in economics, health economics, psychology, social policy, gender equality, occupational health among many other disciplines |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Public Health Agency Self-Harm Steering Group |
| Organisation | Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration see's the research team invited to sit on the Public Health Agency Northern Ireland's Self-Harm Steering Group to feed back information on project progress and findings but also to gather information on key areas of policy interest in order to ensure the project research questions are policy relevant. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Public Health Agency Northern Ireland staff and Self-Harm Steering Group members provide time and expertise to answer researcher questions not only on the data but on he interpretation of findings. |
| Impact | Self-Harm Steering Group Meetings (twice yearly) |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | SE Protect Life Implementation Group Meeting |
| Organisation | South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Sit as an academic advisor on the South Eastern Trust Protect Life Implementation Group - which aims to ensure the implementation of the NI government Protect Life 2 Strategy. I present my research and provide advice and guidance on the potential impact and utility of other relevant research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | n/a |
| Impact | The is multi-disciplinary with member of the SE PLIG from healthcare, the Department of Health, education and charitable organizations. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Widening Participation Unit support for internship with care experienced young people |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Myself and my team have developed the concept of an internship in administrative data research for a care experienced young person, coming out of the workshops we have been delivering in partnership with VOYPIC since May 2022. The internship will begin in May 2023. We are in charge of coordinating, delivering and evaluating the initiative. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Widening Participation are funding the pilot internship, providing support to the intern, and carrying out an evaluation. |
| Impact | We do not yet have outputs as the internship is due to run in May 2023, but there is currently a Memorandum of Understanding and scoping and coordinating work underway to prepare for delivery. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | Air Pollution Dashboard for Northern Ireland |
| Description | The dashboard maps air pollution data by Super Output Area in Northern Ireland between 2002 and 2019. It is freely available to the public, providing users with information about air quality in their area via a postcode search function as well as information about the health impacts of air pollution. It was produced using data from the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study and was updated, improved and re-launched in February 2023. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | The dashboard has been cited in digital media, e.g. Belfast Live. |
| URL | https://q-rap.connect.qub.ac.uk/Air_Pollution_Dashboard_Northern_Ireland/ |
| Description | ADR UK Researcher Network Symposium 5 - Crime & Justice May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented preliminary findings on "Firearms access, mental health and mortality" research to the ADR UK researcher network |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ADR UK children in care symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited to Chair the ADR UK children in care symposium on 13 Mar 2024 - event brought together researchers from across all 4 nations of ADR UK to present work and share knowledge and expertise on using administrative data to do research on children known to social services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | ADR UK fellowship 22: ASHE-Census Applicant Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participant in the ADR UK fellowship, ASHE-Census |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ADR UK fellowship 22: LEO Applicant Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participated in the ADR UK fellowship, LEO Applicant Webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Administrative Data Research NI- Severe Mental Illness (physical health and dental treatment) Study Steering Committee meeting April 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two research presentations of findings were given on Severe Mental Illness (SMI) by Rachel McCarter and Finola Ferry. R. McCarter gave a broad overview of findings based on analyses of SMI and its association with both life-limiting conditions and mortality. A brief discussion followed: R. Barr asked for clarification on the non-SMI group and whether these individuals had no identified mental illness. She also queried the inclusion of individuals with personality disorders in the SMI group. R McCarter and G Leavey explained that these were being analysed as a separate group. In terms of follow-up research, A Bunting indicated the potential link between certain prescriptions such as Clozapine in treating people with SMI and life limiting conditions. R Barr similarly suggested examining the correlation between use of opioid-based analgesics and suicide. F. Ferry continued with a presentation entitled 'Mind the gap: an administrative data analysis of dental treatment outcomes and severe mental illness', based on a paper recently accepted for publication by the Journal of Mental Health. The paper examined disparities in dental service engagement and dental health between those with and without SMI. G. Leavey began the follow-up discussion by asking committee members about who's responsibility it is to monitor dental care of people with SMI. A. Bunting referred to the New Client Management System and the possibility of including reminders in care plans. He suggested the potential benefits of organizing a psychoeducational workshop on SMI and general hygiene related issues. A. Thampi stressed the importance of preventative action. She referred to the annual physical health checks that are carried out by the Early Intervention Team, which include some basic questions relating to most recent dental visit. R. Barr suggested that Key Workers within Community Mental Health Teams have a key role to play in promoting preventative dental care. R. Barr also asked about geographical trends in dental service use and outcomes form our analysis. F. Ferry explained that given the restrictive nature of the data, we can conduct analysis in terms of urban-rural differences but can't undertake any further detailed analyses of the geographical spread. Next steps: G. Leavey asked the group about suggestions on next steps in terms of dissemination and further analysis. As well as a peer review paper, the research team can produce policy briefs, data insights documents and tailored presentations for key stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Air Pollution and Health Steering Group Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Fifth meeting of the project's Air Pollution and Health Steering Group to share latest research findings on the impact of air pollution on mortality. Took place virtually on 31st August 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | All Party Group on Early Education and Childcare meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dialogue and brief presentation in the All Party Group on Early Education and Childcare meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BBC NEWS NI Dec 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Invited to speak on BBC NI evening television News and evening Radio on the NISRA 2021 Census health data press releases presenting results on the self-reported health of the Northern Ireland population - spoke as an expert on population health and on how researchers can utilize the Census data for public and policy good. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BBC Newsline Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC Newsline (NI) on 12th December 2022 about the causes of a high pollution event in Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BBC Radio Foyle Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview on 12th December 2022 about the causes of a high pollution event in Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Building a public service infrastructure: lessons from the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented at the International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN) in September 2022 on a pilot initiative with Belfast City Council, Northern Ireland Trusted Research Environment and Big Motive to establish the Northern Ireland Public Data panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/article/view/1995 |
| Description | Celebrating Public Engagement: Highlights from ADR Northern Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I wrote a blog detailing recent highlights in our public engagement activities for the ADR UK blog, specifically focusing on NIPDP and the VOYPIC workshops. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/news-blogs/celebrating-public-engagement-highlights-from-adr... |
| Description | Chair a symposium on air pollution research in NI 6th Oct 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This was an ADRC NI symposium on air pollution research , with the aim of presenting work on a dashboard and simulating further research and policy action in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Conversation with member of UK-Electoral Commission about potential voting-related research in NI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Conversation with member of UK-Electoral Commission about potential voting-related research in NI ... very fruitful conversation on process and application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Discussion Panel Member - Launch Event of Air Pollution and Mortality on the island of Ireland Report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Discussion panel member at the launch event of the Air Pollution and Mortality on the island of Ireland report produced for BHF-NI and Irish Heart Foundation by the ADRC-NI research team at Queen's Business School alongside Professor Pat Goodman. Virtual event organised by BHF-NI and IHF which took place on 31st March 2023. Speakers include Professor Duncan McVicar and Maria Neira (World Health Organisation). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Emergency Department presentations with suicidal ideation: A missed opportunity for intervention |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference Oral presentation at the Administrative Data Research Conference UK 2023 14/11/2023 -16/11/2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://2023conference.adruk.org/ |
| Description | Expert comment on the causes of a high pollution event in Northern Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Expert comment on the causes of a high pollution event in Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-63944961 |
| Description | Expert comment on the impact of solid fuel burning on air quality and health in Northern Ireland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Expert comment on the impact of solid fuel burning on air quality and health in Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/environment-minister-edwin-poots-rules-out-... |
| Description | Expert media comment about air pollution caused by wood burning stoves and the impact on human health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Expert comment in media article entitled "NI health experts issue warning over wood burning stoves and call for tighter regulations" published on 25th December 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/ni-health-experts-issue-warning-28331592?utm_sou... |
| Description | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "Prenatal Exposure to PM2.5 and Infant Birth Outcomes: Evidence from a Population-Wide Database" which took place at the IPDLN conference held at the University of Edinburgh on 9th September 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2022_Long Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Parkinson's Disease |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "Is Long Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution a Risk Factor for Parkinson's Disease" which took place at the IPDLN conference held at the University of Edinburgh on 9th September 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2022_Longterm Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 and Self Reported Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "Longterm Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 and Self Reported Health: Evidence from Longitudinally linked Census Data" which took place at the IPDLN conference held at the University of Edinburgh on 9th September 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Internship - involving care experienced young people in administrative data research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ran an 8 week Summer Internship for a care experienced young person to come work with ADRC NI and learn about administrative data research, up skill and build their CV and create outputs to improve the accessibility and transparency of our academic research outputs. This resulted in a blog and a young persons version of an academic paper (recorded elsewhere on RF) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Internship at ADRC NI for a care experienced young person - Blog about the experience |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ADRC NI offered an 8-week paid summer internship for a care experienced young person to join the research team. The intern, Rhianna Brown, published a blog abut her experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/news-blogs/amplifying-the-voice-of-care-experienced-young-pe... |
| Description | Invited Presentation Ulster University Feb 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Invited to speak to the School of Psychology research group at Ulster University on "Utilising NI Administrative Data to inform Policy & Understand Population Mental Health" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talk Public Health Agency Self-Harm Registry Feb 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to talk at the public Health Agency Self-Harm registry - reviewing work previously done using this resource and its value - planning meeting on "Utilising NI Registry Self-Harm Data to Inform Policy & Understand Population Mental Health" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Involving Experts by Experience in NI research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at the Scottish "Understanding Children's Lives and Outcomes" Advisory Group meeting discussing our work in ADRC NI with experts by experience and positive impact this has had on them and on our research and dissemination |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Involving the public in data research: from where to begin to evaluation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Public Engagement Steering Group (PESG) of ADR UK, of which I am a member, prepared and delivered a pre-conference workshop on public engagement in data research, which reached approximately 25 participants ranging from data controllers and researchers to impact and engagement professionals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Irish Economics Association Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution and Birth Outcomes" at the IEA Annual Conference 2022 held at the Castletroy Park Hotel Limerick on 4th May 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Irish Economics Association Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled "Long-term Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 and Self-Reported Health: Evidence from Longitudinally-linked Census Data" at the IEA Annual Conference 2022 held at the Castletroy Park Hotel Limerick on 4th May 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Life-limiting health conditions, treatment and subsequent mortality associated with differences in health service use in people with severe mental illness: an analysis of the Northern Ireland population using administrative data sources. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation presented at the International Journal of Population Data Science on the 8th September 2022. Published online: McCarter R, Rosato M, Leavey G. Life-limiting health conditions, treatment and subsequent mortality associated with differences in health service use in people with severe mental illness: an analysis of the Northern Ireland population using administrative data sources. International Journal of Population Data Science. 2022; 7(3): 2055. Increased interest in the area of chronic conditions and severe mental illness using longitudinal data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Med Dir Child Health System Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Medial Directors from SE Trust to discuss supporting making available the Child Health System Data for future research projects - agreed reached and support letter provided |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting related to multimorbidity and pregnancy in Birmingham June 20-21st |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting related to multimorbidity and pregnancy in Birmingham some presentations, much discussion of methods, recording outcomes and possible study extensions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Housing Authority rep to get them to endorse research activity. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Housing Authority rep to get them to endorse research activity. Discussion covered difficulties and delays in data acquisition, and short, medium and longer-term research agendas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Senior Department of Education Staff to discuss Free School Meal Entitlement Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Number of meetings in relation to a study funded by the Department of Education to examine use of Free School Meal Entitlement and alternative measures. The study is designed to review the use of Free School Meal Entitlement and explore alternative measures that may better capture social disadvantage. At the meetings the research team discuss how best to tailor information from study findings to impact future policy and practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with Woodland Trust Northern Ireland to discuss air pollution data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Neil Rowland and Babak Jahanshahi had a virtual meeting with Paul Armstrong from Woodland Trust NI on 19 May 2023 to discuss possible collaboration around mapping air pollution data for Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with officials from DAERA (NI) and DECC (ROI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with officials from the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (NI) and the Department for Environment, Climate and Communications (ROI) about current air pollution research and prospects for future research on the island of Ireland. Took place in-person at QUB on 20th November 2023. Attendees included Duncan McVicar from project team and other QUB colleagues in addition to departmental officials. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with officials from Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with officials from Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) about possibilities for future air pollution research related to ammonia in Northern Ireland. Attendees from the project team include Duncan McVicar and external attendees include Kate Semple, Kieran McManus, Barry McCauley and Hayley McKeown (DAERA). Took place virtually 9th November 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with officials from Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Neil Rowland, Duncan McVicar and Babak Jahanshahi meeting with officials from Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to discuss issues around air quality and potential collaborative work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with officials from Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with officials from Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) current air pollution research activity and possibilities for future research in Northern Ireland. Attendees from the project team include Duncan McVicar and external attendees include Barry McCauley and Amy Holmes (DAERA). Took place virtually 14th September 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with senior members of PSNI to discuss research related to firearms certificate holders |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with senior members of PSNI to discuss research related to firearms certificate holders. Small presentation followed by discussion of further analysis planned and possible policy implications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | NI Data Researchers User Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Chaired meeting of the NI Data Researchers User Forum - where users of linked administrative data listen to invited speakers about research / methods, discuss any challenges with data / data access and share knowledge and expertise. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | NISRA Suicide Statistics Review June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the Northern Ireland Coroner's to provide expert advice on and discuss the implications of the updated NISRA "Review of Suicide Statistics in Northern Ireland" published in May 2022. An error in coding between 2015-2019 discussed in the review. This meeting was a debate about data quality and processes and how best to ensure accuracy of the administrative data and how to utilize it in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/review-suicide-statistics-northern-ireland |
| Description | NITRE Strategic Board Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to discuss progress on NI data linkage landscape and Trusted Research Environments at the NITRE Strategic Board Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Data Researchers User Forum (NIDRUF) Nov 2023-present |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Northern Ireland Data Researchers User Forum (NIDRUF) chaired by Dr Siobhan Murphy, the Statistical Methodological Office for ADRC NI, is a space for users of administrative data in Norther Ireland to discuss issues or challenges, raise concerns and request, and share knowledge and expertise. Dr Murphy then sits on a number of Steering Groups as the "users voice" to raise concerns to the likes of the ADR NI co-ordinating committee and the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS) Steering Group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Public Data Panel (NIPDP) Advisory Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The NIPDP Advisory Committee consists of independent experts in convening public panels, citizen assemblies or speaking to the public about data. The Committee exists to give expert advice and guidance for the development and delivery of Phase 1 of the NIPDP. The group met for the first time in January 2023, with plans to meet quarterly. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Suicide Prevention Research Network (SPRIN) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Northern Ireland Suicide Prevention Research Network, bringing together academics, stakeholders & VCSE groups to discuss suicide prevention in Northern Ireland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=6ner6qW040mh6NbdI6Hyhvw_eo6Ih-9GvdOhoc1VPOpUQ1o0... |
| Description | ONS Data Science Campus Net Zero Air Quality Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a Net Zero Air Quality Workshop hosted by the ONS Data Science Campus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | On shifting sands: achieving policy impact in challenging political circumstances |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the International Population Data Linkage Network (IPDLN) conference in Edinburgh, September 2022. I presented on a paper written with Prof Dermot O'Reilly on policy impact in administrative data research in Northern Ireland during a period without a sitting Stormont Assembly. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/article/view/1992 |
| Description | Oral presentation "Medication use in Northern Ireland in early pregnancy: agreement between maternal self-report and prescribing records |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | This was an oral presentation at the ADR UK Conference 2023: Public data for resilience and inclusion: Using administrative data to inform policy and practice in challenging times This generated discussion on the data sources (maternity data), and why we got the results we did. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/issue/view/28 |
| Description | Oral presentation at ADRUK Conference Nov 2023: Childhood contact with social services and self-harm and suicidal ideation in young adulthood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at ADRUK Conference, Birmingham, Nov 2023: Childhood contact with social services and self-harm and suicidal ideation in young adulthood: A population-wide cohort study in Northern Ireland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/article/view/2324 |
| Description | Oral presentation at ADRUK Conference Nov 2023: Data-driven research with historically excluded groups |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at ADRUK conference, Birmingham, 2023: Data-driven research with historically excluded groups: Towards a model for co-production and democratisation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ijpds.org/article/view/2261 |
| Description | Oral presentation at the Administrative Data Research UK Conference 2023, Birmingham UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the impact of air pollution on mortality in Northern Ireland at the Administrative Data Research UK Conference 2023, Birmingham, 15th November 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Oral presentation at the UK/Ireland Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Society 2023 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the UK/Ireland Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Society 2023 Conference in Dublin, Ireland on the impact of air pollution on mortality in Northern Ireland. Took place at the Technological University Dublin campus on 9th June 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Our Data, Our Research, Our Future I - involvement workshop with care experienced young people (May 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with care experienced young people: 1. To explore together what administrative data is how it might be used to improve the lives of care experienced children and young people 2. To explore ways of working together and involving care experienced young people in research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Our Data, Our Research, Our Future II - involvement workshop with care experienced young people (Oct 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with care experienced young people to: 1. To provide feedback on what's happened since Workshop 1 2. To prioritize research topics and co-produce research questions 3. To scope out what activities the young people may want to be involved with going forward |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Our Data, Our Research, Our Future III - involvement workshop with care experienced young people (Dec 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with care experienced young people to define positive outcomes for care leavers across a range of health and social domains. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Our Data, Our Research, Our Future IV - involvement workshop with care experienced young people (March 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with care experienced young people to explore the topic of mental health and how to define and measure it in research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Our Data, Our Research, Our Future V involvement workshop with care experienced young people (July 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with care experienced young people to develop the Terms of Reference for the newly named Data Research Advisors Group and design a recruitment flyer to attract new members |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Our Data, Our Research, Our Future VI - involvement workshop with care experienced young people (Sept 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with care experienced young people to develop a young person's version of a research report |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Our Data, Our Research, Our Future VII - involvement workshop with care experienced young people (Dec 2023) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to co-produce data research with care experienced young people. The group are producing a young person's version of a research summary related to care experience and self-harm in young adulthood. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Our data, our research, our future - involvement workshops with care experienced young people |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 10 care experienced young people have attended four workshops on administrative data research looking specifically at issues relating to young people in care. They learned about and gave feedback on findings and analysis from their own lived experiences, help to shape further research priorities and questions, and have developed how they want to continue to work with us in future. These were developed and delivered in partnership with Voices of Young People in CAre (VOYPIC) who anecdotally have noted an increase in the young people's confidence and interest in the area since working with us. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/news-blogs/involving-care-experienced-young-people-in-admini... |
| Description | PSNI July 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with PSNI project partners about dissemination of research - media & speacil inetrst group concersn - and procedures for dissemination. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participation in the Northern Ireland Assembly All Party Group on Lung Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Neil Rowland was invited by Andrew Wilson of Asthma + Lung UK to talk about air pollution and health in Northern Ireland at the NI Assembly APG on Lung Health. This presentation took place on 28th February 2023 and involved a slideshow presentation and question-and-answer session with a virtual Zoom audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Pilot participant feedback session |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a feedback session for Northern Ireland Public Data Panel (NIPDP) pilot participants on the report from the pilot, as well as plans for the formal establishment of the NIPDP. Participants felt the report was an accurate and helpful representation of the pilot experience, and made suggestions about the future work of the NIPDP. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/fileadmin/uploads/adruk/Documents/Northern-Ireland-Public-Data-Panel-Report.pd... |
| Description | Poster at the 10th RCGP, RCN & RCPSYCH Health & Justice Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster on 'A novel linkage of prison health data to other health data in Northern Ireland' at the 10th RCGP, RCN & RCPSYCH Health & Justice Summit on building bridges in health and justice (9th-10th October 2023). Opportunity to describe a new dataset created in Northern Ireland to improve the understanding about the health and mental health, health service use and mortality risk following release from prison. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Poster presentation on air pollution and birth outcomes at 15th Annual UK and Ireland Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Conference, UK HSA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation of 'Exposure to PM2.5 and infant birth outcomes: Evidence from a population wide database' at UK conference. Intended purpose to build awareness of our research and receive feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Poster presentation: "Sociodemographic variation in prescriptions dispensed in early pregnancy in Northern Ireland 2010 2016" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | I presented a poster at the ADR UK Conference 2023 : Public data for resilience and inclusion: Using administrative data to inform policy and practice in challenging times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at Celcis emerging insights series "What does the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and current cost-of-living crisis tell us about the connections between poverty, inequality and child protection?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | to discuss rising inequality within the UK within the context of children's services |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.celcis.org/learn-with-us/emerging-insights-webinars/what-does-experience-covid-19-pandem... |
| Description | Presentation at International Population Data Linkage Network Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a presentation of our administrative data work on severe mental illness and dental health outcomes at one of the plenary session at the annual IPDLN conference. The presentation highlighted inequalities in dental treatment and dental health outcomes associated with SMI, and particularly among older people with SMI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ipdln.org/sites/default/files/IPDLN2022Docs/IPDLN%20Programme%20V13_compressed.pdf |
| Description | Presentation entitled 'Are people with poor mental health less likely to receive Disability Benefits? A population wide record linkage study' to conference in Venice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation entitled 'Are people with poor mental health less likely to receive Disability Benefits? A population wide record linkage study' to conference in Venice. A very lively discussion held.... |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation entitled 'Using Record Linkage To understand voter characteristics' to UK Electoral Commission Belfast 17th Oct 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation hoping to influence the Electoral Commission so that they could utilize record Linkage as a way to understand voter characteristics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation entitled... Data linkage, future directions, potential and challenges...to team responsible for review of NI Social Services for children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation trying to influence the team responsible for review of NI Social Services for children, in both our use of admin data and interest them in some of our findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Health and Social Care PIER Group on NI Public Data Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | As an invited speaker to the HSC PIER group, my NIPDP colleague and I discussed the origin of and plans for NIPDP, and held a feedback discussion with the PIER group on their experiences of engaging with research and suggestions for NIPDP. This led to plans to update the group on NIPDP progress. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation to NICON on NI Public Data Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation on the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel was delivered to the NHS Confederation Conference in October 2023, contributing to conversations about public acceptability about data use in health and admin data research, which resulted in follow-ups for further information and involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation to NITRE Strategic Board on NI Public Data Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 15 people attended the NITRE Strategic Board meeting in which an update on the progress in setting up the NIPDP was given. This sparked a discussion on the importance of NIPDP as data engagement infrastructure within HSC and the wider data landscape. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation to ONS Data Science Campus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation as part of a joint workshop between the research team and relevant team at ONS Data Science Campus. Presentation on Air Pollution and Health in Northern Ireland: What We Can Learn from Data Linkage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to data scientists at the Public Health Agency (PHA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to data scientists at the Public Health Agency (PHA)...this covered our current research activities and future strategic directions as well as a discussion of some of our (NI) data limitations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation to inter-departmental Children's Champion Group on research activity esp related to the use of administration data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I presented our current research portfolio and plans relating to children to about 30 people who constitute the Children's Champion Group (a group led by the the NI Children and Young Persons Commissioner). Very positive response...desire to hear more! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to meeting in Swansea related to air pollution and poor maternal and child health outcomes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to meeting in Swansea related to air pollution and poor maternal and child health outcomes...discussion of data capture, monitoring methods and timescales etc |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the Data Coordination Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented on the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel (NIPDP) pilot to the Data Coordination Board, who are setting up the new Data Institute in Northern Ireland. The Board were very interested in the pilot and in future plans for NIPDP, as well as how it can be positioned as a key piece of engagement infrastructure in Northern Ireland on data-related issues and relate to the work of the future Data Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the Northern Ireland Strategic Research Environment (NITRE) Strategic Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented on the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel (NIPDP) pilot to the NITRE Strategic Board, who were not only the funders of the pilot but who sit in various decision-making positions within health and social care as well as research in Northern Ireland. The Board were very interested in the pilot and in future plans for NIPDP, as well as how it can be positioned as a key piece of engagement infrastructure in Northern Ireland on data-related issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to whole DataMind team entitled 'Road Builder Innovation 2: Discoverable excluded and under-served groups' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was the first presentation of the work schedule and plans for this Road Builder and we made the case for why we needed to look at these groups and how we would achieve our aims. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation: "Emergency department presentations with suicide and self-harm ideation: a missed opportunity for intervention?" at the ADRUK Conference 2023 on the 16th November 2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This presentation was delivered at the ADRUK Conference 2023 in Birmingham on 16th November 2023. This presentation won the award for 'Best Oral Presentation' and has resulted in further opportunities to present these findings at the ONS Research Excellence Series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Public Launch of report on Mortality inequalities.Health Inequalities . ERSI 15th Sept 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Public Launch of report on Mortality inequalities.Health Inequalities I had to make a speech/response to the launch and field questions to the general audience and press. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Research Worshop with PSNI Stakeholders March 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of research findings to PSNI project stakeholders for MQ "Firearms" project. Discussion around implications for policy and practice and dissemination plan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Self Harm & Suicide in Northern Ireland - the potential of linked administrative data 19Apr23 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk with the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm and Public Health Agency Staff about a new project and obtaining a new download of data to examine trends / impact of particular policy interventions in Northern Ireland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Self Harm & Suicide in Northern Ireland: New evidence from linked administrative data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at the All Party Group for suicide prevention to hear about our ADRC NI research and how the findings can be used to inform the Review of the Protect Life 2 Strategy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Seminar for Independent Children's Services Review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A seminar organised by QUB for the Chair of the Independent Review of Children's Services in NI (Prof Ray Jones) and relevant policy leads in the Department of Health. The seminar involved multiple inputs and included: - a 1.5 hr session presenting and discussing trends in Children's Social Care Data and the relationship with inequality (L. Bunting) - 30 min session focusing on: Mental health outcomes of children known to social services in Northern Ireland - A Maguire & S McKenna; and Data linkage, future directions, potential and challenges. (Prof Dermot O'Reilly) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.cscsreviewni.net/news/october-2022-newsletter |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting to discuss development of research proposal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with a range of stakeholders including, departmental representatives, community and voluntary sectors representatives and the Equality Commission. A the meeting I presented (as Principal Investigator) initial plans for a funding proposal for a study examining occupational gender composition and productivity. The event was designed to engage with stakeholders at project design stage to encourage co-development and engagement the initial stages. Department for Economy representative alerted the team to an alternative funding call. An application was developed and submitted in response and the study has been shortlisted for potential future funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting to respond to further funding application for research into gender impacts of workplace mental health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | I supported and participated in a stakeholder engagement meeting led by a researcher who wanted to get input from key stakeholders who had been previously involved in research into occupational mental health, on a new research direction and funding application, embedding engagement in the earliest stages of the research process. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Suicide Risk Following Emergency Department presentation with self-harm varies by hospital |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Conference Oral presentation at the Administrative Data Research Conference UK 2023 14/11/23-16/11/23 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://2023conference.adruk.org/ |
| Description | Symposium: "Every Breath You Take: How air pollution affects your health and what can be done about it"_ Air pollution dashboard: a public tool for public health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presenting "Air pollution dashboard: a public tool for public health" . This event was organised by ADRC-NI and held at Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast on 6th October 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Symposium: Every Breath You Take: How air pollution affects your health and what can be done about it |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the findings of ADRC-NI research on the impact of air pollution on health in Northern Ireland. This event was organised by ADRC-NI and held at Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast on 6th October 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Tackling health inequalities related to people with severe mental illness |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | We presented the findings of our research on the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness. These studies were part of a programmes led by professor Leavey on inequalities related to severe mental illness. The presentation was followed by a discussion with policymakers, practitioners, and experts by experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/psychology/projects/choice |
| Description | Uses and availability of health data inn Ireland...public launch of report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Over 100 people attended (virtually) this ERSI-sponsored launch of the Report. I had to make a presentation/response and field questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Young person's version of a research paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | ADRC NI offered an 8 week internship for a care experienced young person to work with the research team. The intern, Rhianna Brown, published a young person's version of an academic paper which was published on the ADR UK website and publicized on social media |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.adruk.org/news-publications/publications-reports/the-mental-health-of-all-children-in-co... |
| Description | presentation and discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of the CHOICE project findings and discussion of future work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/psychology/projects/choice |
| Description | presentation at DARE UK Public Dialogue workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presenting "Air Pollution and Health in Northern Ireland" at DARE UK Public Dialogue workshops on 14 January |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |