International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS)

As extreme temperatures become more frequent, gout may join the growing list of climate-sensitive conditions 35-yr population study finds both heat & cold increase hospitalisation risk — especially in adults 75+ highlighting climate change implications for public health https://ijpds.org/news/25-02-26-temperature-gout Read the full Open Access article here: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3149/

As extreme temperatures become more frequent, gout may join the growing list of climate-sensitive conditions

35-yr population study finds both heat & cold increase hospitalisation risk — especially in adults 75+ highlighting climate change implications for public health

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New Desirable Health Indicator (DHI) for Wales uses linked data to track who survives a year without hospital, ED or key prescriptions. In 2022, 43.1% met it. Rates were lower in older and more deprived groups, highlighting health inequalities. READ: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3005

New Desirable Health Indicator (DHI) for Wales uses linked data to track who survives a year without hospital, ED or key prescriptions.

In 2022, 43.1% met it. Rates were lower in older and more deprived groups, highlighting health inequalities.

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A new national dataset developed in Scotland is set to transform how we understand the use of specialist medicines delivered directly to patients’ homes, including medicines safety surveillance and real-world evidence generation. DISCOVER - Homecare Medicines (HCM) dataset https://ijpds.org/news/19-02-26-safety-surveillance Or Read the full details of the dataset profile here: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3139

A new national dataset developed in Scotland is set to transform how we understand the use of specialist medicines delivered directly to patients’ homes, including medicines safety surveillance and real-world evidence generation.

DISCOVER - Homecare Medicines (HCM) dataset
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Understanding population mental health trends may now be faster and more affordable. New research shows dynamic online recruitment and large-scale assessments can mirror national survey results, offering real-time insight at scale. READ: https://ijpds.org/news/16-02-26-mental-health-trends or readthe full open access article: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3148/

Understanding population mental health trends may now be faster and more affordable.

New research shows dynamic online recruitment and large-scale assessments can mirror national survey results, offering real-time insight at scale.

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📢 New study: Impact of SEND provision on health & education outcomes using the ECHILD database (England). Researchers used causal inference methods to explore whether additional support improves outcomes for children with high health needs. Results showed small reductions in unauthorised absences, but no clear effect on attainment or hospital use — and families highlighted both benefits and challenges of accessing support. The study calls for more experimental policy approaches and better data on SEND provision. #SEND #PopulationDataScience #Education or Read the full open access article here https://ijpds.org/article/view/3331

New research published in @IJPDS uses England’s ECHILD data to examine SEND provision.

The study found small reductions in unauthorised absences but no clear changes in attainment or hospital use, highlighting the need for stronger evidence on what support works.

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Canadian researchers develop new way to visualise the big picture of prescribing in older people living with dementia Data visualisations help to understand complex prescribing patterns, using data from almost 100,000 older adults living in Ontario FIND OUT MORE: https://ijpds.org/news/11-02-26-living-with-dementia #demetia Or Read the full article here: https://ijpds.org/article/view/2980

Canadian researchers develop new way to visualise the big picture of prescribing in older people living with dementia

Data visualisations help to understand complex prescribing patterns, using data from almost 100,000 older adults living in Ontario

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#demetia

New Genetic Method Makes Lung Research More Inclusive and Powerful

Using genetic clues, this breakthrough could reshape how big health studies are done, making them more inclusive and efficient - without compromising quality.

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New Genetic Method Makes Lung Research More Inclusive and Powerful Using genetic clues, this breakthrough could reshape how big health studies are done, making them more inclusive and efficient - without compromising quality. READ: https://ijpds.org/news/09-02-25-genetic-markers

New Genetic Method Makes Lung Research More Inclusive and Powerful

Using genetic clues, this breakthrough could reshape how big health studies are done, making them more inclusive and efficient - without compromising quality.

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Cleaning and validating longitudinal maternal and child postcode histories from a national healthcare registry for environmental health research in London, UK Find out about the creation of this datasets for a study of air pollution and respiratory infections in infants. https://ijpds.org/article/view/2990

Cleaning and validating longitudinal maternal and child postcode histories from a national healthcare registry for environmental health research in London, UK

Find out about the creation of this datasets for a study of air pollution and respiratory infections in infants.

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A new study is set to shed light on the late impacts of treatment for childhood cancer. The LACE study uses routinely collected data for long-term follow-up of children with #cancer to examine the impact of treatment on their health in adulthood. READ https://ijpds.org/news/02-02-26-childhood-cancer-impact Read the full open access article here https://ijpds.org/article/view/2988

A new study is set to shed light on the late impacts of treatment for childhood cancer.

The LACE study uses routinely collected data for long-term follow-up of children with #cancer to examine the impact of treatment on their health in adulthood.

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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻! 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 For Full Details of this International Call and our Expert Editorial Panel, visit 👉https://ijpds.org/calls/people-criminal-justice-system #CrimeData #CallforPapers

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!
𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺

For Full Details of this International Call and our Expert Editorial Panel, visit
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Diverse voices help shape the research agenda for ‘Born in Bradford for All’ - a project linking information collected by public services for mothers and babies born in Bradford, UK. Read: How Local Voices Are Driving Research on Bradford's Families https://ijpds.org/news/26-01-26-local-voices-bradford Read the full article here: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3045

Diverse voices help shape the research agenda for ‘Born in Bradford for All’ - a project linking information collected by public services for mothers and babies born in Bradford, UK.

Read: How Local Voices Are Driving Research on Bradford's Families ijpds.org/news/26-01-2...

New study in @IJPDS introduces the Ecuadorian Deprivation Index (EDI), a new tool to measure social disadvantage beyond income. It reveals stark health inequalities, including much higher rates of teenage pregnancy in deprived areas. READ: https://ijpds.org/news/26-01-26-deprivation-ecudor Read the full open access article here: https://ijpds.org/article/view/2970/

New study in @IJPDS introduces the Ecuadorian Deprivation Index (EDI), a new tool to measure social disadvantage beyond income.

It reveals stark health inequalities, including much higher rates of teenage pregnancy in deprived areas.

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Developing resources to facilitate public conversations about the use of linked address-based data for research. Find out about this new toolkit created to support conversations with academic and public audiences about research using address-linked patient data. 👉 https://ijpds.org/article/view/2998/

Developing resources to facilitate public conversations about the use of linked address-based data for research.

Find out about this new toolkit created to support conversations with academic and public audiences about research using address-linked patient data.

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Breaking the Cycle: New Study Reveals Scale of Household Substance Misuse Affecting Children in Wales - SAIL Databank A new study using population-scale linked data from health, criminal justice, and children’s social care, uncovers the scale and factors associated with substance misuse within Welsh households. The s...

New study in @ijpds.bsky.social, led by SAIL's Dr Hywel Evans, used #linkeddata from health, criminal justice & children’s social care, to uncover the scale & factors associated with substance misuse within Welsh households. saildatabank.com/breaking-the...

Call For Paper Closing Soon Special Issue: Linked Data Across the Life Course: Leveraging Data for Health and Wellbeing Aligned with WHO's framework on operationalising a life course approach Call Details Available Here https://ijpds.org/calls/leveraging-data-health-wellbeing

Call For Paper Closing Soon

Special Issue: Linked Data Across the Life Course: Leveraging Data for Health and Wellbeing

Aligned with WHO's framework on operationalising a life course approach

Call Details Available Here ijpds.org/calls/levera...

If you use electronic health data collected by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), and want to improve data prep and remove data from people who were not able to be matched to the datasets of interest, this new study is a must read... READ: https://ijpds.org/news/19-01-26-gp-to-hospital or Read the full article https://ijpds.org/article/view/3069/

If you use electronic health data collected by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), and want to improve data prep and remove data from people who were not able to be matched to the datasets of interest, this new study is a must read...

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Just Published! Data Resource Profile: The Scottish Combined Medicines Dataset (SCoMeD) A unified view of all prescribing data to provide a longitudinal dataset of medicines use for patients treated by the National Health Services (NHS) Scotland READ: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3006

Just Published!
Data Resource Profile: The Scottish Combined Medicines Dataset (SCoMeD)

A unified view of all prescribing data to provide a longitudinal dataset of medicines use for patients treated by the National Health Services (NHS) Scotland

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Breaking the Cycle: New Study Reveals Scale of Household Substance Misuse Affecting Children in Wales 11% of Welsh children live in a home with occurring substance misuse Suicide in adults is almost 10 times more likely than the rest of the population Find out more: https://ijpds.org/news/14-01-26-substance-misuse Read the full article here: https://ijpds.org/article/view/2948/

Breaking the Cycle: New Study Reveals Scale of Household Substance Misuse Affecting Children in Wales

11% of Welsh children live in a home with occurring substance misuse

Suicide in adults is almost 10 times more likely than the rest of the population

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𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻! 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 For Full Details of the Call, including Themes and Scope, visit https://ijpds.org/calls/ai #AI #OpenCall

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!
𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

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#AI #OpenCall

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A New Way to Time Change of Address Could Sharpen Health Research When people move home, exposure to pollution, green space, healthcare services, and stress also change. But just how quickly does change of address appear in health data? You can find out right here: https://ijpds.org/news/10-12-25-time-change-of-address To ready the full open access article click here - https://ijpds.org/article/view/2995

A New Way to Time Change of Address Could Sharpen Health Research

When people move home, exposure to pollution, green space, healthcare services, and stress also change.

But just how quickly does change of address appear in health data?

You can find out right here:
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Depression to Cost the U.S. Over $500 Billion and Thousands of Lives in the Next Decade The burden of depression is not limited to medical treatment expenses. "It is a societal challenge with deep economic and human costs." Read more plus the full scientific study here https://ijpds.org/news/09-12-25-us-depression-cost https://ijpds.org/article/view/3046

Depression to Cost the U.S. Over $500 Billion and Thousands of Lives in the Next Decade

The burden of depression is not limited to medical treatment expenses. "It is a societal challenge with deep economic and human costs."

Read more plus the full scientific study here ijpds.org/news/09-12-2...

South African researchers have created a dataset of over 6,200 adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal region to create a valuable new resource for understanding youth mental well-being. Find out how this will improve support for 13 to 14 year old's https://ijpds.org/news/08-12-25-south-african-datasets Read the full open access article here https://ijpds.org/article/view/3003/

South African researchers have created a dataset of over 6,200 adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal region to create a valuable new resource for understanding youth mental well-being.

Find out how this will improve support for 13 to 14 year old's
ijpds.org/news/08-12-2...

How do people feel about research studies using their personal data from government-held records? Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study (ELC-FS) findings are positive, paving the way for a UK-wide study involving 30,000 families with children born in 2026 https://ijpds.org/news/4-12-25-elc-fs-personal-data Read the full article here https://ijpds.org/article/view/2965

How do people feel about research studies using their personal data from government-held records?

Early Life Cohort Feasibility Study (ELC-FS) findings are positive, paving the way for a UK-wide study involving 30,000 families with children born in 2026

ijpds.org/news/4-12-25...

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲: 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 We are excited to share that IJPDS is dedicating its 2026 Special Issue to the use of AI in Population Data Science research. Stay posted - details coming soon! https://ijpds.org/user/register

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲: 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

We are excited to share that IJPDS is dedicating its 2026 Special Issue to the use of AI in Population Data Science research.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗝𝗣𝗗𝗦 and we'll make sure that you'll be the first to know when this call opens! ijpds.org/user/register

New data resource supports research into vulnerable children in Northern Ireland Introducing the Social Services Client Administration and Retrieval Environment (SOSCARE) dataset, the most comprehensive source of info on vulnerable children in NI. READ: https://ijpds.org/news/03-12-25-vulnerable-children-northern-ireland Read the full open access article here: https://ijpds.org/article/view/3138

New data resource supports research into vulnerable children in Northern Ireland

Introducing the Social Services Client Administration and Retrieval Environment (SOSCARE) dataset, the most comprehensive source of info on vulnerable children in NI.

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A New Index Reveals How Healthy Habits Differ Across the Italian Population The Healthy Lifestyle Composite Index (HLCI) can design targeted health promotion strategies and identify groups at greatest risk of chronic diseases. Find out more here: https://ijpds.org/news/1-12-25-italian-health Read the full open access article here https://ijpds.org/article/view/2977/

A New Index Reveals How Healthy Habits Differ Across the Italian Population

The Healthy Lifestyle Composite Index (HLCI) can design targeted health promotion strategies and identify groups at greatest risk of chronic diseases.

Find out more here: ijpds.org/news/1-12-25...

A new UK-wide consultation reveals public views on synthetic data and its role in research with 10 recommendations for organisations who create and share synthetic datasets. Listening to the Public: UK-wide Consultation Explores views on Synthetic Data https://ijpds.org/news/27-11-25-synthetic-data Read the full article here https://ijpds.org/article/view/2962

A new UK-wide consultation reveals public views on synthetic data and its role in research with 10 recommendations for organisations who create and share synthetic datasets.

Read 'Listening to the Public: UK-wide Consultation Explores views on Synthetic Data' in IJPDS
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