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Are There Long-term Academic Benefits of Full-Day Kindergarten? A Population-Based Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objective Despite the implementation of full-day kindergarten (FDK) in several Canadian provinces, there is little evidence on the long-term outcomes associated with this program.
Marni Brownell   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Down's Syndrome in England, 1998–2013

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2020
Introduction Disease registers and electronic health records are valuable resources for disease surveillance and research but can be limited by variation in data quality over time.
James C Doidge, PhD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in admissions for acute respiratory infections in children: an inter-country comparison between Western Australia and England

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objective Acute respiratory infections (ARI) including bronchiolitis, pneumonia and influenza are a major cause of hospital admissions in children worldwide.
Hannah Moore   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking strategies and biases when matching cohorts to the National Pupil Database.

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives To compare sample biases when linking education data to external datasets using opt in and opt out consent models for the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) – opt in, and the Case Register Interactive Search Child and Adolescent Mental Health ...
Johnny Downs   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-agency data linkage- How to and lessons learnt through the Western Australian Developmental Pathways Program

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives This presentation will showcase the Western Australia Developmental Pathways Program, the largest cross- agency data linkage program in Australia.
Rebecca Glauert
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring medication uptake in difficult asthma – qualitative analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objective To determine the acceptability of using data on medicines dispensed in primary care to inform out-patient treatment of patients with difficult-to-treat asthma.
Debbie Anderson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

From a culture of caution to a culture of confidence: facilitating the good governance of administrative data in the UK

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives This talk unpacks the culture of caution surrounding the use and sharing of administrative data in the UK and suggests the adoption of the authors’ novel decision-making tool and organisational strategy based on the public interest, to achieve
Leslie Stevens, Graeme Laurie
doaj   +1 more source

Looked after children and access to dental services and oral health in Scotland: a national data-linkage study (LAC-DENTAL)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives Children that are ‘looked after’ include those that are accommodated in foster, kinship and residential care placements, as well as those at home on compulsory supervision. They have poorer physical and mental health than their peers and there
Alex McMahon   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variations in antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objectives Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health issue, driven in large part by selection pressure induced by antibiotic use. Despite knowledge that a reduction in inappropriate antibiotic use is important, significant and sustained ...
Rachel Mckay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Through the legal maze: An Act Respecting Research

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) is a recently established provincial research data centre and data custodian hosting anonymized linkable administrative data from the Government of New Brunswick (GNB) and
Ted McDonald   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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