Back in July of this year, we discussed with members of the ‘One Wales’ group the collaborative approach aiding understanding of vaccine uptake and safety in wales in the over 80s. The group has now examined vaccination inequities in the over 50s amongst ethnic minorities and in areas of deprivation. The One Wales team is…
From ADR Wales. The COVID-19 pandemic showed how access to timely data is critical for researchers and policymakers to best understand a situation and its impact on society. Due to the increased need for this data, the data acquisition team at ADR Wales and its partnered SAIL Databank have secured to date 28 new data…
They may be seen as the ones least vulnerable to transmission and the negative health impacts of Covid-19, but pandemic restrictions disrupted young people’s education, physical activity and opportunities to socialise.
Findings of the research suggest that school closures result in widening health inequalities and as schools return, measures will need to be in place to re-address the widened gap in physical health and wellbeing. The research was led by Swansea University’s Dr Michaela James and the HAPPEN Network. HAPPEN is part of the National Centre…
New research by Swansea University found that when children from different classes mixed, for example at breakfast and extra-curricular clubs, there was no increased likelihood of Covid-19 in the school, supporting opportunities for pupils to mix and play together. The research team also found that the more direct contacts primary school staff had with people…
New research, published in BMC Medicine, has discovered the risk of children developing mental ill-health increases significantly when they have lived with someone who also has a common mental health disorder. The study, led by Cardiff University, showed children who had grown up living with someone with mental health difficulties were 63% more likely to…
Read the latest blog from Cystic Fibrosis Trust posted on 31st August 2021 that details the research undertaken by the One Wales team – “The uptake on the vaccine from people with CF is encouraging – and a step in the right direction” https://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/news/covid-19-vaccination-among-the-cf-population-in-wales During the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s become clear that getting up-to-date and…
SeRP (Secure eResearch Platform) has achieved Cyber Essentials accreditation that further demonstrates SeRP’s commitment and robust safeguards to protect its users, platform tenants and data providers from cyber attacks. The SeRP technology stack underpins the Population Data Science Research Centres of Excellence as well as many other external projects; both in the UK and internationally….
Research Teams from Population Data Science and public Health Wales present the AWISS injury indicators for the period 2010-2020. Since the beginning of the pandemic last year, COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on people’s lives. Every year in Wales there are, on average, 1,130 injury fatalities, 38,355 injury admissions, and 350,769 injury-related Emergency Department…
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified efforts to soften the barriers to bringing together multi-national, multi-institutional health data for healthcare research. These barriers include variations in governance and regulatory frameworks, data recording standards and data quality, and interoperability challenges between systems. COVID-19 has accelerated a movement within the research and scientific community to move beyond the…
