Data use for positive impact on individuals and populations

This is all about how data is being used to improve lives and make positive change for public good. It also encompasses the science and practice of public engagement.

 

• Data Note: Challenges when combining housing data from multiple sources to identify overcrowded households

  Laura Scott, Yan Weigang, Marcella Ucci, Jessica Sheringham

  Published online: May 20, 2025

• Data Resource Profile: PharmaNet, the Database for Prescription Drug Dispensing in British Columbia, Canada

  Andrew Li, Yinshan Zhao, Scott D. Emerson, Kimberlyn McGrail, Sandra Peterson, Helen Tremlett

  Published online: Jun 18, 2026

• Data Resource Profile: A National Linked Routine-Care Data Resource for Longitudinal Health Services Research in Thailand: The National Health Security Office–type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (NHSO–T2DM) Extract, 2017–2024

  Phongthana Pasookhush, Apinya Surawit, Anupong Sirirungreung, Ploypun Narindrarangkura, Ram Rangsin, Sophida Suta, Sureeporn Pumeiam, Pichanun Mongkolsucharitkul, Bonggochpass Pinsawas, Suphawan Ophakas, Korapat Mayurasakorn

  Published online: Oct 20, 2026

• Data resource profile: a nationally representative linked pregnancy cohort in Canada integrating clinical, social, and environmental data

  Sabrina Chiodo, Sonia M. Grandi, Jessica Gronsbell, Laura C. Rosella

  Published online: Mar 9, 2026

• Data resource profile: children looked after administrative records in Wales

  Gemma Allnatt, Alexandra Lee, Jonathan Scourfield, Martin Elliott, Karen Broadhurst, Lucy Griffiths

  Published online: Aug 2, 2022

• Data Resource Profile: COVid VAXines Effects on the Aged (COVVAXAGE)

  Kaleen N. Hayes, Daniel A. Harris, Andrew R. Zullo, Djeneba Audrey Djibo, Renae L. Smith-Ray, Michael S. Taitel, Tanya G. Singh, Cheryl McMahill-Walraven, Preeti Chachlani, Katherine J. Wen, Ellen P. McCarthy, Stefan Gravenstein, Sean McCurdy, Kristina E. Baird, Daniel Moran, Derek Fenson, Yalin Deng, Vincent Mor

  Published online: Oct 18, 2023

• Data Resource Profile: ECHILD only-children and siblings (ECHILD-oCSib): a national cohort of linked health, education and social care data on mothers and children in England

  Qi Feng, Georgina Ireland, Ruth Gilbert, Katie Harron

  Published online: Jun 6, 2024

• Data Resource Profile: Education and Health Data in New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure

  Thomas Schober, Nicholas Bowden, Stephanie D'Souza, Sheree Gibb, Barry Milne, Lisa Meehan

  Published online: Apr 23, 2026

• Data resource profile: Exploring freely accessible data describing wider determinants of health in England

  Steve Childs, Chris Farmer, Abraham George, Elizabeth Ford, Melanie Rees-Roberts

  Published online: Oct 2, 2024

• Data Resource Profile: Harmonisation of a multimodal dataset to evaluate adolescent mental health in rural South Africa

  Nondumiso Mthiyane, Edwin Mkwanazi, Patrick N Mwangala, Dickman Gareta, Sweetness Dube, Kobus Herbst, Maryam Shahmanesh, Kathy Baisley, Amina Abubakar

  Published online: Dec 8, 2025

• Data Resource Profile: Maternity Services Dataset (MSDS)

  Catherine Stewart, Jennifer Hall, Katie Harron

  Published online: Mar 2, 2026

• Data Resource Profile: Nutrition Data in the VA Million Veteran Program

  Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen, Yanping Li, Kerry Ivey, Stacey B. Whitbourne, Walter C. Willett, Frank B. Hu, Kelly Cho, Michael Gaziano, Luc Djousse, and on behalf of the VA Million Veteran Program

  Published online: Mar 7, 2024

• Data Resource Profile: Public Health Scotland (PHS) Homecare Medicines Dataset: A National Resource for Linked Prescribing Data for Specialist Medicines Prescribed in Hospital Outpatient setting and Supplied Via Homecare Services

  Amanj Kurdi, Laura Stobo, Morven Millar, Will Clayton , Andrew Merrick , Stuart McTaggart, Tanja Mueller, Marion Bennie

  Published online: Feb 19, 2026

• Data Resource Profile: The Age-It Family Demography Survey (Age-It FDS)

  Daniele Vignoli, Elisa Brini, Raffaele Guetto, Giammarco Alderotti, Andrea Ballerini, Marco Cozzani, Alessandro Gallo, Carlos J. Gil-Hernández, Maria Francesca Morabito, Elena Pirani, Davide Soldati, Francesco Tata, Valentina Tocchioni

  Published online: May 13, 2026

• Data Resource Profile: The Disability Statistics - Estimates Database (DS-E Database). An innovative database of internationally comparable statistics on disability inequalities

  Bradley Carpenter, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Kaviyarasan Patchaiappan, Katherine Theiss, Jaclyn Yap, Jill Hanass-Hancock, GVS Murthy, Monica Pinilla-Roncancio, Minerva Rivas Velarde, Sophie Mitra

  Published online: Dec 12, 2024

• Data Resource Profile: The Disability Statistics Questionnaire Review Database (DS-QR Database): A Database of Population Censuses and Household Surveys with Internationally Comparable Disability Questions

  Bradley Carpenter, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Pavani Saikam, David Vicente Alvarez, Jill Hanass-Hancock, GVS Murthy, Monica Pinilla-Roncancio, Minerva Rivas Velarde, Douglas Teodoro, Sophie Mitra

  Published online: Dec 12, 2024

• Data Resource Profile: The Enhanced Prescribing Database (EPD) in Northern Ireland

  Emma Ross, Janine Cooper, Dermot O'Reilly, Aideen Maguire

  Published online: May 12, 2026

• Data Resource Profile: The Health of Canadian children in Foster Homes (CanFos)

  Andrea Evans, Ashley Quinn, Nicole Racine, Cindy Blackstock, Natasha Saunders, Nico Trocmé, Barbara Fallon, Kofi Antwi-Boasiako, Marcelo L. Urquia, Nick Barrowman, Vid Bijelić, John Fluke, Tonino Esposito, Doug Manuel

  Published online: Oct 21, 2026

• Data resource profile: the ORIGINS project databank: a collaborative data resource for investigating the developmental origins of health and disease

  Belinda C. Davey, Wesley Billingham, Jacqueline A. Davis, Lisa Gibson, Nina D'Vaz, Susan L. Prescott, Desiree T. Silva, Sarah Whalan

  Published online: Sep 30, 2024

• Data Resource Profile: The Social Services Client Administration and Retrieval Environment (SOSCARE) administrative dataset for children’s social care in Northern Ireland

  Sarah McKenna, Siobhán Murphy, Dermot O’Reilly, Lisa Bunting, Aideen Maguire

  Published online: Dec 3, 2025

• Data Resource Profile: the Virtual International Care Homes Trials Archive (VICHTA)

  Lisa Irvine, Jenni Burton, Myzoon Ali, Jo Booth, James Desborough, Pip Logan, Esme Moniz-Cook, Claire Surr, David Wright, Claire Goodman

  Published online: Jan 15, 2024

• Data Resource: Children Receiving Care and Support and Children in Need, administrative records in Wales.

  Alexandra Lee, Martin Elliott, Jonathan Scourfield, Stuart Bedston, Karen Broadhurst, David Ford, Lucy Griffiths

  Published online: May 9, 2022

• Data Resource: Vascular Risk in Adult New Zealanders (VARIANZ) datasets

  Suneela Mehta, Rod Jackson, Daniel J Exeter, Billy P Wu, Sue Wells, Andrew J Kerr

  Published online: Sep 2, 2019

• Defining a low-risk birth cohort: a cohort study comparing two perinatal data sets in Ontario, Canada

  Elizabeth Darling, Olivia Marquez, Alison Park

  Published online: Mar 18, 2024

• Dementia Data for People Living in Care Homes: Cross-sectoral National Data Linkage Study of Care Home, Healthcare and Administrative Data Sources

  Kalliopi Mavromati, Maria Drelciuc, Ellen Lynch, Sophie A Hay, Peter Hanlon, Terry J Quinn, Jennifer Kirsty Burton

  Published online: Apr 22, 2026