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DataPod - ADR UK : Data-Driven Insights ADR UK researches administrative data to provide outputs that gives data-driven insights on the UK's economy, policies and communities.
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ADR UK has now taken over the DataPod from ADR Scotland, as from January 2024 it will become a podcast which will be used by all the ADR UK members, such as ADR England, ADR Wales, ADR Northern Ireland and ADR Scotland.Whether you are an expert in your field, a data scientist or are science curious then we hope you will enjoy this podcast. Find out more by visiting our Datapod podcast page. Further information can be found at our ADR UK webpage, or please search #Datapod on Twitter/ X.The initial podcasts recorded in 2023, were solely ADR Scotland, who link datasets of administrative data from Education, Health, Social Care, the Environment, Housing, Community safety & Justice.
· Their Datapod podcast lets you hear from our leading academics, data scientists and data analysts involved in researching Scotland’s public sector data covering Health, Nursing, Social Care, Children, Education, Crime, Justice, Safety, Environmental and Housing sectors, in order to complete our administrative data research, to deliver data driven insights to government departments, charities and communities to inform them and provide support to encourage policymakers to amend regulations to improve people's lives and to benefit society.
· With unprecedented access to the partners within ADR Scotland, namely SCADR and the Scottish Government - their podcasts will either offer you a '10 minute Research Update' or invite you to join 'Datapod discussions' from leading academics, data scientists and experts from a particular sector, who together are transforming how public sector data in Scotland is curated, accessed and explored - so they can deliver data driven insights that highlights issues affecting communities and encouraging policymakers to amend regulations in order to benefit society. STAY TUNED in 2024...to hear more podcasts from ADR UK REGIONAL MEMBERS.
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Does commuting affect your health?
A current research project within our Lifelong health and wellbeing thread is investigating whether Commuting has an impact upon a person's health. In this third episode in our podcast pilot, Professor Chris Dibben and Dr Laurie Berrie discuss with Renata Samulnik the value of using administrative data and linking datasets, in order to research whether:Commuting to work by bicycle can improve your health and how?What barriers stop people cycling to work in Glasgow and Edinburgh?Can thes...
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Trends of violence across Scotland.
In the 1980 and 90s, Glasgow was notorious for a knife crime and had a high rate of homicide – which, in 2005, resulted in the World Health Organization dubbing Glasgow the “murder capital of Europe.” In this second episode of our podcast pilot, Mr Alastair McAlpine discusses with Professor Susan McVie how Glasgow has seen a 60% drop in homicide, and violent crime in Scotland has fallen to historic lows over the last two decades, and asks whether she believes that 'this was a miracle' or whet...
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Using children’s data to better understand their lives & outcomes
This episode focuses on data on children and families and explores our latest research in this area, how it can help policy and practice, and why engaging with children and understanding their rights is so important.You may wish to refer to the following documents after listening to the podcast;Report on The Impact of Covid-19 on Children’s Care Journeys in ScotlandReport on Infants Born into CareComic on data, research and children’s rightsPlease visit our website pages for further informati...
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10 minute Research Update - Why has there been an increase in 'Deaths at Home' since 2020.
A current research project within our Health and social care programme is investigating whether there was an increase in deaths at home during and after the Covid19 pandemic and the implications for end of life care and health service usage.Our Research Fellow, Jan Savinc, shares his initial findings from his work analysing the linked death records held by National Records Scotland and health service data held by Public Health Scotland, with Dr Iain Atherton. List...