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Dataset-specific publications, such as Data Explained documents and user guides, can be found on the ADR UK Data Catalogue or on Flagship datasets.

Policy briefing: The health effects of long-term exposure to air pollution - New evidence from linked administrative data in Northern Ireland

This policy brief from ADR Northern Ireland explores the detrimental health effects of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution in Northern Ireland. It draws on existing research together with ADR NI's own research using linked administrative data from a variety of sources.

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Data Insights: Commuting to work by bicycle reduces mental ill-health

It is well known that physical activity has a positive effect on mental health, but there is some debate over whether the domain in which individuals take part in physical activity is important. For example, does engaging in active travel to work have the same benefits as walking or cycling in your leisure time? Research shows that cycling to work, when compared to all other modes of commute, reduces the likelihood of experiencing mental ill-health - specifically anxiety and depression.

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Data Insight: Risk factors associated with primary care-reported domestic violence for women involved in Family Law care proceedings

This Data Insight explores risk factors for domestic violence and abuse experienced by mothers involved in public law family court care proceedings in Wales.

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Data Insight: Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of children that are clinically extremely vulnerable or living with clinically extremely vulnerable people in Wales

This Data Insight examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of clinically extremely vulnerable children and children living with clinically extremely vulnerable people in Wales, using data linkage methods.

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Data Insight: Clinical coding and capture of Long COVID: a cohort study in Wales using linked health and demographic data

This Data Insight looks at clinical coding of Long COVID recorded in primary and secondary care to aid understanding of coding quality, the variation of use in primary care software systems and the completeness and usability of data. It provides a comprehensive characterisation of patients clinically diagnosed with Long COVID, with the aim of building a deeper understanding of this relatively new condition.

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Supporting People data linking project: Update

This report, produced by ADR Wales in partnership with the Welsh Government, analyses the demographics of Supporting People to understand who received support from the programme. In addition, it outlines findings from analysis that linked Supporting People data with healthcare data in the SAIL Databank to understand the healthcare use of Supporting People clients before and after they received support.

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Data Insight: Mind the gap: an administrative data analysis of dental treatment outcomes and severe mental illness

While people with severe mental illness are at high risk of chronic physical health conditions and premature mortality, little attention has been given to oral health disparities. Based on a large administrative dataset, this study allows an in-depth examination of disparities in dental health outcomes with respect to severe mental illness.

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School staff vaccination uptake: February 2022

This report, produced by ADR Wales in partnership with the Welsh Government, analyses the School Workforce Annual Census and the Research Ready Data Asset for COVID-19 Vaccination Data in the SAIL Databank.

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Drug-related deaths in Northern Ireland: Socio-demographic analyses (March 2020)

Findings from research by NISRA (ADR Northern Ireland) provide novel, socio-demographic insights into drug-related deaths in Northern Ireland.

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