Social disadvantage, child health and attainment. (fully booked)
Date:
31/03/2015
Organised by:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Presenter:
Professor Bianca De Stavola
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Kavita Patel
020 7927 2053
kavita.patel@lshtm.ac.uk
Description:
This workshop will present results of research projects that exploit the richness of the England and Wales Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS LS) and the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS; http://www.ucl.ac.uk/celsius & http://sls.lscs.ac.uk).
Presentations will look at possible pathways from social disadvantage to infant mortality in England and Wales; the potential mediating role of birth weight in the effect of parental socioeconomic disadvantage on childhood growth in Scotland; and models for grade attainments by Scottish children.
Methodological aspects arising from analysing record linkage studies such as the ONS LS and the SLS will also be discussed and guidelines for best use illustrated. The day will conclude with a discussion of lessons learned and future plans including an introduction to the Administrative Data Research Network.
Programme:
10:30 Registration with coffee/tea
11:00 Introduction
11:10-11:40 Lee Williamson, University of Edinburgh
Introducing the England and Wales Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS LS) and the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS) for research use. Additionally, demonstrating the linkage of health data to the SLS including maternity and Child Health Surveillance Programme data.
11:40-12:15 Chris Playford, University of Edinburgh
Modelling standard grade attainment using the Scottish Longitudinal Study: an exploration of child development measures using linked Child Health Surveillance Programme Pre-School (CHSP-PS) records.
12:15 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
13:10-13:50 Richard Silverwood, LSHTM
Causal pathways between socioeconomic disadvantage and growth in the Scottish Longitudinal Study, 1991-2001
13:50 Bianca De Stavola, LSHTM
Social disadvantage and infant mortality: the birth weight paradox revisited
14:30 Chris Dibben, University of Edinburgh
Introduction to the Administrative Data Research Network– an ESRC service facilitating access to linked administrative data.
15:00 Final discussion
15:30 End of event
Cost:
This event is FREE. Lunch will be provided. Participants will be responsible for their own travel and any accommodation costs.
Region:
Greater London
Keywords:
Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Statistical Theory and Methods of Inference, Quantitative Approaches (other)
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Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis
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