Unlocking Data to Inform Public Health Policy and Practice

The Universities of Sheffield, York, and Leeds joined forces with Local Authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) from Sheffield and York areas, and the Yorkshire and Humber Care Record (YHCR) to ‘unlock’ the potential of routinely collected real-world data to promote and protect health and prevent ill-health in local and regional settings.

More information and further contact

• Find out how we did it, what we discovered and how the research will change health and social care, in our blog here: https://www.arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/news-events-and-media/blogs/unlocking-data-to-inform-public-health-policy-and-practice 

• Read more about our research project here: https://figshare.shef.ac.uk/articles/report/Unlocking_real-world_data_to_promote_and_protect_health_and_prevent_ill-health_in_the_Yorkshire_and_Humber_region/14723685/1 

• Watch our Introduction to Care Metadata webinar here: Unlocking real world data webinar Jan 2022 

• Read about searching the grey literature on how local governments use real-world data here: https://www.arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/news-events-and-media/news/its-a-grey-area-how-local-governments-use-data

• Learn more about why we think unlocking linked real-world data presents opportunities to improve public health here: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2022/01/26/unlocking-linked-real-world-data-presents-opportunities-to-improve-public-health/ 

For more information on this project, contact Dr Matt Franklin at matt.franklin@sheffield.ac.uk