Imperial College London
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ProfessorAnnaHansell

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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UG42Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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@article{Hodgson:2020:ije/dyz051,
author = {Hodgson, S and Fecht, D and Gulliver, J and Daby, H and Piel, F and Yip, F and Strosnider, H and Hansell, A and Elliott, P},
doi = {ije/dyz051},
journal = {International Journal of Epidemiology},
pages = {i4--i14},
title = {Availability, access, analysis and dissemination of small area data},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz051},
volume = {49},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - In this era of ‘big data’, there is growing recognition of the value of environmental, health, social and demographic data for research. Open government data initiatives are growing in number and in terms of content. Remote sensing data are finding widespread use in environmental research, including in low- and middle-income settings. While our ability to study environment and health associations across countries and continents grows, data protection rules and greater patient control over the use of their data present new challenges to using health data in research. Innovative tools that circumvent the need for the physical sharing of data by supporting non-disclosive sharing of information, or that permit spatial analysis without researchers needing access to underlying patient data can be used to support analyses while protecting data confidentiality. User-friendly visualisations, allowing small area data to be seen and understood by non-expert audiences are revolutionising public and researcher interactions with data. The UK Small Area Health Statistics Unit’s Environment and Health Atlas for England and Wales, and the US National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network offer good examples. Open data facilitates user-generated outputs, and ‘mash-ups’, and user generated inputs from social media, mobile devices, and wearable tech are new data streams which will find utility in future studies, and bring novel dimensions with respect to ethical use of small area data.
AU  - Hodgson,S
AU  - Fecht,D
AU  - Gulliver,J
AU  - Daby,H
AU  - Piel,F
AU  - Yip,F
AU  - Strosnider,H
AU  - Hansell,A
AU  - Elliott,P
DO  - ije/dyz051
EP  - 14
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1464-3685
SP  - 4
TI  - Availability, access, analysis and dissemination of small area data
T2  - International Journal of Epidemiology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz051
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/68187
VL  - 49
ER  -
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