Data linkage and mining: vision, possibilities and practicalities.
Wednesday, 9th March 2011: Creating a vision
10.00 Welcome from chair, Beth Smith, Multi-Agency Resource Service (MARS)
10.15 Introduction to the seminars series, Janice McGhee, University of Edinburgh
10.30 The Scottish context: scale, scope and potential, Fiona Mitchell, Scottish Child Care and Protection Network
11.10 REFRESHMENT BREAK
11.30 The Scottish context: gaps in understanding what’s effective in meeting children’s needs for care and protection [Strategic policy lead, Scottish government, speaker tbc]
11.45 Collating and connecting multi-sector data for evaluation purposes, Mansoor Kazi, University of Buffalo
12.30 LUNCH
1.30 Workshop – Developing consensus and commitment to national and local process and outcome data collection and collation
2.30 Developing multi-sector longitudinal databases. Melissa Jonson-Reid (by teleconference), Washington University in St Louis
3.30 Plenary
4.00 CLOSE
Thursday, 10th March, The current state of play: Garbage in, garbage out?
10.00 Welcome from chair, Beth Smith, Multi-Agency Resource Service (MARS)
10.15 Current data collection and linkage in Glasgow Child Protection Committee area, Paul Rigby, Glasgow City Council
10.45 Making use of routine date: lessons learned from the Getting It Right For Every Child pathfinder evaluation, Morag MacNeil/Bob Stradling, University of Edinburgh
11.15 REFRESHMENT BREAK
11.30 Developing outcomes framework for monitoring and evaluation, David Derbyshire, Action for Children
12.00 Visualising data, Speaker tbc, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
12.30 LUNCH
1.30 Workshop – Identifying a core outcomes dataset for children in contact with primary, secondary and tertiary services
3.30 Plenary
4.00 CLOSE
Friday 11th March. The possibilities and the practicalities
10.00 Welcome from chair, Beth Smith, Multi-Agency Resource Service (MARS)
10.15 Linking national health services data: ISD and the Scottish Health Informatics Programmes, Steve Pavis, Scottish Health Information Service, ISD
10.45 Good governance in data sharing and data linkage for research and evaluation purposes, Graeme Laurie, University of Edinburgh
11.15 REFRESHMENT BREAK
11.30 Assessing the feasibility of linking datasets, Phil Anderson, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
12.15 National statistical data returns: linking individual data for looked after children, Gary Sutton, Analytical Services Unit, Scottish Government
1.00 LUNCH
2.00 Workshop – Mapping strategies for improving and linking existing datasets in Scotland
3.30 Plenary
4.00 CLOSE