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Ten years after the launch of IJPDS, we’re bringing the community together to ask:
What should the next decade of Population Data Science look like?
Join in Workshop 10 at IPDLN 2026
📅 Monday 13 July | 1 - 4:30pm
⏳ Workshop registration closes 19 June
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🌍 Child maltreatment remains one of Europe's major public health challenges.
A new international study will examine how countries identify, support and care for vulnerable children, helping to inform future policy and improve early intervention.
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How well do health and social care systems respond to child maltreatment?
SERENA is the first large-scale pan-European study combining nationwide data, professional insights and lived experience to identify better support for vulnerable children.
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Why do so many abused and neglected children across Europe still struggle to get the help they need?
The SERENA project brings together 22 partners across Europe to identify how health and social care systems can better support vulnerable children
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🏥 When every minute counts, where should trauma patients go?
A new study from Aotearoa New Zealand explores whether direct transport to specialist trauma centres always delivers the best outcomes—and what this means for trauma care planning.
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📊 Using linked health data, researchers examined whether seriously injured patients had better outcomes when taken directly to major trauma centres.
Important questions are raised about how trauma systems are designed.
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🚑 Faster isn't always better?
New research from New Zealand challenges assumptions about trauma transport, suggesting that direct transfer to specialist trauma centres may not always improve survival outcomes.
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#TraumaCare #HealthData #IJPDS
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10 years ago the IPDLN community helped define Population Data Science.
Now it’s time to ask:
Did we get it right? 🤔
Join our workshop at the IPDLN Conference 2026 and help shape the next decade
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Registration closes 19 June
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What happens to kids when their mothers become involved in criminal & family justice systems?
A landmark new study will link court, health & social care data to examine how justice involvement affects children's care arrangements and family relationships.
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What happens to kids when their mums become involved in criminal & family justice systems?
A landmark new study will link court, health & social care data to explore the impact on children's care arrangements & family relationships.
READ: ijpds.org/news/04-06-26-just…
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What happens to kids when their mums become involved in criminal & family justice systems?
A landmark new study will link court, health & social care data to examine how justice involvement affects children's care arrangements & family relationships
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A new cohort profile shows how linked routine health records can help researchers investigate maternity care experiences and perinatal outcomes among refugees and asylum seekers—groups often overlooked in health research
READ: ijpds.org/article/view/3318/
#RefugeeHealth
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New Welsh research highlights important differences between mothers seeking sanctuary and UK-born mothers
- more likely to live in most deprived areas and from diverse ethnic backgrounds
Read the importance of understanding maternity health inequalities ijpds.org/article/view/3318/
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How do you study health of refugee and asylum-seeking mums when immigration data aren't routinely available?
Research in Wales used GP records & linked health data to create a cohort of 600 mothers seeking sanctuary to study maternity care inequalities
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The study suggests barriers such as stigma, poverty and reduced access to healthcare may contribute to lower uptake of preventive care among families affected by opioid use during pregnancy.
Read the full story: ijpds.org/news/02-06-26-opio…
#HealthInequalities #OpioidCrisis
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Well-child visits help monitor growth, development and wellbeing. Yet new research shows children exposed to opioids during pregnancy are significantly less likely to attend these important early-life appointments.
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#ChildHealth #MaternalHealth
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A child's first years are critical for health and development. New research shows children exposed to opioids before birth are missing routine health check-ups and relying more on emergency care throughout childhood.
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#ChildHealth #OpioidCrisis
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What should the next decade of Population Data Science look like?
Join our interactive workshop at the
IPDLN Conference 2026, in Rotterdam
🗓 13 July
⏰ 13:00–16:30
👥 11 participants already confirmed
Registration closes 19 June.. eur.nl/en/essb/payment/8d3bc…
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Introducing TORCH-VIC — a linked cancer dataset covering 222,000 people and over a decade of cancer care in Victoria, Australia.
The resource supports research into treatment patterns, outcomes, costs, survivorship, and inequalities in care.
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Population-scale cancer data resource captures more than 250 million healthcare interactions across diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and outcomes
TORCH-VIC provides powerful real-world evidence to support cancer research and policy
FIND OUT MORE: ijpds.org/article/view/3141/
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