A list of all publications produced using data from the NI Longitudinal Study or NI Mortality Study since the launch of both datasets in 2006:

Newsletters and Related Publicity  

• A recent BBC Newsline programme (05.12.11) on 'Dental health costs' was based on Dr Claire Telford's NILS research and subsequent publication on "An analysis examining socio-economic variations in the provision of NHS general dental practitioner care under a fee for service contract among adolescents: Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study". To access the full transcript of the report please click here. The publication is available at http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/NILSResearchSupportUnit/Publications/

• NILS News Issue 5: November 2011, NILS Research Support Unit

• Public Health Agency R&D Today: The biannual newsletter of the Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Issue 13 : Summer 2010, NILS-RSU leaflet reproduced under Support for Researchers.

• Public Health Agency: E-bulletin, Number 14: March 2010.  Article on: 'The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study: A research resource for policy-makers'.

• Screening Matters: The Newsletter of the Northern Ireland Cancer Screening Programmes, Issue 16: Autumn 2009.  Article on: 'Influence of demographic, socio-economic and area level factors on uptake of routine breast screening' . [Project 021]

Reports and Peer Reviewed Publications

• McCann, M., Donnelly, M., and O'Reilly, D. (2012) Gender differences in care home admission risk: partner's age explains the higher risk for women. Age Ageing, doi: 10.1093/ageing/afs022 [Project 007]
  
  
• O'Reilly, D., Kinnear, H., Rosato, M., Mairs, A., and Hall, C. (2012) Uptake of Breast Screening is Influenced by Current Religion and Religion of Upbringing. J Relig Health, doi 10.1007/s10943-011-9556-7 [Project 021]
  
  
• Barr, P.J. and Shuttleworth, I. (2012) Reporting address changes by migrants:The accuracy and timeliness of reports via health card registers. Health & Place, doi: 10.1016/ j.healthplace.2012.01.005 [Project 020]
  
  
• Keys, L. and Stewart, B. (2012) NI Health & Social Care Inequalities Monitoring System: A Section 75 Analysis of Mortality Patterns in Northern Ireland 2003-2007. Project Support Analysis Branch, DHSSPS [Project 035]
  
  
• Telford, C., Murray, L., Donaldson, M., and O'Neill, C. (2012) An analysis examining socio-economic variations in the provision of NHS general dental practitioner care under a fee for service contract among adolescents: Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2011.00649.x. [Project 033]

         
        For reports and publications dating back before 2012, click the corresponding year below:

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Recent presentations 

• Keskimäki, I. (2012) 'Using administrative registers to measure equity in access to health care' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Calder, A. (2012) 'Beyond 2011 The future of population statistics' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Birkin, M. (2012) 'The potential of simulation for administrative data and social research' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Dibben, C. (2012) 'Linkage of school education data to the Scottish Longitudinal Study' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Dibben, C. (2012) 'The Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS)' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Ruotsalainen, K. (2012) 'The Finnish Social Statistics System and its Potential' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Harper, G. (2012) 'Using local administrative data to count populations: the UK case' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Dalton, P. (2012) 'Household Surveys, The Census and Administrative Data' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Mayhew, L. (2012) 'Using administrative data to estimate local service needs' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Malmberg, G. (2012) 'Using Administrative Data to Analyse Society' - presented at 'Life after the Census' conference, University of Ulster Belfast, 9 May 2012. [NILS Research Forum]
  
  
• Marshall, D. (2012) 'NILS - Data Sharing / Linkage' - presented at HSC Public Health Agency workshop on 'Access to Service User Data for Research and Linkage of Datasets', 24 April 2012. [NILS-RSU]
  
  
• Catney, G. (2012) 'Urban to Rural Migration in Northern Ireland: A lifecourse perspective' - presented at the Third Biennial British-Irish Population Geography Conference, Queen's University Belfast, 18 April 2012 [Project 032]
  
  
• Rosato, M. (2012) 'The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS) - Providing a Framework for Policy and an Analysis of Outcomes' - presented at the University of Ulster's Institute for Research in Social Sciences Seminar, 21 February 2012. [NILS-RSU]
  
  
• Beatty, R. (2012) '2011 Census Update' - presented at the NILS/Queen's University Policy Forum Roundtable event on 'Supporting policy - relevant research using the NILS', 18 January 2012. [NILS-RSU]
  
  
• Shuttleworth, I. (2012) 'Supporting policy-relevant research using the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS)' - presented at the NILS/Queen's University Policy Forum Roundtable event on 'Supporting policy-relevant research using the NILS', 18 January 2012. [NILS -RSU]
  
  
• Marshall, D. (2012) 'Looking Forward: NILS Distinct Linkage Projects,“Beyond 2011”' - presented at the NILS/Queen's University Policy Forum Roundtable event on 'Supporting policy-relevant research using the NILS', 18 January 2012. [NILS-RSU]
  
  
• Shuttleworth, I. (2012) 'NILS - An Innovative Resource for High-Impact Research' - presented at ARK: Data, policy and practice: the potential of secondary data analysis, Queens University Belfast, 11 January 2012. [NILS-RSU]

        
        For presentations dating back before 2012, click the corresponding year below:

         -2011
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Dissertations and Theses

The dissertations and theses listed below are available from the library of the awarding institution, or the author.

PhDs

Kinnear, H. Describing and explaining variations in breast screening uptake in Northern Ireland: A Census record-linkage study. School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast. September 2010. [Project 021]

Telford, C.  An exploratory analysis of adolescent dental health and use of dental care services in Northern Ireland. School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast.  September 2010. [Project 033]

McCann, M.  The Variation and Determinants of the Admission of Older People to Residential and Nursing Homes in Northern Ireland.  School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast.  September 2010. [Project 007]

Machniewski, S. Social Harm and Older People in Northern Ireland. School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast. September 2009. [Project 027]

Masters

Coyle, C. Examining predictors of re-attendance at screening over two cycles of the Northern Ireland breast screening programme: A data linkage study.MSc Thesis, Queen's University, Belfast 2011. [Project 021]

Graham, A. From Black To The 21st Century. Has It Changed and How Would We Know? Master of Science in Health Informatics, University of Sheffield. September 2008. [Project 029]

McCann, M. Investigating mortality in nursing and residential homes for older people.MSc Thesis, Queen's University, Belfast 2008. [Project 001]