SAIL Databank Showcase Webinar Series

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

A warm welcome from SAIL.

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

Lucy will briefly introduce the Children’s Social Care data that is available within SAIL, data resources available and will provide an overview of current ongoing projects. Dr Lucy Griffiths is an Associate Professor of Child Health at Swansea University. Her research focuses on individual, social and environmental circumstances that impact on the health and health behaviours of children and young people. Lucy is a member of the Family Justice Data Partnership, co-director of the Environment and Health (ENVHE) Research Centre at Swansea, and a thematic research area lead for Administrative Data Research Wales.

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Consent as a source of bias. Responses from consenting pupils who completed the biennial Student Health and Wellbeing Survey conducted by the School Health Research Network (SHRN) are now in SAIL. The survey includes questions about ‘risky’ behaviours (smoking, drinking, drugs, truanting, exclusion, bullying/being bullied, sexting & sexual health). By linking responses to routinely collected social services, education & health data the project aims to uncover patterns of participation in these behaviours amongst those receiving care & support from social services relative to their peers, & the potential protective factors. Linking to social services & family court data provides an opportunity to undertake a more nuanced & intersectional approach rather than treating children looked after as a homogenous group. However, it is first necessary to determine the extent to which the cohort is represented within the response data in SAIL. This session will present preliminary findings.