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First meeting of Health Survey's User Group

Friday 23 January 2004, 11am - 4pm
Department of Health, Skipton House, London

Slides from this event are now available

This meeting is being jointly organised by the Department of Health (DH), the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and ESDS. It is designed to meet users needs and therefore we want to ensure time for discussion and debate and plans for future meetings.

Programme

11:00

Welcome and Introduction

Chair: Angela Dale

11:05

The Health Survey of England - present and future

  • Key findings from the HSE 2002 report: Kerry Sproston, NatCen
  • Overview of 2004 HSE content: Margaret Blake, NatCen
  • Latest developments on a forward programme for the HSE: Rick Bond, DH
  Discussion
11:45 The use of health surveys in resource allocation: Matt Sutton, Glasgow University
12:30 Lunch
13:00 Update on the English Longitudinal Survey of Ageing (ELSA): Carli Lessof, NatCen
14:00

Strengths and weaknesses of using HSE data for:

(i) descriptive epidemiology (of atopy)

(ii) aetiological analyses (of ethnicity and diabetes)

(iii) studying inequities in treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases: Derek Cook, St George's Hospital Medical School

14:45 Tea
15:00 Using geographical data on health surveys: issues around data confidentiality and access: Paul Boyle, University of St Andrews
15:45 Future meetings and ESDS plans

There will be no charge for attending the meeting but we are unable to pay any travel expenses.

Administration contact:
Vanessa Higgins, ESDS Government, CCSR, University of Manchester
Email: Vanessa.Higgins@man.ac.uk
Phone: 0161-275-1980

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