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Project Code [2017-CCRP-MS.47]

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Project title

Irish Nationwide Health and Air Quality Linkage

Primary Funding Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

Health Service Executive (HSE)

Lead Organisation

University College Cork (UCC)

Lead Applicant

Eilis O'Reilly

Project Abstract

Agencies in the environmental and health arenas have long collected data separately: the outcome of this project will be a framework of enhanced data collection that will facilitate linkage of both domains, adding immediate value to the current data collection systems. This project will evaluate the available data on air quality and health outcomes in Ireland and highlight data gaps, as well as recommending a process of linking data domains without compromising patient confidentiality based on best international practice. It also aims to test linkage processes that appear feasible to estimate the health impact of outdoor pollution on two outcomes as proof-of-concept. A final report will be prepared with recommendations for the appropriate use of the existing and additional data as well as systems to collect data that readily merge air quality data with health outcomes. The work will facilitate a working network of air quality and health professionals, by bringing together experts in the fields of epidemiology, air quality monitoring and modelling, official statistics and medicine and foster future work in the field of environmental epidemiology.

Grant Approved

�270,846.21

Research Hub

Climate Change

Research Theme

Air science

Start Date

02/04/2018

Initial Projected Completion Date

02/04/2021