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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
Initial Projected Completion Date
02/04/2021