scholarly journals Data Resource: population level family justice administrative data with opportunities for data linkage

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhodri David Johnson ◽  
Liz Trinder ◽  
Simon Thompson ◽  
Jon Smart ◽  
Alexandra Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Data ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
Observatory Data ◽  
The Family ◽  
Outcomes For Children

Introduction Better use of administrative data is essential to enhance understanding about the family justice system, and characteristics and outcomes for children and families. The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Data Partnership supports this aim through analyses of core family justice datasets. When a child is involved in family court proceedings in Wales, Cafcass Cymru are employed to represent a child’s best interests.  This paper provides an overview of the Cafcass Cymru data, and linkage to population level health and other administrative datasets held within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank. Two data linkage example analyses are described. Further research opportunities are outlined. Methods Cafcass Cymru data was transferred to SAIL using a standardised approach to provide de-identified data with Anonymised Linking Fields (ALF) for successfully matched records. Three cohorts were created: all individuals involved in family court applications; all individuals with an ALF allowing subsequent health data linkage; and all individuals with a Residential Anonymised Linking Field (RALF) and Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) enabling area level deprivation analysis. Results Cafcass Cymru data are available containing 12,745 public law applications between 2011 and 2019, with 52,023 applications from 2005 to 2019 for private law. The overall match rate was 80%, with variations observed by time, law type, roles, gender and age. Forty per cent had hospital inpatient admissions 2 years prior or after application receipt at Cafcass Cymru, of which 27% were for emergency admissions; 54% had an emergency department attendance and 61% an outpatient appointment during the same period. Individuals involved in public or private law applications were more likely to reside in deprived areas. Conclusion The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Data Partnership will enhance research opportunities to better understand the family justice system and outcomes for children and families. Population level Cafcass Cymru data can be accessed through the SAIL Databank. Forthcoming data acquisition will also facilitate further analyses and insight.

scholarly journals The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Data Partnership

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Griffiths ◽  
Rhodri Johnson ◽  
Linda Cusworth ◽  
Ashley Akbari ◽  
Bachar Alrouh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Support Service ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Knowledge Deficit ◽  
The Family ◽  
Future Data ◽  
Using Data

Background Not enough is known about how the family justice system is working, the children and families using these services, and their wider outcomes beyond their involvement with the family court. The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (FJO) Data Partnership, comprising a bespoke analysis platform hosted within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank and analytical teams at Lancaster and Swansea Universities, has been established to address this knowledge deficit. MethodsFamily justice data is being deposited in the SAIL Databank. Data are acquired using a standardised split-file approach, stored in an anonymised format and made available to projects as linked data using a unique encrypted project anonymised linkage field. These data can be augmented with a wealth of available health, education and other governmental/social routinely collected datasets, and future data acquired from other sources, for a range of research projects. ResultsChildren and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) Cymru data has been transferred to the SAIL Databank, and agreements to transfer the Cafcass England data are being finalised. Applications are now welcomed to use these data to enhance understanding of the family justice system and children and families involved with the family courts in public and private law. Access will be facilitated through the SAIL Databank, subject to relevant governance procedures. ConclusionWe will discuss the rationale of the Nuffield FJO Data Partnership, and how it aims to a) increase capacity and capability of researchers and data scientists utilising family justice and other relevant administrative datasets, b) improve understanding about the family justice system using data from the Cafcass in England and Wales, c) demonstrate the complexities and value of data linkage, and d) assist future policy and practice development. We will discuss matching rates for the Cafcass Cymru data and linkages that have been made to other datasets within the SAIL Databank. We will also set out the support available from the partnership to those wishing to access and utilise family justice data.

Child Participation: Overcoming Disparity between New Zealand’s Family Court and Out-of-court Dispute Resolution Processes

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 658-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Taylor
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Family Court ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Major Reform ◽  
Children’S Views ◽  
Resolution Processes

This article considers children’s right to participate in the context of private law disputes concerning their post-separation, day-to-day care and contact arrangements. In New Zealand the approach to ascertaining children’s views has been both long-standing and systematic for contested proceedings within the Family Court (via children’s legal representatives and judicial meetings with children). However, major reform of the family justice system in 2014 shifted the emphasis to new out-of-court processes for resolving post-separation parenting arrangements. The reforms were disappointingly silent on the issue of children’s participation in the new Family Dispute Resolution services, particularly mediation. A disparity has thus arisen between opportunities for children’s engagement in New Zealand’s in-court and out-of-court dispute resolution processes. Research evidence and international developments in Australia and England and Wales are reviewed for the guidance they can offer in remedying this in New Zealand and elsewhere.

The Pediatrician's Role in Helping Children and Families Deal with Separation and Divorce

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 318-319
Author(s):  
Bernard A. Yablin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Child Development ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Adjustment Process ◽  
Court System ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The Family

The Psychosocial Committee is to be commended for its report on the pediatrician and divorce in the July issue of Pediatrics. I would like to add the following: The role of the pediatrician should extend well beyond the divorce and immediate adjustment process. Firstly, there should be greater involvement between both the pediatrician and the Family Court system to help prevent misplacement of the child in custody decisions. (I believe that various groups within the American Academy of Pediatrics are already working with judicial/legal groups to bring to them a greater knowledge of child development and mental health).

7. The family justice system

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-217
Author(s):  
Martin Partington
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
System P ◽  
The Family ◽  
Domestic Violence And Abuse

This chapter discusses the family justice system. It considers the role law plays in regulating the family. The chapter covers the institutional framework of family justice and its transformation. It notes the creation of the Family Court and the pressures on that court. It reviews the remedies which are available in that court, in particular those relating to the protection of children. The chapter briefly considers adoption. It considers other matrimonial matters, in particular the introduction of no-fault divorce and the financial effects of divorce. It considers policy relating to child support, and notes changes to ways of dealing with domestic violence and abuse. It considers the legal practitioners involved in family law issues and how they seek to deal with family disputes on a less adversarial basis. The effect of changes to legal aid for funding for family law cases is discussed.

7. The family justice system

2019 ◽  
pp. 191-209
Author(s):  
Martin Partington
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
System P ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Creation

This chapter discusses the family justice system. It considers the role law plays in regulating the family. The chapter covers the institutional framework of family justice and its transformation. It notes the creation of the Family Court and the pressures on that court. It reviews the remedies which are available in that court, in particular those relating to the protection of children. The chapter briefly considers adoption. It considers other matrimonial matters, in particular the financial effects of divorce. It considers policy relating to child support, and notes changes to ways of dealing with domestic violence. It considers the legal practitioners involved in family law issues and how they seek to deal with family disputes on a less adversarial basis. The effect of changes to legal aid for funding for family law cases is discussed.

scholarly journals Primary care EMR and administrative data linkage in Alberta, Canada: describing the suitability for hypertension surveillance

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. e100161
Author(s):  
Stephanie Garies ◽  
Erik Youngson ◽  
Boglarka Soos ◽  
Brian Forst ◽  
Kimberley Duerksen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Sex Characteristics ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Surveillance Network ◽  
Discharge Database

ObjectiveTo describe the process for linking electronic medical record (EMR) and administrative data in Alberta and examine the advantages and limitations of utilising linked data for hypertension surveillance.MethodsDe-identified EMR data from 323 primary care providers contributing to the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) in Alberta were used. Mapping files from each contributing provider were generated from their EMR to facilitate linkage to administrative data within the provincial health data warehouse. Deterministic linkage was conducted using valid personal healthcare number (PHN) with age and/or sex. Characteristics of patients and providers in the linked cohort were compared with population-level sources. Criteria used to define hypertension in both sources were examined.ResultsData were successfully linked for 6307 hypertensive patients (96.2% of eligible patients) from 49 contributing providers. Non-linkages from invalid PHN (n=246) occurred more for deceased patients and those with fewer primary care encounters, with differences due to type of EMR and patient EMR status. The linked cohort had more patients who were female, >60 years and residing in rural areas compared to the provincial healthcare registry. Family physicians were more often female and medically trained in Canada compared to all physicians in Alberta. Most patients (>97%) had ≥1 record in the registry, pharmacy, emergency/ambulatory care and claims databases; 44.3% had ≥1 record in the hospital discharge database.ConclusionEMR-administrative data linkage has the potential to enhance hypertension surveillance. The current linkage process in Alberta is limited and subject to selection bias. Processes to address these deficiencies are under way.

scholarly journals Challenges of administrative data linkages: experiences of Administrative Data Research Centre for England (ADRC-E) researchers

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Morris ◽  
Silvia Lanati ◽  
Ruth Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Data ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Outcomes For Children ◽  
One Year ◽  
Data Linkages

BackgroundLinkage between administrative datasets routinely collected by government departments and other statutory bodies create rich resources for policy-relevant research. We describe how ADRC-E has achieved linkage between health and education data for England, and the challenges presented by this process. MethodsA key task of ADRC-E is to progress exemplar studies of novel data linkages, and build relationships with data providers. While navigating untested data application and permission processes, ADRC-E researchers have maintained detailed timelines and developed a framework to improve the efficiency of future applications. ResultsThe ADRC-E has approval to link four one-year birth cohorts of the National Pupil Database and Hospital Episode Statistics to facilitate research into outcomes for children with chronic conditions. The timeline of 3 years and 4 months represents 6 face-to-face meetings and 108 email and telephone correspondences. The technical challenges of data linkage have yet to be overcome before we receive data for research. Other examples of data timelines for cross-sectoral data linkage requests will be reported. ConclusionsThe shifting legal landscape governing the use of personal data, and a lack of precedent mean that unlocking administrative data for research requires substantial time, diligence and expertise on the part of both researcher and data provider.

scholarly journals Deriving household composition using population-scale electronic health record data—A reproducible methodology

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248195
Author(s):  
Rhodri D. Johnson ◽  
Lucy J. Griffiths ◽  
Joe P. Hollinghurst ◽  
Ashley Akbari ◽  
Alexandra Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Data ◽  
Data Linkage ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Electronic Health Record Data ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Relative Age ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Address Data ◽  
Linked Administrative Data

Background Physical housing and household composition have an important role in the lives of individuals and drive health and social outcomes, and inequalities. Most methods to understand housing composition are based on survey or census data, and there is currently no reproducible methodology for creating population-level household composition measures using linked administrative data. Methods Using existing, and more recent enhancements to the address-data linkage methods in the SAIL Databank using Residential Anonymised Linking Fields we linked individuals to properties using the anonymised Welsh Demographic Service data in the SAIL Databank. We defined households, household size, and household composition measures based on adult to child relationships, and age differences between residents to create relative age measures. Results Two relative age-based algorithms were developed and returned similar results when applied to population and household-level data, describing household composition for 3.1 million individuals within 1.2 million households in Wales. Developed methods describe binary, and count level generational household composition measures. Conclusions Improved residential anonymised linkage field methods in SAIL have led to improved property-level data linkage, allowing the design and application of household composition measures that assign individuals to shared residences and allow the description of household composition across Wales. The reproducible methods create longitudinal, household-level composition measures at a population-level using linked administrative data. Such measures are important to help understand more detail about an individual’s home and area environment and how that may affect the health and wellbeing of the individual, other residents, and potentially into the wider community.

7. The family justice system

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Partington
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Family Court ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
System P ◽  
The Family

This chapter discusses the family justice system. It considers the role law plays in regulating the family. It covers the institutional framework of family justice and its transformation; creation of the family court; the remedies available in that court; adoption; other matrimonial matters. It considers policy relating to child support, and notes changes to ways of dealing with domestic violence. It considers the legal practitioners involved in family law issues and changes to legal aid for funding for family law cases.

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