Co-occurring homelessness, justice involvement, opioid dependence and psychosis: a cross-sectoral data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Administrative data offer unique opportunities for researching experiences which pose barriers to participation in primary research and household surveys. Experiencing multiple social disadvantages is associated with very poor health outcomes, but little is known about how often this occurs and what combinations are most common. We linked administrative data across public services to create a novel population cohort containing information on experiences of homelessness, justice involvement, opioid dependence and psychosis.

Methods

We securely linked administrative data from (i) a population register derived from general practitioner registrations; (ii) local authority homelessness applications; (iii) prison records; (iv) criminal justice social work reports; (v) c

SUBMITTER: Tweed EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066485 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature