Institute of Public Health Repository

Data Collection Type
Additional collated sources of health information-national
Organisation

Institute of Public Health in Ireland.

Year established

2021

Statement of purpose

To provide access to health information resources that are needed to develop systems-wide solutions to improve population health and wellbeing, tackle health inequalities and address the social determinants of health (SDH) across the island of Ireland.

We focus on promoting health and wellbeing, improving health equity, and reducing health inequalities throughout the life course.

The Institute has researchers and policy specialists from a range of disciplines based in offices in Dublin and Belfast and is jointly funded by the Departments of Health in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Coverage (geographical and temporal)

Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

1998 to date.

Description/Summary

The Repository contains public health resources from across the Island of Ireland, providing access to a broad range of health information resources from organisations including the IPH, Department of Health (Ireland), Department of Health (NI).

Data users

The Institute works with national and local government departments, and have established partnerships with public health schools, clinical and academic institutions, and community organisations on the island of Ireland, in the UK, EU and globally.

Data content

The resources cover a wide range of public health issues and are grouped in a number of ways including by publisher, region, type of report etc.

Data dictionary

N/A.

Equity stratifiers

N/A.

Data collection methodology

Resources are managed by the Institute of Public Health in Ireland.

Clinical coding scheme

N/A.

Size of national collection

N/A.

Publication frequency

The resources contained are updated continuously throughout the year.

Accessing data

https://www.iphrepository.com

Open data portal access

No.

Email contact
Telephone contact
Other comments

The Institute of Public Health Repository is an affiliate of https://publichealth.ie/