MRC Epidemiology UnitProject aims
The project aims to add to tools for population health improvement by collating, enhancing and sharing easy-to-use information capturing change in the built and physical environment over time, at fine spatial scale for the whole of Great Britain.
It will enable anyone to identify and understand what kind of environment a place has and how it has changed. This data could be linked data to changes in health and/or health-related behaviours and to evaluate the impacts of environmental interventions on health, behaviour and inequalities.
Methods
We plan to use Ordnance Survey data and we will explore measures based on buildings, roads, footpaths, public transport infrastructure, green space, air pollution and road-traffic noise as these are important determinants of behaviour and health, subject to change, and can be captured over time. The spatial resolution and how characteristics of environment and change are expressed and the choice of host site will be co-determined with our stakeholders and potential users.
We aim to produce an interactive online map, enabling users to visually explore their environment and changes in it at high spatial resolution as well as downloadable data. We are committed to the UKRI-MRC policy on open science. The atlas will be accessible, discoverable and open.
Project members
Dr David Ogilvie – MRC Epidemiology Unit
Dr Jenna Panter – MRC Epidemiology Unit
Dr Richard Patterson – MRC Epidemiology Unit
Dr Fiona Caryl – MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Laura Macdonald – MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Professor Rich Mitchell – MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Dr Jessica Hepburn – MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Dr Audrey de Nazelle – MRC Centre for Environment and Health
Dr Daniela Fecht – MRC Centre for Environment and Health
Dr Alexandros Sfyridis – MRC Centre for Environment and Health
Gia Pendred – MRC Centre for Environment and Health
Funding
This project is funded through Medical Research Council national assets scheme.
Data sharing
The MRC Epidemiology Unit is committed to sharing data to maximise the value of our work for the public good. Please see our Data Sharing pages.