Neighbourhoods and Preschool Injuries

Project Description

This MRC-funded project at the University of East Anglia examined the role of neighbourhood and household factors in the incidence of unintentional injuries among preschool children (aged 0–4). The study drew on data from over 14,000 children across multiple UK regions.

My role involved spatial and statistical analysis of injury risk at the neighbourhood level, including:

• Multilevel modelling (MLwiN) to account for clustering of children within households and households within neighbourhoods
• GIS-based derivation of neighbourhood deprivation indicators, green space access, and road traffic exposure
• Systematic review of existing evidence on socioeconomic gradients in childhood injury

The work contributed to a publication in Social Science & Medicine and a Cochrane systematic review on parenting interventions for injury prevention.

Skills Used

• MLwiN (multilevel modelling)
• SPSS
• ESRI ArcGIS
• Systematic review methodology
• Epidemiology and public health research