The BC Perinatal Data Registry Updates – Data Linkages Available

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BC PDR Data Linkage

We previously communicated about the launch of the pilot project on partnership with Perinatal Services BC that provides streamlined and efficient access to data within the BC Perinatal Data Registry (BCPDR). We also announced the availability of data linkage to neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status (SES) data and deprivation indexes. We are now happy to report that the linkage file with multiple socioeconomic indicators based on the 2021 Canada publicly available data is ready to be used.

Previously, researchers could not access SES information without a lengthy application process. Through the WHRI, researchers can now access publicly available relevant data, including deprivation indexes like residential instability or ethno-cultural composition. This publicly available data will be linked to the BCPDR by the WHRI Data Analyst and requesting researchers will receive a de-identified, linked dataset. 

Where do I go for information?

All of the relevant processes and information are now updated on our WHRI BCPDR Information Hub page listed under the dropdown menu “Link BCPDR data to neighbourhood-level SES data.“

Here you will find the following: 

  • Process and steps to enable linking
  • Variables and indicators available

Who do I contact with questions?

If you need information about additional indicators, please contact our Senior Statistician Sabina Dobrer at Sabina.Dobrer@cw.bc.ca.

The Women’s Health Research Institute would like to acknowledge that we are uninvited guests on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lo, and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-waututh) Nations.

As a provincial research institute committed to improving the health outcomes of women, including those across the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum, we recognize our responsibility in the collective effort towards establishing culturally safe health care systems and services that address health inequities among Indigenous peoples, especially Indigenous women, girls, and Two-spirit peoples.

We encourage all people involved in research to read both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action and the In Plain Sight Report, and reflect on ways we can incorporate the recommendations into our work. As we gather in spaces together, we encourage you to reflect on your positionality on these lands and your personal commitments to reconciliation.

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