The INCLUDE Study: understanding how social exclusion affects health

Welcome to the information page for the ongoing INCLUDE study! See below for an overview of the project along with how to contact us if you have questions or would like more information.

For the INCLUDE study, a team of doctors and researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the HSE are working to understand how different kinds of social exclusion such as being homeless, being in prison, and/or using methadone impact the use of hospital services. We will do this by analysing past health, homelessness, and prison data.

To do so, St. James’s Hospital, the Mater Hospital, the HSE, the Irish Prisons Service, and Dublin City Council are combining information about people who have used their services. These data will be transferred securely from each partner organisation to the HSE where they will be safely stored and analysed by a very small number of HSE employees who are trained in data security and confidentiality.

More information is available from include@hse.ie or by phone 0862811985