Acknowledging Data Linkage Services, the WA Department of Health and other data collections in publications is a requirement for secondary use of data or information under section 3.1.50 of the NHMRC's Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research and part of the undertakings signed to by Principal Investigators.
The acknowledgement will vary according to the individual project, but here are some examples:
Acknowledgement 1:
Standard project
The authors wish to thank the staff at Data Linkage Services, the WA Department of Health, and [insert names of Data Collections involved].
Acknowledgement 2:
More complex project
The authors wish to thank the Linkage, Data Outputs and Client Services teams at Data Linkage Services Western Australia, in particular [insert names of staff who provided extra help], as well as [insert names of Data Collections/Custodians involved].
Acknowledgement 3:
Required where Cause of Death Unit Record File (COD URF) data has been used for analysis
The authors wish to thank the Australian Co-ordinating Registry, the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the Coroners, the National Coronial Information System and the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety for enabling COD URF data to be used for this publication.
Acknowledgement 4:
National study using data collections from multiple states
The authors wish to thank the staff of the data linkage units of the State and Territory health departments (WA, Victoria, SA-NT, NSW, QLD) for the linkage of the data. Further, we thank the data custodians for the provision of the following data:
- Inpatient hospital data (5 States and Territories)
- Emergency Department data (5 States and Territories)
COD URF: Australian Co-ordinating Registry, the State Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the Coroners, the National Coronial Information System and the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety.