NASCITA Italian birth cohort study: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young children's healthy development depends on nurturing care, which ensures health, nutrition, responsive caregiving, safety and security, and early learning. Infancy and childhood are characterized by rapid growth and development, and these two factors contribute largely to determining health status and well-being across the lifespan. Identification of modifiable risk factors and prognostic factors during the critical periods of life will contribute to the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies. The NASCITA (NAscere e creSCere in ITAlia) study was created to evaluate physical, cognitive, and psychological development, health status and health resource utilization during the first six years of life in a cohort of newborns, and to evaluate poten

SUBMITTER: Pansieri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7029570 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature