Cohort profile: Norwegian youth study on child maltreatment (the UEVO study).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Exposure to childhood maltreatment is not uncommon, and is linked to both short-term and long-term health problems. Population-based surveys for adolescent samples provide excellent opportunities for addressing the substantial burden of early-life adversities, because collecting information close in time to exposure may increase accuracy of assessment. Still few large studies have been conducted, following individuals through adolescence. Therefore, the UEVO cohort was created with the aim of investigating prevalence of child maltreatment throughout childhood and adolescence, and its effects on health and functioning in a long-term perspective in a representative sample of Norwegian adolescents.

Participants

The baseline for the cohort includes a representative sampl

SUBMITTER: Hafstad GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451483 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature