Queensland Family Cohort: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The perinatal-postnatal family environment is associated with childhood outcomes including impacts on physical and mental health and educational attainment. Family longitudinal cohort studies collect in-depth data that can capture the influence of an era on family lifestyle, mental health, chronic disease, education and financial stability to enable identification of gaps in society and provide the evidence for changes in government in policy and practice.

Methods and analysis

The Queensland Family Cohort (QFC) is a prospective, observational, longitudinal study that will recruit 12 500 pregnant families across the state of Queensland (QLD), Australia and intends to follow-up families and children for three decades. To identify the immediate and future health re

SUBMITTER: Borg D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8231060 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature