1 - Longitudinal studies data analyses: Work package 1 (WP1)

Coordination: Université de Montréal

Objectives

- Compare early development of health and social adjustment problems in Canada, France and Ireland

- Plan longitudinal studies on early development of health and social adjustment problems in Brazil and Chile

- Create a web-based instrument to assess early health and social adjustment problems

Description of work

- With data from Canada, France and Ireland trace and compare developmental trajectories of early health and social adjustment problems, identify and compare predictors of developmental trajectories, and compare effects of child care use on early health and social adjustment problems. This work will require transfer of knowledge activities such as workshops and seminars on developmental trajectory methods, on prediction methodologies with different statistical packages, and presentations in the network wide meetings and in international scientific meetings.

- Analyse available data in Brazil and Chile to plan longitudinal studies, prepare data collection protocols and plan sample selection and data collection strategy for the longitudinal studies. This work will require networking activities such as workshops and seminars with experts who have designed and conducted state of the art longitudinal studies and presentations in the network wide meetings.

- Develop and test a web-based instrument to assess early health and social adjustment problems. This will involve adaptation of the instruments from the longitudinal studies, test of methods to get families to use the web to answer the questionnaire, and test feedback methods that will reinforce parent’s participation. Participants will have workshops and seminars with experts who have developed similar instruments for similar populations and present the work in the network wide meetings.

Deliverables

- A report on results from analyses of the developmental trajectories of early health and social adjustment problems will be delivered at the 24th month after the start of the programme.

- A report of results on the prediction of developmental trajectories of early health and social adjustment problems will be delivered at the 48th month after the start of the programme.

- A report on data collection protocols, sample selection and data collection plan for longitudinal studies on early development of health and social adjustment problems in Brazil and Chile will be delivered at the 36th month after the start of the program.

Principal investigators

Leaders are Prof Michel Boivin (U. Laval, Canada) and Prof B. Falissard (Inserm, France); all senior researchers have some involvement in this work package. There will be early career researchers from all participating institutions working on these activities.

Reports/publications

To come

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