1. Queensland Family Cohort: a study protocol
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Lidia Morawska, David Evans, Brenda Gannon, Kristen Gibbons, Vicki Flenady, Sailesh Kumar, Zephanie Tyack, Ian Wright, Mark Green, Simon Smith, Julie Hides, Stewart Trost, Clare Collins, Cassandra Pattinson, Karen Thorpe, Helen Liley, John Cairney, Melinda Smith, James Scott, Christopher Edwards, David Simmons, Linda Gallo, Daniel Schweitzer, Helen Truby, Danielle Schoenaker, Tony Kenna, Samudragupta Bora, Lucia Colodro-Conde, Andrew P Hills, Yang Peng, Honey Heussler, Kristen Radford, Xiao-Wen Zeng, Paul Colditz, Katie Lee, Wendy Brodribb, Luke Knibbs, Tom Cole-Hunter, Meng-Wong Taing, Asad Ali, Caroline Salom, Vicki Clifton, Gunther Paul, Janet Davies, Simon Bowler, Johanna Schagen, Amanda Wheeler, Kym Rae, John Upham, Danielle Borg, Corrine Fiveash, Janelle James-McAlpine, Frances Friedlander, Claire Thurston, Maria Oliveri, Theresa Harmey, Erika Cavanagh, Davide Fontanarosa, Tony Perkins, Greig de Zubicaray, Karen Moritz, Adam Ewing, Alison Carey, Ameneh Shahaeian, Andrew Perkins, Ann Peacock, Anne Tremellen, Annie McArdle, Anthony Tuckett, Ash Meakin, Barbara Lingwood, Barnaby Dixson, Boyi Yang, Carlos Salomon, Claire Wyatt-Smith, Clare Primiero, Courtney Giles, Cynthia Turner, Dilani Mendis, Elise Pelzer, Elizabeth Hurrion, Emma Hamilton-Williams, Erin McMeniman, Frances Maguire, Geraint Rogers, Greg Monteith, Gregore Iven Mielke, Guang Hui Dong, Helen Barrett, Honor Hugo, Jake Gratten, James Cuffe, John Hooper, Josephine Forbes, Julianne McGuire, Julie Germain, Kalina Rossa, Kassia Beetham, Kerry Richard, Kristin Laurens, Leisa-Maree Toms, Liisa Laasko, Linda Hickey, Lisa Akison, Loretta Anderson, Lucy Burr, Lynne Daniels, Magid Fahim, Mandana Mazerheri, Maree Knight, Mark Western, Marloes Dekker, Megan Rollo, Micheal Burke, Micheal Kimlin, Micheal Thomas, Michele Haynes, Mike Beckmann, Natasha Reid, Nicole Warrington, Nikky Isbel, Olivia Holland, Paige Little, Paul Dawson, Paul Gardiner, Penelope Lind, Peter D. Sly, Peter Soyer, Rebecca Keating, Rick Sturm, Sally Schaffer, Sanmarie Schlebusch, Sarah Medland, Sarah Steane, Shamshad Karatela, Shelley Wilkinson, Sheridan Guyatt, Sophia Yong, Steve Erceg, Steve McPhail, Suresh Sandisivam, Susan de Jersey, Tara Ross, Treasure McGuire, Yanhe Liu, Yoga Kandasamy, and Zarqa Said
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Longitudinal study ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Epidemiology ,Population ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Environmental pollution ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,cell biology ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Longitudinal Studies ,Prospective Studies ,education ,Child ,education.field_of_study ,Government ,obstetrics ,business.industry ,Australia ,General Medicine ,Mental health ,Educational attainment ,Observational Studies as Topic ,Family medicine ,Cohort ,physiology ,Female ,Queensland ,business ,Cohort study - Abstract
IntroductionThe 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 analysisThe 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 requirements of the QLD population; pregnant participants and their partners will be enrolled by 24 weeks of gestation and followed up at 24, 28 and 36 weeks of gestation, during delivery, on-ward, 6 weeks postpartum and then every 12 months where questionnaires, biological samples and physical measures will be collected from parents and children. To examine the impact of environmental exposures on families, data related to environmental pollution, household pollution and employment exposures will be linked to pregnancy and health outcomes. Where feasible, data linkage of state and federal government databases will be used to follow the participants long term. Biological samples will be stored long term for future discoveries of biomarkers of health and disease.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been obtained from the Mater Research Ethics (HREC/16/MHS/113). Findings will be reported to (1) QFC participating families; (2) funding bodies, institutes and hospitals supporting the QFC; (3) federal, state and local governments to inform policy; (4) presented at local, national and international conferences and (5) disseminated by peer-review publications.
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- 2021