1. JA KIDS โ Jamaica's second national birth cohort study: aims and methods.
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Samms-Vaughan, Maureen, Coore-Desai, Charlene, Reece, Jody-Ann, Pellington, Sydonnie, and Dinnall-Johnson, Twana
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MIDDLE-income countries , *POLICY sciences , *RESEARCH funding , *MEDICAL quality control , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *DECISION making , *LONGITUDINAL method , *BIRTH rate , *LIFE course approach , *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors , *LOW-income countries , *WELL-being - Abstract
Birth cohort studies across the world have yielded information that has been used to inform policy and programme decisions that have improved the health and well-being of populations. A few such studies have been conducted in low- and middle-income countries due to funding, methodological and other challenges. This paper briefly reviews the methods of comprehensive birth cohort studies with extensive follow-up of participants through the life course conducted in low- and middle-income countries. It then reviews the first Jamaican birth cohort study of 1986 and discusses the methodological advances in implementing JA KIDS, the second Jamaican birth cohort study conducted in 2011. The aims and methods of JA KIDS are described in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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