Kids, Families and Places
The initial goals of the Kids, Families and Places Study were to examine the simultaneous influence of neighbourhood, family, and childcare contexts on preschool children’s development, and to identify biological and behavioural characteristics of children that modify how they react to these environments.
Overview
- Acronym
- KFP
- Website
- KFP
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 2006 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Since recruitment, participants were followed-up 4 times, when the child was approximately 2 months (2006-2008), 18 months (2007-2009), 3 years (2009-2011) and 4.5 years (2010-2012).
- Recruitment Target
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- Families
- Number of Participants
- 2,247
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 1,340
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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Mothers: 668 participants
Children: 1579 participants 501 families had an older child aged 4 years or less and 167 families had an older child between 4 and 16 years old.
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Marker Paper
Jenkins J, Cheung C, Frampton K, Rasbash J, Boyle M, Georgiades K. 2009. The Use of Multilevel Modeling for the Investigation of Family Process. International Journal of Developmental Science; 3(2): 131-149.
PUBMED 3736581Timeline
Populations
KFP - Mothers
The population is composed of multiparous women having given birth to infants in the cities of Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, between 2006 and 2008.
Selection Criteria
- Gender
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Women only
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- Ontario
- Territory
- Toronto and Hamilton
- Other Criteria
- The women had to be English speaking, having given birth to a child of at least 1,500 grams, and having a child one or more children younger than 16 years old in the house.
Sources of Recruitment
- General Population
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- Selected sample
- Supplementary Information
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Mothers were contacted by the Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC) public health program.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 668
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 405
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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Wave 1: 668 participants
Wave 2: 501 participants
Wave 3: 479 participants
Wave 4: 323 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | KFP - Mothers - Wave 1 |
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2006 (April) | 2008 (April) |
| 1 | KFP - Mothers - Wave 2 |
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2007 (June) | 2009 (June) |
| 2 | KFP - Mothers - Wave 3 |
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2009 (February) | 2011 (February) |
| 3 | KFP - Mothers - Wave 4 |
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2010 (February) | 2012 (February) |
KFP - Children
The population is composed of the children of the mothers recruited in the study, born in 2006-2008.
Selection Criteria
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- Ontario
- Territory
- Toronto and Hamilton
- Other Criteria
- The children had to weigh at least 1,500 grams at birth and have an older sibling aged 16 years or less.
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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- Other specific population : Children of the women already recruited in the study.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 1,579
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 935
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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Wave 1: 1579 participants
Wave 2: 1157 participants
Wave 3: 1127 participants
Wave 4: 743 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | KFP - Children - Wave 1 |
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2006 (April) | 2008 (April) |
| 1 | KFP - Children - Wave 2 |
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2007 (June) | 2009 (June) |
| 2 | KFP - Children - Wave 3 |
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2009 (February) | 2011 (February) |
| 3 | KFP - Children - Wave 4 |
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2010 (February) | 2012 (February) |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Networks
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