TARGet Kids!
- To establish a proof-of-concept community-based primary care research network;
- To learn from the proof-of-concept experience and to scale up to a provincially-based network with sentinel sites to ensure representativeness;
- To build partnerships between child health researchers, community-based practitioners, and public health researchers and practitioners;
- To build a platform to advance evidence for community-based prevention and health promotion;
- To build a platform to advance population-level child health surveillance.
Overview
- Acronym
- TARGet Kids!
- Website
- TARGet Kids!
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 2008 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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After the 0-4 months assessment, participants followed at 6-12 months, 18 months, 2 years, and every year thereafter until 18 years.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 11,757
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 5,583
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
| Possible Access to Data | |
| Possible Access to Biosamples | |
| Other |
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- On the study website : http://www.targetkids.ca/
- By contacting the study representative: Dalah Mason (The Hospital for Sick Children)
Sector of research
| Possible Access to Data | Possible Access to Biosamples | |
| Investigators from the public sector | ||
| Investigators from the private sector | ||
| Investigators from not-for-profit organization |
Applicants wishing to obtain TARGet Kids! data complete the Data Access Application Form. This application will be sent to the TARGet Kids! Science Review Committee for review and evaluation. TARGet Kids! biological samples constitute a finite resource. The procedures to ensure that this resource is optimally used, according to the long-term research goals of TARGet Kids! are not currently covered by the TARGet Kids! Data Access Procedure. Procedures concerning access to samples will be made available to researchers at a later date.
Transfer
| Possible Access to Data | Possible Access to Biosamples | |
| Can leave the study facility | ||
| Can leave the country |
All data transferred electronically will be encrypted. All data transferred electronically will be encrypted. Approved Users will be assigned a password when the dataset is provided. Approved Users accessing TARGet Kids! data will respect the privacy of participants and the confidentiality of their data at all times. All reasonable efforts to maintain the security and confidentiality of the accessed data, including those outlined below, should be employed. The Approved User must not attempt to re-identify any individual TARGet Kids! participants by any means. If a participant is involuntarily identified, the TARGet Kids! Methods Centre must be immediately informed by phone or in writing and this information must be destroyed and neither recorded nor disclosed. a. Administrative safeguards: Subjects coded, computer passwords ONLY with research team, locked folder on shared drive, designated individual responsible for controlling who has access to the data. b. Physical safeguards: Locked office, locked storage unit, access cards, cipher/coded locks, biometric authentication. c. Technical safeguards: Files/folders password protected, computer password protected, firewalls, network drive, encrypted laptop, encrypted USB key.
Cost
| Possible Access to Data | Variable Cost |
| Possible Access to Biosamples | Not yet defined |
Cost reduction for co-analyses
| Possible Access to Data | |
| Possible Access to Biosamples |
Marker Papers
Carsley S, Borkhoff CM, Maguire JL, Birken CS, Khovratovich M, McCrindle B, Macarthur C, Parkin PC; TARGet Kids! Collaboration. 2015. Cohort Profile: The Applied Research Group for Kids (TARGet Kids!). International journal of epidemiology; 44(3): 776-88.
PUBMED 24982016Timeline
Population
Selection Criteria
- Maximum age
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5
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- Ontario
- Territory
- Toronto
- Health Status
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- Exclusion: Children with associated health conditions affecting growth, children with any acute or chronic conditions, children with severe developmental delay are excluded.
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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- Clinic patients
- Supplementary Information
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Children were recruited during a health maintenance visit to their primary care physician.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 11,757
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 5,583
- Supplementary Information about selection criteria
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- 1 or more visit: 11757 participants
- 2 or more visits: 8223 participants
- 3 or more visits: 5791 participants
- 4 or more visits: 3999 participants
- 5 or more visits: 2582 participants
- 6 or more visits: 1638 participants
- 7 or more visits: 937 participants
- 8 or more visits: 485 participants
- 9 or more visits: 233 participants
- 10 or more visits: 86 participants
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | Target Kids! - 0-4 months |
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2008 (June) | Ongoing |
| 1 | Target Kids! - 6-12 months |
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2008 (June) | Ongoing |
| 2 | Target Kids! - 18 months |
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2008 (June) | Ongoing |
| 3 | Target Kids! - 2 years |
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2008 (June) | Ongoing |
| 4 | Target Kids! - 3 years |
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2008 (June) | Ongoing |
| 5 | Target Kids! - 4 years |
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2008 (June) | Ongoing |
| 6 | Target Kids! - 5 years |
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2008 (June) | Ongoing |
| 7 | Target Kids! - 6 years |
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2009 (June) | Ongoing |
| 8 | Target Kids! - 7 years |
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2010 (June) | Ongoing |
| 9 | Target Kids! - 8 years |
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2011 (June) | Ongoing |
| 10 | Target Kids! - 9 years |
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2012 (June) | Ongoing |
| 11 | Target Kids! - 10 years |
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2013 (June) | Ongoing |
| 12 | Target Kids! - 11 years |
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2014 (June) | Ongoing |
| 13 | Target Kids! - 12 years |
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2015 (June) | Ongoing |
| 14 | Target Kids! - 13 years |
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2016 (June) | Ongoing |
| 15 | Target Kids! - 14 years |
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2017 (June) | Ongoing |
| 16 | Target Kids! - 15 years |
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2018 (June) | Ongoing |
| 17 | Target Kids! - 16 years |
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2019 (June) | Ongoing |
| 18 | Target Kids! - 17 years |
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2020 (June) | Ongoing |
| 19 | Target Kids! - 18 years |
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2021 (June) | Ongoing |
Participating Studies
| Acronym | Name | Study design | Countries |
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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
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
Networks
| Acronym | Name | Harmonization Initiatives | Individual Studies |
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