TARGet Kids!

The overall goals of TARGet Kids are:
  • 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
Dr. Patricia Parkin
University of Toronto
Dr. Alan Bocking
Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Jonathon Maguire
University of Toronto
Dr. Catherine Birken
University of Toronto
Contacts
Natricha Levy McFarlane
The Hospital for Sick Children
Dalah Mason
The Hospital for Sick Children

General Design

Study design
Cohort
Start - End Year
2008 -
General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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
  • 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

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
A Data Access Procedure has been prepared for external applicants wishing to access TARGet Kids! data. For more information please contact targetkids.study@sickkids.ca

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 24982016

Timeline

Population

Target Kids! - Children
The population is composed of children, under six years of age at the time of recruitment, and attending scheduled health maintenance visit with their primary care physician.

Selection Criteria

Maximum age
5
Countries
  • Canada
Canadian Provinces
  • Ontario
Territory
Toronto
Health Status
  • 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
  • Clinic patients
Supplementary Information
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 number of participants
  • 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
    0 Target Kids! - 0-4 months
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2008 (June) Ongoing
    1 Target Kids! - 6-12 months
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2008 (June) Ongoing
    2 Target Kids! - 18 months
    • Questionnaires
    • Cognitive measures
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2008 (June) Ongoing
    3 Target Kids! - 2 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2008 (June) Ongoing
    4 Target Kids! - 3 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2008 (June) Ongoing
    5 Target Kids! - 4 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2008 (June) Ongoing
    6 Target Kids! - 5 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Cognitive measures
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2008 (June) Ongoing
    7 Target Kids! - 6 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2009 (June) Ongoing
    8 Target Kids! - 7 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2010 (June) Ongoing
    9 Target Kids! - 8 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2011 (June) Ongoing
    10 Target Kids! - 9 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2012 (June) Ongoing
    11 Target Kids! - 10 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2013 (June) Ongoing
    12 Target Kids! - 11 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2014 (June) Ongoing
    13 Target Kids! - 12 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2015 (June) Ongoing
    14 Target Kids! - 13 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2016 (June) Ongoing
    15 Target Kids! - 14 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2017 (June) Ongoing
    16 Target Kids! - 15 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2018 (June) Ongoing
    17 Target Kids! - 16 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2019 (June) Ongoing
    18 Target Kids! - 17 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2020 (June) Ongoing
    19 Target Kids! - 18 years
    • Questionnaires
    • Physical measures
    • Biosamples
    • Blood
    2021 (June) Ongoing

    Participating Studies

    Acronym Name Study design Countries

    Harmonization Initiatives Included

    Acronym Name

    Datasets

    Name Data Collection Events Variables

    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
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    Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
    No Areas of Information Collected
    No Scales Collected

    Networks

    Acronym Name Harmonization Initiatives Individual Studies
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