BMJ Open (Jun 2021)
Queensland Family Cohort: a study protocol
- 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,
- Zarqa Said
Affiliations
- Lidia Morawska
- International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- David Evans
- software developer
- Brenda Gannon
- The University of Queensland, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, St Lucia Qld, Queensland, Australia
- Kristen Gibbons
- 2 Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Vicki Flenady
- 1 Mater Research, Mater Research Institute/University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Sailesh Kumar
- professor
- Zephanie Tyack
- Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Ian Wright
- head
- Mark Green
- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
- Simon Smith
- Associate Editor
- Julie Hides
- 5 School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Stewart Trost
- 5 Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Clare Collins
- 6 School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
- Cassandra Pattinson
- 2 Division of Extramural Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health, Washington DC, Washington DC, USA
- Karen Thorpe
- 3 Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Helen Liley
- 1 Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- John Cairney
- 1 Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Melinda Smith
- 5 Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia
- James Scott
- Child and Youth Mental Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Christopher Edwards
- Neurology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- David Simmons
- Department of Nephrology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- Linda Gallo
- 6 Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
- Daniel Schweitzer
- Centre for Neurosciences, Mater Misericordiae Brisbane Ltd, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Helen Truby
- professor
- Danielle Schoenaker
- Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Tony Kenna
- 6 Queensland University of Technology, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Samudragupta Bora
- The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Lucia Colodro-Conde
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Andrew P Hills
- School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania College of Health and Medicine, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Yang Peng
- 2 Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Honey Heussler
- Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Kristen Radford
- 1Mater Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
- Xiao-Wen Zeng
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Pollution and Health Risk Assessment, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Paul Colditz
- 3Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Queensland, The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Katie Lee
- Department of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, CH64 7TE, UK
- Wendy Brodribb
- Discipline of General Practice, The University of Queensland, Royal Women's and Children's Hospital, Queensland, Australia
- Luke Knibbs
- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Tom Cole-Hunter
- 4Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
- Meng-Wong Taing
- 1 School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Asad Ali
- Caroline Salom
- 1Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Australia
- Vicki Clifton
- professor
- Gunther Paul
- 1Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Janet Davies
- Director of Nursing and Service Delivery
- Simon Bowler
- Mater Adult Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia
- Johanna Schagen
- 4Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Amanda Wheeler
- 9Edith Cowen University, Joondalup, Australia
- Kym Rae
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- John Upham
- Danielle Borg
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Corrine Fiveash
- Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia
- Janelle James-McAlpine
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Frances Friedlander
- Maternity Unit, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia
- Claire Thurston
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Maria Oliveri
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Theresa Harmey
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Erika Cavanagh
- School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Davide Fontanarosa
- School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Tony Perkins
- School of Medical Science, Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Greig de Zubicaray
- School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Karen Moritz
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- 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
- Zarqa Said
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044463
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 6
Abstract
Introduction The 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 analysis The 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 dissemination Ethical 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.
