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,
- Jakob Begun,
- 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 Byrne,
- 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
- 3University College London
- Lidia Morawska
- David Evans
- The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Brenda Gannon
- Kristen Gibbons
- Child Health Research Centre, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Vicki Flenady
- 2 Mater Research Institute The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Sailesh Kumar
- Mater Research Institute The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Zephanie Tyack
- Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Ian Wright
- Mark Green
- 3 Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Simon Smith
- The University of Queensland Institute for Social Science Research, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia
- Julie Hides
- 4 School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia
- Stewart Trost
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Clare Collins
- School of Health Sciences, College of Health Medicine and Wellbeing, The 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
- Mater Research Institute The University of Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- John Cairney
- The School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Melinda Smith
- James Scott
- Child and Youth Mental Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Christopher Edwards
- 1NDORMS, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- David Simmons
- 1Alpenglow Biosciences, Seattle, WA, USA
- Linda Gallo
- Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
- Jakob Begun
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mater Hospital Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Daniel Schweitzer
- Neurology, Mater Misericordiae, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Helen Truby
- Danielle Schoenaker
- Tony Kenna
- Samudragupta Bora
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children`s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Lucia Colodro-Conde
- 3 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Andrew P Hills
- 1 School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania College of Health and Medicine, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Yang Peng
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People`s Republic of China
- Honey Heussler
- Kristen Radford
- 1Mater Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia
- Xiao-Wen Zeng
- 2 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
- Katie Lee
- Wendy Brodribb
- Luke Knibbs
- 15 Public Health Research Analytics and Methods for Evidence, Public Health Unit, Sydney Local Health District, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
- Tom Cole-Hunter
- Meng-Wong Taing
- Asad Ali
- Caroline Salom
- Vicki Clifton
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Gunther Paul
- Janet Davies
- Simon Bowler
- Johanna Schagen
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Amanda Wheeler
- Kym Rae
- Mother and Baby, Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- John Upham
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 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, Brisbane, 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
- Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Claire Wyatt-Smith
- Clare Primiero
- Courtney Giles
- Cynthia Turner
- Dilani Mendis
- Elise Pelzer
- Elizabeth Hurrion
- 7 Department of Newborn Services, Mater Mothers Hospital and Mater Medical Research Institute, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Emma Hamilton-Williams
- Frazer Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Erin McMeniman
- Frances Maguire
- Geraint Rogers
- Greg Monteith
- Gregore Iven Mielke
- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Guang Hui Dong
- Helen Barrett
- CBM Global Inclusion Advisory Group, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
- Honor Hugo
- Jake Gratten
- James Cuffe
- John Hooper
- 1Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- 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
- Mater Health Services, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 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
- 6 Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
- Nicole Warrington
- Nikky Isbel
- Olivia Holland
- Paige Little
- Paul Dawson
- Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
- Paul Gardiner
- Penelope Lind
- 3 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Peter D. Sly
- Peter Soyer
- Rebecca Byrne
- Centre for Research Excellence in the Early Prevention of Obesity in Childhood, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 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.
