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Cohort profile: The WAACHS Linked Data Study

Despite the volume of accumulating knowledge from prospective Aboriginal cohort studies, longitudinal data describing developmental trajectories in health and well-being is limited.

Citation:
Mitrou F, Milroy H, Coffin J, Hamilton SL, Brennan-Jones CG, Schurer S, Davis EA, Richmond P, Passmore HM, Pearson G, Brown A, O'Donnell M, Bowen AC, Azzopardi P, Conigrave KM, Downs J, Cooper MM, Ramsey KA, Ferrante A, Johnson SE, Cave L ……. Zubrick SR. Cohort profile: Understanding the influence of early life environments and health and social service system contacts over time and across generations through the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey (WAACHS) Linked Data Study. BMJ Open. 2024;14(10):e087522.

Keywords:
Child; epidemiology; family; health equity; public health

Abstract:
Despite the volume of accumulating knowledge from prospective Aboriginal cohort studies, longitudinal data describing developmental trajectories in health and well-being is limited.