Characteristics of Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts Recruited During Pregnancy

Elissa Z. Faro; Katherine A. Sauder; Amber L. Anderson; Anne L. Dunlop; Jean M. Kerver; Monica McGrath; Mary Roary; Carolyn W. Roman; Cara Weidinger; Kathi C. Huddleston

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Characteristics of Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts Recruited During Pregnancy

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Characteristics of Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts Recruited During Pregnancy

Elissa Z. Faro, Katherine A. Sauder, Amber L. Anderson, Anne L. Dunlop, Jean M. Kerver, Monica McGrath, Mary Roary, Carolyn W. Roman, Cara Weidinger and Kathi C. Huddleston

MCN, the American journal of maternal child nursing, Vol.46(4), pp.230-235

07/01/2021

DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000725

PMCID: PMC8225566

PMID: 33993167

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Purpose: The objective of this study was to characterize the study designs, recruitment strategies, and other study characteristics among cohorts that initiated during pregnancy as part of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Methods: ECHO research programs (cohorts) were reviewed. Only those who had or were currently recruiting during pregnancy were surveyed in 2018 about research recruitment strategies (participant incentives, study burden, community collaboration, and cultural adaptations). Data are presented with cohort characteristics (location, inclusion and exclusion criteria, sociodemographics, medical information, behavioral factors, and biospecimens). Results: Forty-seven of the 84 ECHO pediatric cohorts recruited during pregnancy. Findings demonstrate various recruitment strategies, domains of data collection, and biospecimen collection are all characteristics of successful cohorts. Clinical Implications: These data that include over 50,000 children from families across the country, many in underserved areas, will be used for research with the potential to lead to profound policy changes. Prenatal conditions such as maternal age, obesity, depression, and drug use can be examined using study data, including biological markers, from pregnancy through childbirth and into childhood and will inform national policies on the role of early life exposures and underlying mechanisms of disease progression.

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Title: Subtitle: Characteristics of Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts Recruited During Pregnancy
Creators: Elissa Z. Faro - Univ Iowa, Dept Internal Med, Roy J & Lucille A Carver Coll Med, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
Katherine A. Sauder - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Amber L. Anderson - ECHO (Slovenia)
Anne L. Dunlop - Emory University
Jean M. Kerver - Michigan State University
Monica McGrath - Johns Hopkins University
Mary Roary - Subst Abuse & Mental Hlth Serv Adm, Off Behav Hlth Equity, Rockville, MD USA
Carolyn W. Roman - Univ New Mexico, Coll Pharm, Community Environm Hlth Program, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
Cara Weidinger - George Mason University
Kathi C. Huddleston - George Mason University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: MCN, the American journal of maternal child nursing, Vol.46(4), pp.230-235
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000725
PMID: 33993167
PMCID: PMC8225566
NLM abbreviation: MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs
ISSN: 0361-929X
eISSN: 1539-0683
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number of pages: 6
Grant note: UH3 OD023320; UH3 OD023248; UH3 OD023318; UG3 OD023318; UH3 OD023344; UG3 OD023320 / NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
Language: English
Date published: 07/01/2021
Academic Unit: General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984359958602771

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