What Research Questions Should the Next Generation of Birth Cohort Studies Address? An International Delphi Study of Experts

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Feasibility of a Birth-cohort In Pakistan: Evidence For Better Lives Study

“…The main strengths of our feasibility study were its approach to identify eldigible sample using both facility based and a community based approach, high response rate at recruitment, postpartum follow-up and acquiring varied biological samples, using constructs informed by expert opinion through a delphi technique [34], use of validated instruments used in all other EBLS sites making interesting cross cultural comparisons [3]. Speci c to the Pakistan site, this study is novel in the local context in that it takes prenatal life as a period of exposure to adversity and aims to collate these ndings with follow-up data over the childhood years.…”

Intergenerational effects of violence on women’s perinatal wellbeing and infant health outcomes: evidence from a birth cohort study in Central Vietnam

“…However, to date, few studies in LMICs have investigated the buffering effect of neighborhood characteristics and interpersonal relationships (e.g., social support, partner support) on p-IPV severity, and intergenerational impacts on birth outcomes (e.g., delivery mode and neonatal conditions). Brown et al (2020) suggested an important focus of research with birth cohorts should be to examine the impact of family or environmental factors and neighborhood disorder on early childhood development [28].…”

Intergenerational Effects of Violence on Women’s Perinatal Wellbeing and Infant Health Outcomes: Evidence from a Birth Cohort Study in Central Vietnam

“…Our ndings underscore the importance of contextual factors related to neighborhood disadvantages and how women can be protected against violence by improving neighborhood safety in future intervention toward ending violence. Future work focusing on a series of protective and promotive neighborhood factors could potentially reduce the trajectory of p-IPV, build resilience for survivors of IPV, and promote a harmonic family and optimal child development [25].…”

“…Notably, social support was strongly associated with partner support via possible interference of in uential family members in the patriarchal system. The positive impact of social support suggests that enhancing social support might be bene cial to improving maternal mental health and reducing the burden of ACE exposure and further investigation should focus on how family, friends and social disadvantage may in uence children's development via violent intimate relationships [25].…”

“…However, to date, few studies in LMICs have investigated the buffering effect of neighborhood characteristics and interpersonal relationships (e.g., social support, partner support) on p-IPV severity, and intergenerational impacts on birth outcomes (e.g., delivery mode and neonatal conditions). Brown et al (2020) suggested an important focus of research with birth cohorts should be to examine the impact of family or environmental factors and neighborhood disorder on early childhood development [25].…”