Biological pathways of risk and resilience in Syrian refugee children (BIOPATH)
BIOPATH is a cohort of approximately 1,600 Syrian refugee children aged 8-16 years at recruitment. The children and their families were recruited from informal tented settlements in the Beqaa region. Notably, as some caregivers did not know or have a record of the child’s exact date of birth, in some cases there was some uncertainty about the child’s age. At 1-year follow-up, the study selected some families for data collection, and others were invited to a linked clinical trial.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,594 (children)
1,594 (caregivers)
Age at first data collection
6 - 19 years (children)
18 - 75 years (caregivers)
Participant year of birth
Varied (children)
Varied (caregivers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017
Primary Institutions
IDRAAC (Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care) (Third Sector, Lebanon)
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (Government, United States of America)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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