Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health Study (DASH)
DASH aims to investigate the social and biological influences on the health of adolescents from different ethnic backgrounds in London. Over 6,500 participants were were recruited when they were in Years 7 and 8, attending one of 51 inner London secondary schools with high proportions and numbers of people from ethnic minority groups. Baseline data was collected from 2003 to 2004 and participants having been followed up in 2005 to 2006 and 2011 to 2012.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
6,643 (participants)
Age at first data collection
11 - 13 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1990 - 1992 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2002
Primary Institutions
King's College London (KCL) (Academic, United Kingdom)
University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu) (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Medical Research Council (MRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
