Growing Up in Wales: Environments for Healthy Living (EHL)
Growing Up in Wales is a prospective birth cohort study investigating the impact of gestational and postnatal environmental risk factors on infant health and development across the life course. A total of 819 families were identified within the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) Health Board by approaching pregnant women at antenatal clinics. Participant families resided in and around the City of Swansea, UK, and participated in a baseline visit between November 2009 to March 2015.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
424 (parent-child pairs)
819 (families)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
16 - 44 years (mothers)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
≥ 2009 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2009
Primary Institutions
Swansea University
Profile paper DOI
Funders
British Heart Foundation
Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Wearable devices
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
