Family and Community Health Study (FACHS)
The FACHS is a multi-site, longitudinal study of over 800 families with a child in fifth grade (9-11 years), living in Georgia and Iowa neighborhoods in 1997-1998. Using 1990 Census data, areas were identified based on neighborhood composition where 10% or more of the population were African American families and 20–100% of the children in these families lived in poverty. Since participants were recruited, data has been collected every 2-3 years.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
889 (participants)
Age at first data collection
10 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1986 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1997
Primary Institutions
University of Connecticut (UConn)
University of Georgia (UGA)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – online
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- None
Engagement
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