Family and Children of Ukraine (FCOU)
FCOU, the Ukrainian component of the European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC), is a prospective birth cohort study that was initiated in 1992 to evaluate the pregnancy outcomes of around 8,000 women and their offspring in Ukraine. Pregnant women were recruited from six sites within five cities in Ukraine: Kyiv (Left bank and Right bank); Dniprodzerzhynsk; Mariupol; Ivano-Frankivsk; and Krasny Louch. The cohort consists of children born between 1993 and 1996, and their mothers. Participants were followed up using the ELSPAC study protocol which traced the children from delivery to 7 years of age. Children from four of the sites continued to be followed-up until around 18 years of age.
Study design
Cohort - research programme, Cohort - birth, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
~8000 (mother-child pairs)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant year of birth
1993 - 1996 (children)
Varied (mothers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1992
Primary Institutions
National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (Національна академія медичних наук України)
University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
John E. Fogarty International Center
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
