Generation Malawi
Generation Malawi was designed to study the mental and physical health of Malawian families. The study recruits pregnant women and their families in the rural Chilumba site within the Karonga Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) and urban Lilongwe Area 25 Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU) site. As of 2023, 1,500 families have been recruited into the study.
Study design
Cohort - intergenerational
Number of participants at first data collection
1,500 (families as of 2023)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2021
Primary Institutions
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Academic, United Kingdom)
Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU) (Research, Malawi)
University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann) (Academic, United Kingdom)
University of Liverpool (Academic, United Kingdom)
University of Malawi (Academic, Malawi)
Links
research.ed.ac.uk/en/projects/generation-malawi-a-study-of-family-maternal-and-childhood-mental-4/
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Medical Research Council (MRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Wellcome Trust (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Existing research data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
