Jamaican 1986 Birth Cohort Study (JBCS)
The Jamaican 1986 Birth Cohort Study is a birth cohort of over 10,000 babies born in Jamaica in September and October 1986, as well as their mothers. Data has been collected on the participants of the birth cohort and their mothers at several time points, whilst the mothers and cohort members' teachers have also acted as informants for the children. Mothers were first interviewed at birth by hospital or community midwives, with school registers later used to aid identification of eligible children in under-funded parishes. Several sub-studies were also included, such as a perinatal mortality study of perinatal deaths, and a maternal mortality study of all maternal deaths up to August 1987.
Study design
Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
10,499 (mothers)
10,499 (children)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
1986 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1986
Primary Institutions
University of the West Indies Mona (UWI Mona)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Caribbean Cardiac Society (CCS)
Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC)
Culture, Health, Arts, Sports & Education Fund (CHASE)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (Centre de recherches pour le développement international, CRDI)
Ministry of Health
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
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