Kaiser Permanente Southern California Children’s Health Study (KPSC Children’s Health Study)
The KPSC Children's Health Study aims to estimate the association between the severity of obesity and adverse health conditions in children and adolescents 2 to 19 years of age. It is a cohort study of children and adolescents in southern California, United States of America, who are actively enrolled in a large, pre-paid, integrated managed healthcare system. The KPSC Children’s Health Study cohort (2007–2009) is composed of over 900,000 children and adolescents 2 – 19 years of age and continues to enrol new patients joining the health plan. The follow up of the cohort is through passive surveillance of clinical care information and utilises the KPSC electronic health record system called Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect.
Study design
Cohort - open, Cohort - clinical, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
920,034 (participants as of 2009)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
2 – 19 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Around 12.3% of the population in the counties of southern California served by KPSC.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2007
Primary Institutions
Kaiser Permanente
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Kaiser Permanente
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
Quantitative data collection
- Secondary data
Qualitative data collection
- None
Neuroimaging data collection
- None
Linked or secondary data
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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