Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing Program (MELSHA)
The MELSHA Program was developed by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation to establish a knowledge base for guiding community-based health promotion for older people. The study recruited participants using electoral roll data. At baseline, MELSHA participants were at least 65 years old and residents of private dwellings in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. The sample is urban and predominantly from English-speaking backgrounds.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,000 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 65 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1994
Primary Institutions
La Trobe University
Monash University
University of Sydney (USYD)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Alzheimer's and Ageing Research Foundation
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
