ORIGINS Project
The ORIGINS Project aims to discover how a child’s early environment influences the dramatically rising risk of chronic health conditions such as allergies, obesity, gut health, respiratory and mental health issues, and neuro-developmental challenges. Beginning in 2017, ORIGINS aimed to recruit 10,000 children, along with their families, when their mother was early in pregnancy at Joondalup Health Campus in Western Australia. The study collects biological samples, routine data, and web-based questionnaires on physical and mental health, diet, physical activity patterns, and a range of environmental factors, creating an extensive Biobank and Databank.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Biobank, Cohort - birth
Number of participants at first data collection
3,448 (mothers)
3,806 (children)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
Varied (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017
Primary Institutions
Joondalup Health Campus
Telethon Kids Institute
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Paul Ramsay Foundation
Telethon Channel 7 Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Police & judicial system data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
