Project Viva: a Longitudinal Study of Health for the Next Generation (Project Viva)
Project Viva investigates maternal and child health by following a cohort of mother-child pairs from Easter, Massachusetts, United States of America. Pregnant women carrying a singleton who were able to answer questionnaires in English were recruited during prenatal visits. At baseline, over 2,600 pregnant women were recruited into the study and over 2,000 babies after birth. The study continues to follow over 1,000 women and their young adult offspring, with annual questionnaires and in-person visits at key developmental stages, aiming to track participants through mid-life and beyond.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
2,670 (pregnant women)
2,128 (babies)
Age at first data collection
Birth (babies)
Varied (pregnant women)
Participant year of birth
1999 - 2003 (babies)
Varied (pregnant women)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1999
Primary Institutions
Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Harvard University
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation
March of Dimes
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical environment assessment (e.g. pollution, mould)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Wearable devices
- None
- None
- Census data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
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