Siyakhula Cohort
The Siyakhula Cohort includes over 1,500 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative children born between 2001 and 2006 to HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected mothers from the Hlabisa sub-district in rural South Africa. Children were enrolled when aged between 7 and 11 years from two sources. Firstly, children were recruited from the Vertical Transmission Study (VTS), a previous early-life breastfeeding intervention study conducted in the sub-district. Secondly, children were recruited from the Africa Centre Demographic Surveillance Area situated in part of the sub-district, as long as they had not previously participated in the VTS. Additionally, some VTS children living in the sub-district but outside of the surveillance area were included in the cohort.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,536 (participants)
Age at first data collection
7 - 11 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
2001 - 2006 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2012
Primary Institutions
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Grand Challenges Canada
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- Existing research data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
