Top End Cohort Study (TEC)
The TEC commenced recruitment in 2007 when non-Indigenous people born in Darwin, Australia, between 1987 and 1991 were invited to be part of the Life Course Program. Together with the age-matched Aboriginal Birth Cohort (ABC) study, the TEC provides a unique resource to examine the health and wellbeing of young people in the Top End of Australia across their life span. Participants included in the TEC are Darwin residents aged between 16 and 20 years who were born in Darwin between 1987 and 1991 to a mother who is non-Indigenous.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
196 (participants)
Age at first data collection
16 - 20 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1987 - 1991 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1987 (healthcare records)
2007 (TEC inception)
Primary Institutions
Charles Darwin University
Menzies School of Health Research
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
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 or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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