Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study (VAHCS)
VAHCS is the first of the two 2000 Stories Study cohorts based in Victoria, Australia. VAHCS follows approximately 2,000 students aged 14-15 years across adolescence and into adulthood. The participants completed 6 assessments during school, and 5 interviews at approximate ages of 21, 24, 29, 35 and 41 years of age. Participants with children were approached to recruit for the subsequent Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS), which was launched in 2006.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
898 (participants)
Age at first data collection
14 - 15 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
~1978 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1992
Primary Institutions
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) (Research, Australia)
Links
mcri.edu.au/research/projects/2000-stories
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Australian Federal Government Department of Health and Ageing (Government, Australia)
Australian Rotary Health (ARH) (Third Sector, Australia)
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) (Research, Australia)
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Research council, Australia)
VicHealth (Research council, Australia)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – online
- Interview – phone
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
