Born in Bradford: The Primary School Years
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Born in Bradford: The Primary School Years. Assessing cognitive development and levels of well-being in Bradford children aged 6 to 9.
IRAS ID
199147
Contact name
Elizabeth Andrews
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Bradford has some of the worst health and education attainment results in the UK. This applied research will help to provide evidence for teachers, health professionals and researchers about the health, cognitive development and well-being of children in the city. The BiB Primary School Years study will build on our successful ‘Starting School’ study with children aged 4 to 5, to better understand children's development, health and well-being. Working with 90 primary schools in the City we plan to collect information from 24,000 children in Years 2, 3 and 4, i.e. at age 6-9 years. This age range reflects the period when motor and cognitive difficulties impact on children's health and social development and educational attainment. This project will also collect new information from at least 9,000 children (included in sample quoted) who are already taking part in the internationally renowned Born in Bradford study, which aims to find out more about the causes of differences in childhood health and well-being, by studying children from all cultures and backgrounds as their lives unfold. We will work with schools in Bradford to ask children and teachers to complete measures, which will include cognitive assessments, a well-being questionnaire, and teacher-administered Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Children will use laptop computers to complete assessments answering questions about their lives, health and well-being. In particular, we would like to understand the factors that affect: (1) child social and emotional well-being; (2) children's cognition; (3) healthy growth in children. All information will be confidential. After all identifying information has been removed we will share information with other researchers throughout the world, creating an international information source for exploring and understanding how health, development and social well-being change throughout children's lives in a deprived multi-ethnic population.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Bradford Leeds Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/YH/0062
Date of REC Opinion
24 Mar 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion