Born In Wales
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Born in Wales: Birth cohort study
IRAS ID
299760
Contact name
Sinead Brophy
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Swansea University
Duration of Study in the UK
23 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Born in Wales is a birth cohort study funded by the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research (NCPHWR). It aims to understand how current changes are impacting on health, wellbeing and family life during pregnancy and the first year of life, and consequently on the future health, wellbeing and attainment of children growing up in Wales. The study has a particular focus on trying to recruit families with risk factors for poorer child health and attainment outcomes, and will explore factors including the impact of economic changes such as lockdown and BREXIT on maternal and paternal health and birth and child outcomes. This information can help identify what can be done to support families from an early stage and inform funding, policies and interventions towards factors that are most important in determining children's future outcomes.
In order to recruit participants, we would be asking pregnant women (and their partners) in Wales to fill out a short questionnaire during their pregnancy and consent to provide contact details for follow up with a further survey when their child is 12-24 months. All future contacts will be following submission of further
ethical approval. We would be asking midwives (particularly those in flying start areas) to recruit families during routine appointments.
We are asking all participants if they complete the survey, to also consent to link their response to routinely collected data on themselves and their child through the SAIL databank, a secure anonymised linkage database. This information is anonymised so that we cannot identify individual participants or their children but will be able to look at factors such as the impact of pregnancy outcomes on a child's readiness for school and future outcomes. The study is funded to recruit for 5 years.REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/NW/0156
Date of REC Opinion
16 Jun 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion