Journal article
Better together: Advancing life course research through multi-cohort analytic approaches
M O'Connor, E Spry, G Patton, M Moreno-Betancur, S Arnup, M Downes, S Goldfeld, D Burgner, CA Olsson
Advances in Life Course Research | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2022
Open access
Abstract
Longitudinal cohorts can provide timely and cost-efficient evidence about the best points of health service and preventive interventions over the life course. Working systematically across cohorts has the potential to further exploit these valuable data assets, such as by improving the precision of estimates, enhancing (or appropriately reducing) confidence in the replicability of findings, and investigating interrelated questions within a broader theoretical model. In this conceptual review, we explore the opportunities and challenges presented by multi-cohort approaches in life course research. Specifically, we: 1) describe key motivations for multi-cohort work and the analytic approaches ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
LifeCourse is a collaboration between the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) , the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, and the Royal Children's Hospital, located at MCRI. We acknowledge all collaborators who have contributed to LifeCourse, especially cohort data custodians and their participants, and our Life-Course funders, the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation. LifeCourse is a collaborative effort, and we would like to thank everyone involved for their ongoing engagement and support. This work was supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. Dr. O'Connor, Dr. Arnup, and Dr. Downes were supported by the Melbourne Children's LifeCourse platform, funded by Royal Children's Hospital Foundation Grant #2018-984. Prof. Goldfeld is supported by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Career Development Fellowship 1082922. Prof Craig Olsson is supported by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (APP1175086) . Dr. Moreno- Betancur is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Project no. DE190101326) funded by the Australian Government. David Burgner is supported by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (1175744) . The funders had no role in the paper conceptualisation, writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.