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SynthesisInternational journal of circumpolar health2023

Six decades of longitudinal health knowledge production: a systematic review on Nordic birth cohort studies.

Anna Reetta Rönkä, Annukka Sailo, Noora Hirvonen

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in International journal of circumpolar health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna Reetta RönkäFaculty of Education and Psychology and History of Sciences and Ideas, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3261-6788
Annukka SailoHistory of Sciences and Ideas, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9901-3818
Noora HirvonenInformation Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-7577-3057
University of Oulu · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review (a) identifies birth cohort studies (BCSs) established in the Nordic countries, (b) describes their basic characteristics, and (c) explores how these characteristics have evolved over time, discussing their implications to knowledge production. To identify Nordic BCSs, cohort databases and relevant scientific articles were systematically searched and screened.The review shows that since 1959, more than 600,000 index children have participated in the 79 Nordic BCSs (22 Danish, 20 Finnish, 12 Norwegian, 24 Swedish, one Icelandic), over half of them still ongoing. The Nordic BCSs cover a wide geographical area including the Nordic Arctic. The topics of BCSs have varied over time but most have focused on examining the developmental origins of diseases. A quarter of them had a general scope, while the rest started with a specific focus, commonly atopic diseases. All BCSs collected questionnaire and/or interview data and over 60% of the BCSs announced exclusion criteria for participants, typically insufficient language proficiency.NBCSs have produced crucial scientific knowledge for over six decades, but there are underutilised opportunities including systematic interdisciplinary collaboration, inclusion of children's own views of their health and well-being, intergenerational data collection, and specific knowledge of Arctic indigenous peoples and other minorities.

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Cohort StudiesChildFinlandHumansLongitudinal StudiesNorwayScandinavian and Nordic CountriesArcticBirth cohortcohort studiesknowledge productionlongitudinal studiesNordic countriessystematic review

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PMID38010742
PMCPMC10997306
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