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ArticleBMC pediatrics2026

Child health-related behaviors, social connectedness, and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children born preterm in the ECHO Cohort.

T Michael O'Shea, Monica McGrath, Jasmine Douglas, Courtney K Blackwell, Jody Ganiban, Elisabeth McGowan, Hudson P Santos, Amy E Margolis, Rebecca C Fry, ECHO Cohort Consortium

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T Michael O'SheaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Campus Box 7596, 4th Floor UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. moshea52@email.unc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6692-911X
Monica McGrathDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jasmine DouglasDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Courtney K BlackwellDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jody GanibanDepartment of Psychological & Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Elisabeth McGowanDepartment of Pediatrics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Hudson P SantosUniversity of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Amy E MargolisDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
Rebecca C FryDepartment of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
ECHO Cohort Consortium

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The ECHO Measurement Core: A Framework and Resource for Assessing Environmental Exposure and Child HealthU24OD023319 · OD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Courtney K Blackwell, RICHARD GERSHON · 2016 to 2026
$43.7M
ECHO Laboratory Core at Vanderbilt for Integrated Sample Biobanking and ProcessingU24OD035523 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Suman Ranjan Das, NATASHA Bassam HALASA · 2023 to 2026
$32.8M
NIH HHS U24 OD023319NIH HHS U24 OD035523NIH Office of the Director U2COD023375 U24OD023382 U24OD023319 U24OD035523Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research U24OD023319
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Abstract

backgroundWe evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents born preterm versus at term.

methodsThis prospective cohort study included participants aged 13-21 years in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort. Participants completed questionnaires from April 2020 to June 2022 about their behaviors during the pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on their social connectedness and overall well-being. Analyses compared adolescents born extremely preterm (before 28 weeks of gestation; n = 419) and those born moderate or late preterm (≥ 28 weeks and < 37 week; n = 118) with those born at term (n = 1,598). Associations were expressed as adjusted prevalence ratios (PR

resultsAdolescents in both preterm groups were less likely than those born at term to participate in unhealthy behaviors, such as drinking alcohol and using marijuana (moderate preterm: PR

conclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescent behaviors and self-reported impact differed for participants born preterm compared with those born at term. These findings can inform counseling for parents and adolescents during future national crises.

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Adolescent BehaviorChild HealthCOVID-19Health BehaviorInfant, PrematureAdolescentFemaleHumansInfant, Extremely PrematureInfant, NewbornMaleProspective StudiesSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultBehaviorCOVID-19Extremely premature infantMental healthPreterm birthSARS-CoV-2Well-being

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PMID42477646
PMCPMC13584414

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