过对女性健康长期研究可观察儿童的健康状况

2016年8月22日讯/生物谷BIOON/通过研究澳大利亚女性连续20年的数据发现，女性的研究结果与儿童的健康与发展相关。

昆士兰大学的教授Gita Mishra说母亲和孩子的健康研究(MatCH)将有助于完成澳大利亚儿童的健康和发展，并提供了大量的基础策略和服务改善的建议。Mishra教授说，研究人员邀请了10，000名母亲提供了大约12，500名12岁及以下的儿童信息。

“这些女性出生在1973年至1978年之间，1996年时被招募到澳大利亚纵向研究女性健康(ALSWH)研究中。”Mishra教授说。“这意味着在孩子出生之前我们就有数年的数据，包括他们的身心健康，健康行为和风险因素和社会人口统计因素等。”“母亲和孩子的健康研究使我们能够更彻底地调查可能会影响儿童健康和发育的因素。”

在未来几周的时间内第一轮调查问卷将被发给母亲们，邀请她们填写13岁以下儿童的完整信息。

“调查询问了一系列重要因素，包括饮食、体力活动、睡眠模式，发育的时间表，社会和情感发育以及使用儿童保育和卫生服务。”Mishra教授说。“它还会深入提供研究人员感兴趣的特定因素数据。”

我们收集的信息与澳大利亚早期发育人口普查，评考计划和澳大利亚儿童免疫接种登记的记录相关。“这使得澳大利亚初级卫生保健家庭更有针对性的预防策略。”Mishra教授说收集的数据来自参与这项研究的母亲和儿童，研究人员消除了识别信息用来保护他们的隐私。“我们非常感激这些女性提供了自己和孩子的信息。”Mishra教授说。（生物谷Bioon.com） 

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