EUCCONET International Workshop Bergen, 15th – 17th June 2011 Nina Hagesæther

1. EUCCONET International Workshop Bergen, 15th – 17th June 2011 Nina Hagesæther

2. Outline • The MoBa Story • Linkage • Challenges

3. The MoBa story • Main study started in June 1999 • Fathers invited from Autumn 2000 • National study from 2002 • 50 hospitals • 100 000 pregnancies recruited in April 2008 • First birth November 1999 • Last birth July 2009

4. The MoBa story Physical and mental health

5. The MoBa story Mother’s diet

6. The MoBa story Physical and mental health

7. The MoBa story • Mother’s physical and mental health • Child’s health, dietand development

8. The MoBa story • Mother’s physical and mental health • Child’s health, dietand development

9. The MoBa story • Child’s mental andphysical development • Mother’s health andlifestyle

10. The MoBa story • Child’s neurologicaldevelopment and language understanding

11. The MoBa story • Child’s health, life style and diet

12. The MoBa story • Child’s mental health and language understanding • Mother’s mentalhealth

13. The MoBa story • Father’s physicaland mental health,life style andworking conditions

14. The MoBa story • Flu and vaccine

15. Advantages in Norway • Unique identity number • Centralised ultrasound scans • 98% of all pregnant women have scan in week 17/18 at birthing hospital

16. Linkage to other registries • National Population Registry • Medical Birth Registry • National Twin Registry • Norwegian Patient Registry • Cause of Death Registry • Norwegian Prescription Database • Norwegian Cancer Registry

17. Study Structure • Pregnancy is the study unit • Every pregnancy automatically allocated unique pregnancy number • One woman may have several pregnancy numbers • Pregnancy number is linked to mother’s, father’s and child’s ID-number • Pregnancy number is link between participant’s questionnaires

18. Challenges: Questionnaire response

19. Thank you for your attention.Any questions (or good ideas)?