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The National Child Development Study (NCDS) is a continuing, multi-disciplinary longitudinal study which follows the lives of 17,415 people born in England, Scotland and Wales from 17,205 women during the week of 3–9 March 1958. The results from this study helped reduce infant mortality and were instrumental in improving maternity services in ...
National Child Development Study [ edit ] The NCB's most important project under her leadership was the National Child Development Study, a longitudinal study of 17,000 British children that was initiated by Dr. Neville Butler in his Perinatal Mortality Survey of 1958 and began officially under the auspices of the NCB in 1964. [ 5 ]
A study of working mothers and early child development was influential in making the argument for increased maternity leave. [6] Another study on the impact of assets, such as savings and investments on future life chances, played a major part in the development of assets-based welfare policy, including the much-debated Child Trust Fund .
Barbara Maughan is a Professor of Developmental Epidemiology [1] [2] at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry. [3] [4] Her research focuses on mental health problems in children and adolescents.
James William Bruce Douglas [1] (1914 in Alperton, Middlesex – 1992) was a British social researcher. [2] Douglas was responsible for the National Survey of Health & Development that in turn led to other national birth cohort studies, such as the National Child Development Study, the 1970 British Cohort Study and the Millennium Cohort Study.
Arellano is a U.S. citizen born in Houston and Salazar-Hinojosa is a Mexican national. In addition to twins Ashley and Allison, the couple also share a 2-year-old son, Federico, born in Mexico.
She was the Principal Investigator of the 1958 and 1970 British birth cohort studies. She was promoted to Professor of Sociology in 2009. [3] From 2010 to 2014, Elliot was director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies. [3] The centre hosts the 1958 National Child Development Study, 1970 British Cohort Study, and Millennium Cohort Study.
In the U.S., the biggest polluters are often concentrated in underserved, mostly minority communities.