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Abstract #302389

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Activity Number: 7
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Sunday, August 7, 2005 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: SSC
Abstract - #302389
Title: National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth (NLSCY): Advancing the Life Quality of Children through Developmental Research in the General Population
Author(s): Michael H. Boyle*+
Companies: McMaster University
Address: Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Hamilton, ON, L8P 3B6, Canada
Keywords: child development ; population surveys ; health policy
Abstract:

The NLSCY is a federally sponsored, prospective study designed to create a nationally representative database on the characteristics and life experiences of children in Canada as they grow from infancy to adulthood. Population-based research studies such as the NLSCY have the potential to improve child life quality by generating useful information. This information can serve two objectives: to help decisionmakers develop effective policies and programs (administrative) and to help researchers formulate useful theories about developmental processes (scientific). Secondary analyses contributing to these objectives tend to focus on (1) assessing population needs, (2) disaggregating the relative impact of contextual effects, (3) evaluating the salience of early risk and protective factors to later development, and (4) modeling developmental pathways and mechanisms. Using published research findings from the NLSCY and working from a set of specific research questions, this presentation will illustrate how national child development studies can inform policy and program planning (administrative objectives).

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