NICHD

The Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Related Multi-Level Mitigation and Contextual Factors on Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes of Individuals and Families From a Vulnerable Population

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A “shovel ready” project leveraging the existing longitudinal data collected in the Fragile Families and Childhood Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), the longest running population-based US birth cohort, collected before and throughout the pandemic linked with multilevel COVID-19 related health, social and economic measures, and prospective COVID-19 impact assessments to examine these issues.

Bridging Gaps in Healthcare Services for New Families Due to COVID-19

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This project aims to evaluate Nursery2Home, a patient-informed digital healthcare intervention that is is specifically responsive to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on new families, with a focus on health equity for racial/ethnic minority and low income families.

Unequal Parenthoods: Population Perspectives on Gender, Race and Sexual Minority Disparities in Family Stress and Health During Crises

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This project aims to identify mechanisms underlying gender, racial and ethnic minority, and sexual minority disparities in parenting stress and parental well-being during COVID and this period of intense racial trauma.

Fragile Families and the Transition to Adulthood

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This project collects new data specific to the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Birth Cohort Study (FFCWS) young adults’ health, wellbeing, and environments in the context of the pandemic.

COVID-19 Impacts on Time Use and Well-Being

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This project supports data collection on the well-being, quality of life, and physical and mental health of a large and nationally representative cohort of children and adults ages 15 and older spanning January through December 2021.