Social, Behavioral, and Biological Linkages Across the Life Course
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The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of over 20,000 adolescents who were in grades 7-12 during the 1994-95 school year, and have been followed for five waves to date, most recently in 2016-18. Over the years, Add Health has collected rich demographic, social, familial, socioeconomic, behavioral, psychosocial, cognitive, and health survey data from participants and their parents; a vast array of contextual data from participants’ schools, neighborhoods, and geographies of residence; and in-home physical and biological data from participants, including genetic markers, blood-based assays, anthropometric measures, and medications. Ancillary studies have added even more data over the years. Data from the project are available in various forms and have been analyzed in thousands of publications in peer-reviewed journals.
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May 15, 2020
Can Parental Communication Influence HIV Testing?
Add Health data collection began 25 years ago, yet new research is still being published using Wave I data which adds to the scientific knowledge...
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April 16, 2020
Add Health data used to study eating disorder behaviors in adolescence and adulthood
Add Health collected information on nutrition, eating habits and weight perception during the Wave I interview when respondents were in middle and high school. These...
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September 11, 2019
Suicide Ideation and Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults (Suicide Prevention Week)
Researchers use Add Health Data to Discover Suicide Prevention Methods
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