Qualitative Research Methods: Longitudional Research - Born in Bradford

Question 1

How many children are tracked in the Born in Bradford study?

Answer 1

13500

Question 2

What months and years born are the range of children being observed in the Born in Bradford study from?

Answer 2

March 2007 to December 2010

Question 3

Name 2 ways the Born in Bradford data is being used

Answer 3

To find the causes of childhood illnesses and explore mental development of the new generation

Question 4

What were the pregnant women given to fill out?

Answer 4

A questionnaire

Question 5

What did the questionnaire have questions on?

Answer 5

Personal family circumstances

Question 6

Were the fathers involved in this study as well?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

How did the researchers gain access to information about the baby before it was born?

Answer 7

They gained the data through hospital records

Question 8

What were the children given when they were born? Why?

Answer 8

A unique ID, to avoid the use of names when the data was published

Question 9

What was gained for each follow-up visit of children so the researchers could do it?

Answer 9

Consent from their parents

Question 10

What research method was used to gain follow-up information from the mothers?

Answer 10

Structured Interviews

Question 11

Why did the researchers sometimes use focus groups?

Answer 11

To explore shared experiences of parents