Martin Guhn|Magdalena Janus|Jennifer Enns|Marni Brownell|Barry Forer|Eric Duku|Nazeem Muhajarine|Rob Raos
Examining the social determinants of children's developmental health: protocol for building a pan-Canadian population-based monitoring system for early childhood development
Learning Partnership|University of British Columbia|McMaster University|Manitoba Health|University of Manitoba|Manitoba Health|University of Manitoba|Learning Partnership|University of British Columbia|McMaster University|Saskatchewan Health|University of Saskatchewan|McMaster University
early childhood key period establish policies practices optimise childrens health development canada lacks nationally representative data social indicators childrens wellbeing address gap early development instrument edi teacheradministered questionnaire completed kindergartenage children implemented across canadian provinces past 10 years purpose protocol describe canadian neighbourhoods early child development cannecd study aims create pancanadian edi database monitor trends time childrens developmental health advance research examining social determinants healthcanadawide edi records 2004 2014 representing 700000 children linked canada census income taxfiler data variables socioeconomic status derived databases used predict neighbourhoodlevel edi vulnerability rates conducting series regression analyses latent variable models provincialterritorial national levels data available measure neighbourhoodlevel change developmental vulnerability rates time model socioeconomic factors associated trendsethics approval study granted behavioural research ethics board university british columbia study findings disseminated key partners including provincial federal ministries schools school districts collaborative community groups early childhood development research community database created part longitudinal populationlevel monitoring system allow researchers associate practices programmes policies school community levels trends developmental health outcomes cannecd study guide future early childhood development action policies using database tool formative programme policy evaluation