Journal article
Opportunities for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and child health in the United States: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program
Frontiers in pediatrics, v 11, 1171214
15 Jun 2023
PMID: 37397146
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
ObjectiveOngoing pediatric cohort studies offer opportunities to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's health. With well-characterized data from tens of thousands of US children, the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program offers such an opportunity.MethodsECHO enrolled children and their caregivers from community- and clinic-based pediatric cohort studies. Extant data from each of the cohorts were pooled and harmonized. In 2019, cohorts began collecting data under a common protocol, and data collection is ongoing with a focus on early life environmental exposures and five child health domains: birth outcomes, neurodevelopment, obesity, respiratory, and positive health. In April of 2020, ECHO began collecting a questionnaire designed to assess COVID-19 infection and the pandemic's impact on families. We describe and summarize the characteristics of children who participated in the ECHO Program during the COVID-19 pandemic and novel opportunities for scientific advancement.ResultsThis sample (n = 13,725) was diverse by child age (31% early childhood, 41% middle childhood, and 16% adolescence up to age 21), sex (49% female), race (64% White, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 2% American Indian or Alaska Native, <1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 10% Multiple race and 2% Other race), Hispanic ethnicity (22% Hispanic), and were similarly distributed across the four United States Census regions and Puerto Rico.ConclusionECHO data collected during the pandemic can be used to conduct solution-oriented research to inform the development of programs and policies to support child health during the pandemic and in the post-pandemic era.
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- Title
- Opportunities for understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and child health in the United States: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program
- Creators
- Traci A. Bekelman - College Station Medical CenterLeonardo Trasande - New York Univ, Dept Pediat, Dept Environm Med, Grossman Sch Med, New York, NY USAAndrew Law - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Baltimore, MD USACourtney K. Blackwell - Northwestern UniversityLisa P. Jacobson - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Baltimore, MD USATheresa M. Bastain - College Station Medical CenterCarrie V. Breton - College Station Medical CenterAmy J. Elliott - University of South DakotaAssiamira Ferrara - Kaiser PermanenteMargaret R. Karagas - College Station Medical CenterJudy L. Aschner - Albert Einstein College of MedicineNicole Bornkamp - College Station Medical CenterCarlos A. Camargo Jr - Gen Digital Inc. (United States)Sarah S. Comstock - Michigan State UniversityAnne L. Dunlop - Emory UniversityJody M. Ganiban - George Washington UniversityJames E. Gern - College Station Medical CenterCatherine J. Karr - University of WashingtonRachel S. Kelly - Brigham and Women's HospitalKristen Lyall - Drexel UniversityT. Michael O'Shea - College Station Medical CenterJulie B. Schweitzer - College Station Medical CenterKaja Z. LeWinn - Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, San Francisco, CA USAProgram Collaborators Environm
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in pediatrics, v 11, 1171214
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media Sa
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program UH3OD023251; UH3OD023320; UH3OD023332; UH3OD023253; UH3OD023248; UH3OD023313; UH3OD023328; UH3OD023318; UH3OD023279; UH3OD023289; UH3OD023282; UH3OD023287; UH3OD023365; UH3OD023275; UH3OD023271; UH3OD023347; UH3OD023389; UH3OD023268; UH3OD023288; UH3OD023342; UH3OD023349; UH3OD023286; UH3OD023348; UH3OD023285; UH3OD023290; UH3OD023272; UH3OD023249; UH3OD023305; UH3OD023337 / Office for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (PRO Core) U2COD023375; U24OD023382; U24OD023319 / Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Office of the Director
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001018159800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85164493703
- Other Identifier
- 991022207060504721
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- Pediatrics