The Sarphati Cohort; First results

First home visit:

Screener (GGD) or Youth Nurse (SAG)

hands over Sarphati booklet or flyer.

Second home visit:

Youth Nurse hands over flyer in cover of

the Groeigids.

First consultation at OKT location: OKT assistant

initiates conversation with parent about SC.

Second consultation OKT location: OKT assistant

reminds parents about SC.

Baby is born

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How do we inform parents about our research? The Sarphati Cohort makes use of standard contact moments between parents and the GGD/SAG to inform parents about the study.

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The growth in number of contents per week shortly after the invitation letter is sent to parents

What is the Sarphati Cohort?

Within the Sarphati Cohort research is conducted into the growth and development of Amsterdam children. All children living in Amsterdam that receive services from Youth Health Care (YHC) are eligible for inclusion in the Sarphati Cohort. During the consultations with the Parent and Child Teams (OKT) or at the child health centre, YHC (GGD Amsterdam or SAG) collects data about the health and development of children until they are 18 years old. YHC uses this information to provide care, but this data is also valuable for research. In order to use these data to conduct scientific research, we request explicit parental consent to use some data anonymously for the Sarphati Cohort. In addition participants receive research questionnaires. Moreover some participants will be invited for additional research, so called sub-cohorts.

Face to face approach

We also use a face to face approach to reach parents. The OKT assistants play an important role by inviting parents with a 4 or 8 weeks old baby to join the Sarphati Cohort. To support the OKT assistants with this new task the Sarphati Team visited two to three Parent and Child teams (October ‘18 – September ‘19) and SAG locations (November ‘19 – March ’20) on a daily basis for a month. In the waiting rooms of these locations the Sarphati Team also invited parents with children between the age of 0 to 4 years to take part in the Sarphati Cohort. Prior to the start at each location, parents received an invitation letter and Information Leaflet. After one month a reminder was sent.

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