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Adding a Biosocial Component to Understanding Society Research Methods Festival Session 56 – Understanding Society July 2010 Stephanie McFall. Objectives of presentation. Provide overview of biosocial data collection for Understanding Society Put in context of other health information.

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  1. Adding a Biosocial Component to Understanding SocietyResearch Methods FestivalSession 56 – Understanding SocietyJuly 2010Stephanie McFall

  2. Objectives of presentation • Provide overview of biosocial data collection for Understanding Society • Put in context of other health information

  3. Biosocial Understanding Society • Collection of biomarkers part of overall study objectives • Funds from Large Facilities Capital Fund to support collection from part of the sample • Needs to move quickly, to complete collection by 2012 • Funds for range of biomarkers, anthropometric and functional measures from adults • Will collect from BHPS sample and from random sample of adults from new samples • Seek future support for additional collections

  4. Measures in 2 phases Survey nurses Non-clinical interviewers Saliva samples for DNA Dried blood spots HbA1c, CRP, cholesterol, Cystatin-C Anthropometry Height, weight, waist circumference, biometric impedance Functional measures Blood pressure, grip strength • Whole blood sample • For DNA and analytes • HbA1c, cholesterol, CRP, Cystatin-C • Anthropometry • Height, weight, waist circumference, biometric impedance • Functional measures • Blood pressure, grip strength, lung function

  5. Getting a quick start • Build on experience and resources of NatCen, our survey organization • Workforce • Measurement protocols • Training methods • Build on consultation process

  6. Sequence in nurse visit Eligible: Full CAPI interview Adult Gen. pop. W2 (2010) BHPS W3 (2011) Nurse visit ~ 5 mo. later Measures Oral consent Tissue samples (Blood) Separate written consents Transport to storage facility Token of appreciation to respondent

  7. Upcoming pilot of interviewer collection – Autumn 2010 • Focus on performance of core biomeasures • Acceptability to interviewers and respondents • Refine measurement procedures, e.g., timings • Trial run of interviewer training procedures • Preliminary information about quality of measures • 100 adults and 20 interviewers • Participants from NatCen Omnibus Survey willing to be contacted for further research • Support large scale implementation of interviewer collection (potentially) in Summer 2011

  8. Health component of adult questionnaire • Interview • SF-12 including self-rated health • Height & weight • Long-standing illness or disability • Type of disability or infirmity • Diagnosed health conditions • Health behaviours (diet, exercise, smoking) • Self-completion • GHQ-12 • Quality and duration of sleep • Life/health satisfaction • The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale • Alcohol consumption

  9. Youth questionnaire health component • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire • Health behaviours – diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol, drugs • Self-reported height and weight • Self-rated health

  10. Linkage of health records • Consent asked of adults and about children by responsible adult • Request for past, current and future records • Records on health registration • Hospital admission information • Dates, diagnoses, treatments, procedures, waiting times • Specific conditions, e.g., cancer • Potentially useful in extending scope of interview and biomeasure data – link life histories to health care use, diagnoses, mortality

  11. Conclusion • Variety of biomeasures ranging from genetic to functional to physical measurements • Rich socio-economic data provides opportunity to assess exposure and antecedent factors of health status, understanding disease mechanisms and pathways, household and socioeconomic effects • Interaction of social and biological factors in behaviour • Support social science and biomedical research and research linking the two • Resource for wide range of interdisciplinary research

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