Overview

COINCIDE is a prospective, longitudinal study of children aged 0 to 9 years living in diverse settings of North and South India to evaluate the independent, cumulative, and interaction effects of nutritional, psychosocial, and environmental determinants of neurodevelopment and child mental health in LMICs. The study also aims to identify the processes by which these determinants are influenced by sociodemographic and economic disparities to result in differential child outcomes.

Rationale

There is a need to extend our focus on the determinants of ECD beyond the first 1000 days to better identify the sensitive periods of each determinant. More prospective, longitudinal studies are needed to quantify the associations between early life experiences with later mental health outcomes, as an attempt to determine the aetiologies and progression of common mental health disorders.

Progress till date 

• Obtained a letter of support from the Haryana State National Health Mission for the study

• Translated data collection tools and adapted to the local context 

• Piloted all study tools and procedures 

• Collected data from 600 children at 7 years of age 

  • nutritional, psychosocial, and environmental exposures and outcome data on child development and mental health

  • biological samples of blood and urine from 250 children

  • indoor air quality data for winter and summer seasons in 100 houses, using a portable air pollution monitor 

    
    

Partner/s

• Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), India

• Indian Institue of Public Health Bengaluru (IIPH-B), Karnataka, India

• Ashoka University, Haryana, India

• Institute of Public Health (IPH), Karnataka, India

• St. John’s Research Institute (SJRI), Karnataka, India