Project description
Social determinants in childhood respiratory infections
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more susceptible to respiratory infections due to varying exposure to risk factors. However, there is a lack of evidence in the literature regarding the mechanisms that underlie the association between social inequalities and childhood infections. The MSCA-funded ESICRI project will investigate social, geographic and cultural patterns and pathways related to European childhood respiratory infections. The project’s objective is to inform preventive policies and reduce disparities in child health through effective public health interventions. ESECRI will conduct an analysis of data from over 200 000 children across 16 European birth cohorts, utilising the open-source infrastructure DataSHIELD. The ultimate aim is to gain insights into childhood respiratory infections and provide an open-source research tool.
Objective
Social determinants like parental education and household income have an important contribution to the high burden of respiratory infections in children. Children from dissadvantage backgrounds tend to suffer from a higher disease burden than their more advantaged peers and are more likely to experience illness and disability as a result. The pathways through which social determinants influence childhood respiratory infections are complex and inter-related, but in general are driven by differences in exposure and susceptibility to risk factors for respiratory infections that are influenced by the conditions in which children grow up. However, there is surprisingly little evidence in the literature on the mechanisms underlying the association between social inequalities and childhood infections and their interaction with other early-life risk factors (e.g. behaviours, lifestyle, environmental conditions, etc). The purpose of this project is to explore the social, geographic, and cultural patterns, and the pathways that relate social characteristics, early-life risk factors and childhood respiratory infections in order to understand the burden of such infections in children in Europe. Understanding these patterns and pathways is vital to inform preventative policy and help reduce the unequal child health differences through effective public health interventions. The project will use existing data from the EU Child Cohort Network on over 200,000 children from 16 European birth cohorts and a novel open-source infrastructure called DataSHIELD, that allows federated analysis of data from multiple cohorts without the need of sharing the participant level data. The primary goal of the project is to provide crucial insights into the role of social determinants and early-life stressors in childhood respiratory infections with the aim to inform EU policies. The secondary goal is to provide to the research community an open-source tool for federated mediation analysis.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01
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