Project description DEENESFRITPL Learning about preventive interventions for developmental language disorder Millions of children in Europe are slow to start speaking and are diagnosed with developmental language disorder (DLD). They struggle with severe and persistent difficulties in language understanding or functioning. Unfortunately, little is known about preventive interventions. The EU-funded DLD-PI project will investigate mutable and least-mutable risk and protective factors. It will forge a multidisciplinary, intersectoral and international collaboration with the universities of Turku and Oulu, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki University Hospital and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Piloting has already begun with the 1987 and 1997 Finnish Birth Cohorts. The findings will be validated in a new open-access generic cohort with an unprecedented number of variables from different registers, including an expected 150 000 children with DLD out of almost 2 million children. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a public health concern affecting millions of children across Europe. Still, the basis for efficacious preventative interventions for it are largely unknown. To fill this gap, we must: 1) investigate mutable and least-mutable risk and protective factors for DLD, 2) develop prediction tools based on them, and 3) investigate risk and protective factors that are associated with the severity of outcomes of DLD. DLD prevention and intervention (DLD-PI) aims to tackle these questions by using high-quality, large-scale registry data available in Finland. The research will be conducted through multidisciplinary, inter-sectoral, and international collaboration with the universities of Turku and Oulu, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki University Hospital, and Newcastle University, UK. Piloting has already begun with the 1987 and 1997 Finnish Birth Cohorts. These findings will be validated in a new open-access generic cohort with an unprecedented number of variables from different registers, including an expected 150,000 children with DLD out of almost 2 million children. The results of DLD-PI will have wide impact because they enable better prediction of individual trajectories of DLD. With the ultimate aim of providing a tool to use in predicting DLD, this knowledge will enable more efficient targeting and timing of preventative interventions. The results will be essential, generalizable, and advance the field of research for other developmental and learning difficulties as well. They will also be disseminated and communicated accordingly. DLD-PI adds significantly to both research in the European Research Area and the priorities of Horizon 2020. The fellow already has extensive experience in DLD research and its methodology, and the two-way knowledge transfer will prepare her to conduct and lead future epidemiological studies in a field critically lacking specialists. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health Keywords Developmental Language Disorder Prevention Intervention Social Inequalities Longitudinal Cohorts Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Topic(s) MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-IF-2019 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Coordinator ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO Net EU contribution € 135 065,68 Address Yliopistonranta 8 70211 Kuopio Finland See on map Region Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Savo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 135 065,68 Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all TURUN YLIOPISTO Participation ended Finland Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Yliopistonmaki 20014 Turku See on map Region Manner-Suomi Etelä-Suomi Varsinais-Suomi Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost No data HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Participation ended Finland Net EU contribution € 55 615,28 Address Yliopistonkatu 3 00014 Helsingin yliopisto See on map Region Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 55 615,28