Christchurch Health and Development Seminar: Overview of 40 Years of Findings

Emeritus Professor David Fergusson is the founder of the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS), a longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1,265 children born in the Christchurch region in mid-1977.

This presentation will provide an overview of the CHDS over the period 1977 - 2015.

The cohort have been studied on 23 occasions from birth to age 35, and the study has produced over 450 papers and reports describing the health and development of the cohort over their life course. This body of work will be illustrated by a number of examples spanning the period of study, including:

• The effects of parental smoking on childhood respiratory illness
• The impacts of low level lead exposure on cognitive development and behaviour
• The effects of childhood sexual abuse on educational achievement and psycho-social adjustment
• The impacts of adolescent cannabis use on educational achievement and mental health
• The effects of the Canterbury Earthquakes on the psychological wellbeing of cohort members exposed to the quakes
• The development of the Early Start home-visiting programme

When:
Monday 7 December 2015, 10 – 11am
The seminar will be followed by a light morning tea.

Where:
Nau Mai Room, Ground Floor
Te Puni Kōkiri House, 143 Lambton Quay, Wellington

Cost: FREE

Please register online by 6 December 2015

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Phone: 04 917 7042 or email events@superu.govt.nz