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SPR perspectives: Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: overcoming challenges to generate

Kaja Z LeWinn1, Elizabeth Caretta2, Ann Davis3

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Pediatric Research
|June 16, 2021
PubMed

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The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program unites over 57,000 children to study early life environmental factors impacting pediatric health. This large-scale initiative aims to improve children's health outcomes for future generations.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health Research
  • Environmental Health
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Many US children face chronic health issues or developmental challenges.
  • Early life environmental exposures are critical to child health.
  • The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program addresses key pediatric outcome areas.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the ECHO Program's infrastructure for large-scale collaboration.
  • To outline challenges overcome in launching the program.
  • To foster solution-oriented research for improving children's health.

Main Methods:

  • Established a national network of 69 existing cohort studies.
  • Engaged over 1200 investigators in a collaborative team science approach.
  • Developed a unified, cohort-wide data collection protocol.

Main Results:

  • Successfully launched a large-scale, multi-cohort program.
  • Facilitated collaboration across diverse research disciplines.
  • Initiated research focused on modifiable environmental influences on child health.

Conclusions:

  • The ECHO Program provides a robust infrastructure for impactful pediatric research.
  • Team science and stakeholder engagement are key to addressing complex child health issues.
  • The program is positioned to generate high-impact findings to improve children's health for generations.

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