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GENERAL INFORMATION

Name Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (The )
Acronym Atlantic PATH (The )
Last update 08/08/2013

Affiliation

    Principal investigators

    David W. Hoskin (Dr. / Co-Principal Investigator)
    		Dalhousie University
    Louise Parker (Dr. / Principal Investigator)
    		Dalhousie University

    Contact

    Louise Parker (Dr. / Principal Investigator)
    		Dalhousie University
    Halifax B3H 1W5
    Phone: 902 494 3566
    Email:

    Website

    • http://atlanticpath.ca/External

    Funding agency

    • Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

    OBJECTIVES

    The Atlantic PATH is a long-term research project investigating environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors related to the development of cancer in Atlantic Canada.

    Research Focus

    • No Broad approach with no specific target of interest (study built as an infrastructure for a broad range of unspecified scientific activities/questions).
    • Yes Target specific questions of interest (predefined scientific targets like, cardiovascular diseases, social environment, specific health trajectories etc.) (Cancer, health outcome, environment and lifestyle.)

    METHODS

    Legend Yes No Unknown

    General design

    Study design Cohort
    Type of participants Individuals
    Target or final number of participants 30000
    Target or final number of DNA 22500

    Participant selection / Characteristics of the population

    Selection criteria

    Yes Age Minimun: 35 years    Maximun: 69 years
    Yes Country of residence Canada (Province of Nova Scotia, Province of New Brunswick, Province of Prince Edward Island, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador)

    Recruitment procedures

    General population

      Data Sources

        Cross-sectional Longitudinal follow-up
      Yes Questionnaires to participants/respondents No No
      Yes Direct physical measures No No
      Yes Biological samples Yes No

      Sample management

      Biological samples

      Yes Blood No Buccal cells
      No Cord blood No Tissues
      Yes Saliva Yes Urine
      Yes Other (Toenail clippings)

      Genome-Wide Association (GWA) analyses

      • No No genome-wide association analysis

      GOVERNANCE

      Legend Yes No

      Allow access to data or samples to external researchers

      Yes Data (questionnaire-derived, measured…)
      Yes Biological samples

      STATUS

      Current status

      Phase Start End
      Preparation phase/Pilot 2009 2009
      Baseline recruitment / initial data collection 2009 2015
      Follow-up of participants -- --
      Current number of participants recruited 29957 in date of 12/01/2012
      Current number of collected DNA samples 12132 in date of 12/01/2012

      This Catalogue was archived on: 2013-12-09. Information included in this Catalogue is for informational purposes only.

      General Information

      Name Baseline Questionnaire 1
      Last update 01/18/2010
      Phase Baseline
      Year interval 2009 to --

      Questionnaire owner

      • Atlantic PATH

      Contact

      Louise Parker (Dr. / Principal Investigator)
      		Dalhousie University
      Halifax B3H 1W5
      Phone: 902 494 3566
      Email:

      Utilization conditions

      None

      Methods

      Legend Yes No

      Respondent

      • Yes Participant
      • No Proxy

      Administration environment

      • No Over the phone
      • Yes Hospital, clinic, university or recruitment center
      • No Respondent / Proxy residence

      Administration mode

      • Yes Auto administered
      • No Auto administrated with face to face validation by trained personnel
      • No Administrated by trained personel / Physician

      Administration format

      • No Paper questionnaire
      • Yes Computerized

      Administration language

      • French
      • English

      Documents

      Available Format

      NOTICE: HTML document format may differ slightly from the actual questionnaire. Please refer to the original PDF document for exact reproduction.

      General Information

      Name Baseline Questionnaire 1
      Number of Question Blocks 65

      Questionnaire and Question Block List

      Click on the View block to see the block of questions related to a domain or a group of domains.
      Block 1 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Age/Birth Date / Subject age / birth date
      Block 2 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Gender
      Block 3 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Kinship
      Block 4 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Birth location / Subject's birth location
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Ethnicity/Race
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Birth location / Subject's family's birth location
      Block 5 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Residence / Residential History
      Block 6 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Language
      Block 7 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Kinship
      Block 9 View block
      • Health Information / Reproductive history
      Block 10 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Household Status / Subjet Household Status
      Block 12 View block
      • Socioeconomic Characteristics / Working status / Subject's partner working status/history
      Block 13 View block
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Chemical environmental exposures / Others
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Biological environmental exposures / Others
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures
      Block 14 View block
      • Socioeconomic Characteristics / Education level / Subject education level
      Block 15 View block
      • Socioeconomic Characteristics / Working status / Subject Working status/history
      Block 17 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Household Status / Structure of the Household
      • Socioeconomic Characteristics / Income
      Block 18 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Alcohol use
      Block 23 View block
      • Body Functions / Handedness / laterality
      Block 24 View block
      • Health Information / Perception of health/quality of life
      Block 25 View block
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
      Block 26 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Other Healthcare Interventions / Other Healthcare Interventions, Personal Care
      Block 27 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Other Healthcare Interventions
      Block 28 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Tobacco use
      Block 33 View block
      • Physical Environment / Occupational Exposures / Chemical Occupational Exposures / Passive Smoke Exposure
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Chemical environmental exposures / Passive Smoke Exposure
      Block 35 View block
      • Body structures / Hair
      Block 36 View block
      • Body structures / Skin
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Physical environmental exposures / Radiation (ionizing and non ionizing)
      Block 38 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Sleep Behaviours
      Block 39 View block
      • Health Information / Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified / General symptoms and signs
      • Health Information / Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified / Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour
      Block 41 View block
      • Body structures / Anthropometric structures / Anthropometric measures / Weight
      • Health Information / Participants Early Life Conditions / Participant's Birth weight
      Block 42 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Early life/childhood / History of Being Breastfed
      Block 43 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Other Healthcare Interventions
      Block 44 View block
      • Health Information / Perception of health/quality of life
      Block 45 View block
      • Socioeconomic Characteristics / Working status / Subject Working status/history
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Physical activity / Activities/Exercise and Frequency
      Block 46 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Physical activity / Activities/Exercise and Frequency
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Travel History and Habits
      Block 47 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Physical activity / Activities/Exercise and Frequency
      Block 48 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Physical activity / Activities/Exercise and Frequency
      Block 49 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Physical activity / Activities/Exercise and Frequency
      Block 50 View block
      • Health Information / Reproductive history / Number of children
      Block 51 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Clinical Laboratory Interventions
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Interventions / Diagnostic Interventions on the Genitourinary System
      Block 52 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Clinical Laboratory Interventions
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Interventions / Diagnostic Interventions on the Digestive and Hepatobiliary Tract
      Block 53 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Interventions / Diagnostic Interventions on the Digestive and Hepatobiliary Tract
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Imaging Interventions / Diagnostic Imaging Interventions on the Digestive and Hepatobiliary Tract
      Block 54 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Salt and Food Supplement
      Block 55 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Fat Intake
      Block 56 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Salt and Food Supplement
      Block 57 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Vegetables and Fruits
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Beverages (other than water or alcohol)
      Block 58 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Cereals, Bread, Starches
      Block 59 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Milk products
      Block 60 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Meat, Eggs, Fish and Alternatives
      Block 61 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Cereals, Bread, Starches
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Vegetables and Fruits
      Block 62 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Sweets, Baked goods
      Block 63 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Caffeine
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Beverages (other than water or alcohol)
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Milk products
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Salt and Food Supplement
      Block 64 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Beverages (other than water or alcohol)
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Vegetables and Fruits
      Block 65 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Fat Intake
      Block 66 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Salt and Food Supplement
      Block 67 View block
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Nutritional Behaviours and Perception of Nutritional Habits
      Block 68 View block
      • Health Information / Women's health / Menstruation
      Block 69 View block
      • Health Information / Medication Intake (ATC/DDD) / Genito urinary system and sex hormones (G)
      Block 70 View block
      • Health Information / Reproductive history / Number of children
      • Health Information / Reproductive history / Parity/Gravidity
      Block 71 View block
      • Health Information / Women's health / Breast feeding
      Block 72 View block
      • Health Information / Medication Intake (ATC/DDD) / Genito urinary system and sex hormones (G)
      Block 73 View block
      • Health Information / Women's health / Menopause
      Block 74 View block
      • Health Information / Medication Intake (ATC/DDD) / Genito urinary system and sex hormones (G)
      Block 75 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Physical/Physiological Therapeutic Interventions / Therapeutic Interventions on the Genitourinary System
      Block 76 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Clinical Laboratory Interventions
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Interventions / Diagnostic Interventions on the Genitourinary System
      Block 77 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Imaging Interventions / Diagnostic Imaging Interventions on the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue, and Breast
      Block 78 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Clinical Laboratory Interventions
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Interventions / Diagnostic Interventions on the Digestive and Hepatobiliary Tract
      Block 79 View block
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Imaging Interventions / Diagnostic Imaging Interventions on the Digestive and Hepatobiliary Tract
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Diagnostic Interventions / Diagnostic Interventions on the Digestive and Hepatobiliary Tract

      This Catalogue was archived on: 2013-12-09. Information included in this Catalogue is for informational purposes only.

      General Information

      Name Baseline Questionnaire 2
      Last update 03/19/2009
      Phase Baseline
      Year interval 2009 to --

      Questionnaire owner

      • Atlantic PATH

      Contact

      Louise Parker (Dr. / Principal Investigator)
      		Dalhousie University
      Halifax B3H 1W5
      Phone: 902 494 3566
      Email:

      Utilization conditions

      None

      Methods

      Legend Yes No

      Respondent

      • Yes Participant
      • No Proxy

      Administration environment

      • No Over the phone
      • No Hospital, clinic, university or recruitment center
      • Yes Respondent / Proxy residence

      Administration mode

      • Yes Auto administered
      • No Auto administrated with face to face validation by trained personnel
      • No Administrated by trained personel / Physician

      Administration format

      • Yes Paper questionnaire
      • No Computerized

      Administration language

      • French
      • English

      Documents

      Available Format

      NOTICE: HTML document format may differ slightly from the actual questionnaire. Please refer to the original PDF document for exact reproduction.

      General Information

      Name Baseline Questionnaire 2
      Number of Question Blocks 6

      Questionnaire and Question Block List

      Click on the View block to see the block of questions related to a domain or a group of domains.
      Block 1 View block
      • Health Information / Familial Disease History (ICD10*) / Diseases of the circulatory system
      • Health Information / Familial Disease History (ICD10*) / Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Neoplasms
      • Health Information / Familial Disease History (ICD10*) / Diseases of the respiratory system
      Block 2 View block
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the nervous system
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the eye and adnexa
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the respiratory system
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the genitourinary system
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the circulatory system
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the digestive system
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
      Block 3 View block
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history / Neoplasms
      • Health Information / Medical Health Intervention (C239) / Physical/Physiological Therapeutic Interventions
      Block 4 View block
      • Health Information / Individual Disease history
      Block 5 View block
      • Health Information / Medication Intake (ATC/DDD)
      Block 6 View block
      • Health Information / Medication Intake (ATC/DDD) / Various
      • Life Habits/Behaviours / Nutrition / Food intake and Frequency / Salt and Food Supplement

      This Catalogue was archived on: 2013-12-09. Information included in this Catalogue is for informational purposes only.

      General Information

      Name Baseline Questionnaire 3
      Last update 05/08/2008
      Phase Baseline
      Year interval 2009 to --

      Questionnaire owner

      • Atlantic PATH

      Contact

      Louise Parker (Dr. / Principal Investigator)
      		Dalhousie University
      Halifax B3H 1W5
      Phone: 902 494 3566
      Email:

      Utilization conditions

      None

      Methods

      Legend Yes No

      Respondent

      • Yes Participant
      • No Proxy

      Administration environment

      • No Over the phone
      • No Hospital, clinic, university or recruitment center
      • Yes Respondent / Proxy residence

      Administration mode

      • Yes Auto administered
      • No Auto administrated with face to face validation by trained personnel
      • No Administrated by trained personel / Physician

      Administration format

      • Yes Paper questionnaire
      • No Computerized

      Administration language

      • French
      • English

      Documents

      Available Format

      NOTICE: HTML document format may differ slightly from the actual questionnaire. Please refer to the original PDF document for exact reproduction.

      General Information

      Name Baseline Questionnaire 3
      Number of Question Blocks 3

      Questionnaire and Question Block List

      Click on the View block to see the block of questions related to a domain or a group of domains.
      Block 1 View block
      • Socioeconomic Characteristics / Working status / Subject Working status/history
      Block 2 View block
      • Physical Environment / Occupational Exposures / Biological Occupational Exposures / Others
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Physical environmental exposures / Radiation (ionizing and non ionizing)
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Biological environmental exposures / Others
      • Physical Environment / Occupational Exposures / Chemical Occupational Exposures / Others
      • Socioeconomic Characteristics / Working status / Subject Working status/history
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Physical environmental exposures / Noise, vibrations, etc.
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Biological environmental exposures / Allergens
      • Physical Environment / Occupational Exposures / Physical Occupational Exposures / Radiation (ionizing and non ionizing)
      • Physical Environment / Occupational Exposures / Biological Occupational Exposures / Allergens
      • Physical Environment / Occupational Exposures
      • Physical Environment / Occupational Exposures / Physical Occupational Exposures / Noise, vibrations, etc.
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures / Chemical environmental exposures / Others
      Block 3 View block
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Residence / Residential History
      • Sociodemographic Characteristics / Residence / Current Residence
      • Physical Environment / Environmental exposures

      This Catalogue was archived on: 2013-12-09. Information included in this Catalogue is for informational purposes only.

      GENERAL INFORMATION

      Study name Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (The ) [Atlantic PATH (The )]
      Last update 06/01/2010
      Collected at phase I
      Year interval 2009 to 2012

      Contact

      Louise Parker (Dr. / Principal Investigator)
      		Dalhousie University
      Halifax B3H 1W5
      Phone: 902 494 3566
      Email:

      Physical and cognitive measures collected

      Legend Yes No

      BODY STRUCTURES

      ANTHROPOMETRIC STRUCTURES

      Anthropometric measures

      Yes Weight

      Yes Height

      Yes Standing height

      Yes Sitting height

      Yes Body circumferences

      Yes Waist circumference

      Yes Hip circumference

      Body composition

      Yes Bioimpedance (Tanita)

      Yes Bone density (By heel ultrasound.)

      BODY FUNCTIONS

      FUNCTIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS

      Functions of the cardiovascular system

      Yes Blood pressure

      Yes Heart rate

      Yes Heart rate at rest

      HANDEDNESS / LATERALITY

      Yes Handedness functions (Self report)

      Administration mode

      Legend Yes No

      Administration environment

      Yes Hospital, clinic, university or recruitment center

      No Participant residence

      No Other

      Staff administering test

      Yes Professionals (nurses, clinicians, etc)

      Yes Interviewers/research assistants

      No Other

      Documentation on procedures

      Administration language English

      This Catalogue was archived on: 2013-12-09. Information included in this Catalogue is for informational purposes only.

      General Information

      Study name Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (The ) [Atlantic PATH (The )]
      Last update 01/28/2010

      Contact

      Louise Parker (Dr. / Principal Investigator)
      		Dalhousie University
      Halifax B3H 1W5
      Phone: 902 494 3566
      Email:

      Samples

      Legend Yes No
      Sample name Blood
        Main laboratory
        Sample labels/traceability (% of samples)
      • No RFID radio frequency identification
      • No Barcode
      • No Printed labels
      • No Handwritten numbers
      • No Others
      Pre-extraction sample storage format Substrate storage condition
      • No Fresh
      • No Refrigerated
      • Yes Frozen (-80°C)
      • No Dried (paper)
      • No Liquid Nitrogen
      • No Other
      Substrate storage period
      • No Short term
      • No Long term
      DNA extraction DNA extraction method
      • No Salting out
      • No Phenol-chloroform
      • No Columnary-extraction
      • No Magnetic beads
      • No Oragene (saliva)
      • No Others
      Automation of handling
      • No Manual
      • No Automated
      DNA handling and storage DNA diluent
      • No TE
      • No H2O
      • No Others
      DNA concentration (ng/µl)
      Storage conditions
      • No 4°C
      • No -20°C
      • No -40°C
      • No -80°C
      • No Dried
      • No Others
      DNA quantification Methods
      • No A260/A280
      • No Picogreen
      • No Nanodrop
      • No Others
      Technical quality
      • No Automated
      • No Manual
      • No Reproducibility
      DNA quality control Percentage of samples that are tested
      DNA quality method
      • No Agarose gel
      • No PCR
      • No A260/A280 ratio
      • No Others

      GENERAL INFORMATION

      Study name Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (The ) [Atlantic PATH (The )]
      Last update 01/31/2012

      Contact

      Louise Parker (Dr.)
      		Phone: 902-494-3566
      Email:

      ACCESS

      Legend Yes No

      Data or samples can be accessed by researchers outside the study/biobank (i.e. a researcher who is not an internal researcher of the study/biobank with research privileges)

      • Yes Access to at least part of the collected data is available for researchers outside the study
      • Yes Access to at least part of the collected samples is available for researchers outside the study

      Data/samples can leave the study/biobank facility/country under the policies and regulations of your study

      Data

      • Yes Can leave study/biobank facility
      • Yes Can leave the country

      Samples

      • Yes Can leave study/biobank facility
      • Yes Can leave the country

      Unknown Participants can not be contacted for additional information or sampling

      Restriction to the category/type of investigator requesting access to your study

      There are no restriction related to the categories of investigators requesting access

      Limitations regarding the scientific scope of the projects that can use the study's data/samples

      • There is no limitation to the scope of the projects using the data
      • There is no limitation to the scope of the projects using the samples

      ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS

      Legend Yes No

      Approval process leading to access

      To grant access, the study requires approval/authorization/documents by the following entities of the applicant's institution

      • Yes Ethics committee of applicant's institution (or another organization having jurisdiction or required by local governance rules)
      • Yes Scientific committee of applicant's institution (or another organization having jurisdiction or required by local governance rules)
      • Unknown Others

      To grant access, the study requires approval/authorization/documents by the following entities of the study

      • No Ethics committee having jurisdiction over the study/biobank
      • No Scientific committee having jurisdiction over the study/biobank
      • Unknown Another local committee/organization relevant to the study

      Information regarding fees to access data/samples

      Data

      • No There are fixed fees to access data
      • Yes There are scalable costs to access data varying according to the investigator (e.g. national investigators, students, public/private institutions, etc.)

      Samples

      • No There are fixed fees to access samples
      • Yes There are scalable fees to access samples varying according to the investigator (e.g. national investigators, students, public/private institutions, etc.)

      To protect confidentiality, access will be provided in the following format

      • No Samples are anonymized (irreversible�destruction of the identity of the participant)
      • No Data is anonymised (irreversible�destruction of the identity of the participant)
      • No Samples are coded (identification by a code(s), with possible�reversible�process to identify the participant)
      • No Data are coded (identification by a code(s), with possible�reversible�process to identify the participant)

      Investigators will be have to

      • Yes Submit their publications (articles, presentation, etc) to the study for review prior to public disclosure
      • Yes Periodically report to the study on the uses of data/samples and/or publications made possible thanks to the use of this research material
      • No Recognize the study as a co-author on their publication
      • No Acknowledge the study in their publication (either in the text or in the footnotes)
      • Yes Others (Return of results/data back to the study (e.g. GWAS, biochemical tests, etc))

      Study in-house analysis services

        Offered Mandatory
      In-house laboratory analysis for applicants No No
      In-house statistical analysis for applicants No No

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