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1/ The origins of the #1970BritishCohortStudy go back to the swinging mid-sixties, with plans for a new national cohort stirring as early as 1966 #BCS7050stories
2/ Inspired by the impact that the #1958NationalChildDevelopmentStudy had made on improving maternal and obstetric care, the National Birthday Trust Fund & Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists met to consider a starting a new national survey #BCS7050stories
3/ Neville Butler, director of the 1958 study (pictured), was brought on board to drive the study forward with directors, Roma and Geoffrey Chamberlain #BCS7050stories
4/ According to Butler the main aims of the #1970BritishCohortStudy “were to examine the links between mothers’ and children’s social and biological characteristics and neonatal health, and to also compare these data with results from the 1958 generation” #BCS7050stories
5/ It is estimated that information from 96-98 percent of all births was collected from that single week in April 1970 – an astonishing 17,196 babies #BCS7050stories
Read more about the origins of BCS70 on the CLS website - https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/the-origins-of-the-1970-british-cohort-study/
Read more about the origins of BCS70 on the CLS website - https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/the-origins-of-the-1970-british-cohort-study/
