ICAR Research Data Repository for Knowledge Management

This dataset represents a group of paper records (a "series") within the Harvard School of Public Health Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development records, 1918-2015 (inclusive), 1930-1989 (bulk), which can be accessed on-site at the Center for the History of Medicine at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. The series consists of research data and related administrative and regulatory records generated during the fifty-year follow-up study of the Harvard School of Public Health Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development.

Research data includes raw, summarized, analyzed, and coded data, and consists of: completed data collection worksheets and survey instruments; reproductive and gynecological examination records and histories; subject case summaries; data tables and charts; 5.25" floppy disks containing analyzed and coded data related to blood pressure and nutrition; and coded data computer punch cards. Some data is from the original study, but was reused and maintained with records of the fifty-year follow-up study. Administrative records consist of: subject participation and appointment scheduling records; research plans and reports; and administrative correspondence. Regulatory records include: protocols and methodologies; codebooks; and blank data collection instruments. Frequent topics include: gynecological and reproductive health; memory of diet in the distant past; anthropometric measurements; blood pressure; and nutrition, among other topics.

Data and associated records are accessible onsite at the Center for the History of Medicine per the conditions governing access described below.

Conditions Governing Access to Original Collection Materials: The series represented by this dataset includes personnel and student information that is restricted for 80 years from the date of record creation, longitudinal patient information that is restricted for 80 years from the most recently dated records in the collection, and Harvard University records that are restricted for 50 years from the date of record creation. Access to electronic records in this series is premised on the availability of a computer station, requisite software, and/or the ability of Public Services staff to review and/or print out records of interest in advance of an on-site visit. Researchers should contact Public Services for more information.

The Harvard School of Public Health Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development records were processed with grant funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as awarded and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in 2016. An online finding aid to the collection may be accessed here: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.Count:med00211