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 raw, summarized, and analyzed anthropometric, health, physical examination, dental, nutrition, and social functioning data generated on subjects during the 30-year and 40-year follow-up studies of the Harvard School of Public Health Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development. There are nine folders for each subject, including: 1) anthropometric examination forms; 2) narrative health histories and health history forms; 3) physical examination records and various medical test reports (blood, hearing, electrocardiograph, pathology); 4) vision examination reports and histories; 5) dental examination reports; 6) nutrition interview forms, summaries, and calculations; 7) social work interview forms completed at the office; 8) home visit social work interview summaries; and 9) social work interviews completed with the subject's mother. Folders 5, 8, and 9 are empty for most subjects. Series also includes: occasional subject photographs; blank data collection and survey instruments; a subject contact information list; and raw tobacco use data.

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 subseries represented by this dataset includes longitudinal patient information that is restricted for 80 years from the most recently dated records in the collection. 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