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Reports & Presentations

Technical reports and previous presentations are available below.

Mother and youth

Coming soon: 12-14 Year Maternal and Youth Reports

These reports will describe data from AOF participants from the most recent 12-14 year maternal and youth surveys. These reports will describe our findings in areas of connectness, screen time, school and work, and physical and mental health.


Reports

Attrition Weights

Attrition Weights Manual 2025

Attrition is a common occurrence in longitudinal study design; this refers to participants who originally consent to participation and leave the study over time. The objective of this report is to describe the reasoning and methods for applying attrition weights to the All Our Families study samples to minimize the risk of bias.

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8 Year Report

Late Childhood Experiences of Albertan Mothers and Children

This report summarizes the data collected from AOF mothers and children at 8 years of age. This report focuses on data from the 8-year follow-up conducted from 2017 to 2020. This report describes child school experiences, screen use, physical and mental health as well as maternal social support, mental health, and relationships. 

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COVID-19_Families

Early Experiences of Albertan Families During COVID-19

In collaboration with the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition Study, this report describes data collected from approximately 2,000 Albertan mothers, where APrON and AOF pooled together resources to capture the impacts of the first 3 to 4 months of the COVID-19 pandemic on families in Alberta.

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COVID_Mother and Child

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on All Our Families

This report describes data collected from approximately 1,000 All Our Families participants and their children from the first COVID-19 Impact Survey. Areas of mental health and well-being, screen time, school and daily life, and social connectedness were captured within the first 3 to 4 months of the pandemic. 

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Child and Mother: Age 5

Early Childhood Experiences of Albertan Families

This report presents findings from All Our Families mothers and children at five years of age with respect to demographics, lifestyle, mental health, social support, service utilization, physical health, parenting, and child development outcomes. Five year data collection began in June 2014 and ended in October 2017.

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Mother and child: 3 years

All Our Families: Mother-Baby Dyads at 3 Years

This report presents findings from All Our Families mothers and children at 3 years of age. Specifically, this describes the AOF cohort with respect to demographics, lifestyle, mental health, social support, service utilization, physical health, parenting experience, and parent-child interaction. 

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Mother and Child: 2 years

Early Experiences of Albertan Mothers and Babies

This report summarized the data collected from the 2 year follow-up questionnaire. Specifically, this describes participant's demographics, lifestyle, mental health, social support, commmunity resource use, child health, child development, and parenting at two years post delivery.

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Mother & Baby

Risk and Resilience Factors for Early Child Development

This report describes the risk and protective factors for child developmental delay at 12 months. Factors examined in relationship to child development included maternal mental health, social support, socioeconomic status, service utilization, and community engagement. This report reports on questionnaires distributed at 4 and 12 months postpartum on parenting, social support, lifestyle, mental health, and child development.

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Presentations

Pregnancy

Enduring Value of the AOF Pregnancy Cohort

In December 2022 Dr. Sheila McDonald presented on the benefits of the All Our Families longitudinal pregnancy cohort study, including the types of research we've conducted over the past ten years (e.g., maternal mental health, breastfeeding practices, child development, and psychometric properties of mental health scales).

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COVID-19_Family

Experiences of Albertan Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This presentation shares data from the three COVID-19 surveys that were completed by All Our Families mothers and youth during the pandemic (from May 2020 to January 2022), with a particular focus on mental health outcomes.

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SHEinnovates

SHEInnovates Women and Global Innovation

In 2019, Dr. Suzanne Tough was recognized by the United Nations as one of the Top 100 women from around the world who have contributed to mentoring, supporting and empowering women. In 2020, she was asked by SHEInnovates to present her research at the SHEInnovates Women and Global Innovation Campaign by the United Nations Global Innovation Coalition for Change. 

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