Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID).
Marcia Caldas de CastroSimone Farias-AntuñezDavid Augusto Batista Sá AraújoAna Luiza PennaFrancisco Ariclene OliveiraCamila Machado de AquinoAntônio Silva Lima NetoGeziel Dos Santos de SousaMarcia Maria Tavares MachadoPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Follow-up visits are planned to occur every 6 months for the next five years (2021-2025). Additional topics will be included in future waves (eg, food insecurity and parenting practices). Communication strategies for bonding, such as picture cards, pictures of mothers with their children and phone calls to the participants, will be used to minimise attrition. Results of this prospective cohort will generate novel knowledge on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child health and parenting practices in a population of women and children living in fifth largest city of Brazil.