ObjectivesThis study aims to create a cohort that includes maternal mental health, emergency department utilisation during pregnancy, and child health and development outcomes. However, to do this, it will be necessary to assess the usability of the ECHILD linkage 'spines' for answering such research questions. MethodsA cohort with one row per individual (mother and baby) for birth year 2012/3 will be created by linking health and educational records over a 12-year period using the ECHILD-MB and the Pupil Matching Reference. These will include the Minimum Mental Health Dataset (MMHDS), Hospital Episode Statistic for Admitted Patient Care (HES-APC), Emergency Department attendance and admission (HES-A 27:527-37.
Amanda J. Mason‐Jones (Thu,) studied this question.