PremLife

Life Course Dynamics after Preterm Birth – Protective Factors for Social and Educational Transitions, Health, and Prosperity

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Project Details

PremLife investigates what factors provide protection and increase resilience for preterm children’s life course outcomes. Preterm birth is an increasingly important cause of inequality in Europe.

Incidence rates and survival after preterm birth have increased while rates of adverse outcomes across the lifespan remain. The project considers protective/resiliency factors at the individual, micro-system (family and peers) and macro-system (countries) levels.

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Recent Publications

Changes in emotional problems, hyperactivity and conduct problems in moderate to late preterm children and adolescents born between 1958 and 2002 in the United Kingdom

Authors: Ayten Bilgin, Dieter Wolke, Nicole Baumann, Hayley Trower, Asteria Brylka, Katri Räikkönen, Kati Heinonen, Eero Kajantie, Daniel D. Schnitzlein, Sakari Lemola, |

Gestational age, parent education, and education in adulthood

Authors: Josephine Funck Bilsteen, Suvi Alenius, Magne Bråthen, Klaus Børch, Claus Thorn Ekstrøm, Eero Kajantie, Mariam Lashkariani, Markku Nurhonen, Kari Risnes, Sven Sandin, Kjetil A. van der Wel, Dieter Wolke, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, |

Maternal hypertensive pregnancy disorders and mental disorders in children

Authors: Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, Polina Girchenko, Soile Tuovinen, Sara Sammallahti, Rebecca M. Reynolds, Jari Lahti, Kati Heinonen, Jari Lipsanen, Esa Hämäläinen, Pia M. Villa, Eero Kajantie, Hannele Laivuori, Katri Räikkönen, |

Maternal hypertensive pregnancy disorders and mental and behavioral disorders in the offspring: a Review

Authors: Rachel Robinson, Anna Lähdepuro, Soile Tuovinen, Polina Girchenko, Ville Rantalainen, Kati Heinonen, Jari Lahti, Katri Räikkönen, Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, |

Association of Very Preterm Birth or Very Low Birth Weight With Intelligence in Adulthood: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis

Authors: Robert Eves, Marina Mendonça, Nicole Baumann, Yanyan Ni, Brian A. Darlow, John Horwood, Lianne J. Woodward, Lex W. Doyle, Jeanie Cheong, Peter J. Anderson, Peter Bartmann, Neil Marlow, Samantha Johnson, Eero Kajantie, Petteri Hovi, Chiara Nosarti, Marit S. Indredavik, Kari Anne I. Evensen, Katri Räikkönen, Kati Heinonen, Jennifer Zeitlin, Dieter Wolke, |

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Stakeholders

Finland: Kevyt, Finnish Pediatric Society, Society for Social Medicine, Finnish Medical Society (Duodecim), Finnish Investigators Network of Pediatric Medicines, the Pediatric Research Center Helsinki University Hospital, Finnish Medical Foundation, Ministry of Social and Health Affairs Finland, European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education Finland, Pediatricians, Neonatologists, educators, daycare teachers, ministers for health and education, researchers, medical professionals, research groups with preterm birth focused cohorts (e.g. Pipari), parents of preterm borns and preterm born adults.

United Kingdom: Ministers for children, education and public health, MPs with an interest in child & adolescent health, children’s commissioners, members of Public Health England, Public Health consultants, Medical professors, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, EFCNI, Tommy’s the Baby Charity, Neonatal Society, British Psychology Society, Bliss, BAPM.

General public: Journalists, practitioners, care professionals, and families related to preterm birth.

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