Health Behavior in School-Age Children: NEXT Longitudinal Study 2009-2016



Status:Completed
Conditions:Obesity Weight Loss, Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology, Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:12 - 99
Updated:4/6/2019
Start Date:October 1, 2009

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NEXT is a seven-year longitudinal assessment of a representative sample of U.S. adolescent
and young adults starting at grade 10. The goals of the NEXT longitudinal study include: to
identify the trajectory of adolescent health status and health behaviors from mid-adolescence
through the post high school years; to examine individual predictors of the onset of key
adolescent risk behaviors and risk indicators during this period; to identify genetic,
personal, family, school, and social/environmental factors that promote or sustain positive
health behaviors; to identify transition points in health risk and risk behaviors and changes
in family, school, and social/environmental precursors to these transitions, and to examine
the role of potential gene-environment interactions in the development of health status and
health behaviors. .

This study collects reliable and valid data on health behaviors and health indicators and
their social, environmental, and biological contexts beginning with a nationally
representative probability cohort of 10th-grade children in the U.S in 2009 and following
them through 2016. Measures are collected annually for seven years beginning in the 2009-2010
school year and ending in the 2016-2017 school year. African-American youth are oversampled
to provide better population estimates of this group and to provide an adequate sample to
examine racial/ethnic differences in longitudinal predictors of health, health behaviors, and
health behavior change. Hispanic youth do not require oversampling because they currently
represent a sufficient proportion of the population of adolescents to provide an adequate
sample to examine racial/ethnic differences. Self-reports of health status, health behaviors,
and health attitudes are collected by in-school and online surveys. Anthropometric data,
genetic information, and neighborhood characteristics are gathered on all participants as
well. The study also incorporates an Administrator Survey and other data sources to obtain
related information on school-level health programs and community-level contextual data. The
NEXT Generation Health Study data support NICHD, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
(NHLBI), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA/MCHB) in fulfillment of program requirements that address
supportive health environments for adolescents and young adults. In addition, a
representative subsample of overweight and normal weight adolescents has been identified:
additional data on behavioral risk factors and biological markers and risk factors are
gathered on these adolescents. Driving performance will also be evaluated in 150 young
adults....

NEXT is a seven-year longitudinal assessment of a representative sample of U.S. adolescent
and young adults starting at grade 10. The goals of the NEXT longitudinal study include: to
identify the trajectory of adolescent health status and health behaviors from mid-adolescence
through the post high school years; to examine individual predictors of the onset of key
adolescent risk behaviors and risk indicators during this period; to identify genetic,
personal, family, school, and social/environmental factors that promote or sustain positive
health behaviors; to identify transition points in health risk and risk behaviors and changes
in family, school, and social/environmental precursors to these transitions, and to examine
the role of potential gene-environment interactions in the development of health status and
health behaviors. .

This study collects reliable and valid data on health behaviors and health indicators and
their social, environmental, and biological contexts beginning with a nationally
representative probability cohort of 10th-grade children in the U.S in 2009 and following
them through 2016. Measures are collected annually for seven years beginning in the 2009-2010
school year and ending in the 2016-2017 school year. African-American youth are oversampled
to provide better population estimates of this group and to provide an adequate sample to
examine racial/ethnic differences in longitudinal predictors of health, health behaviors, and
health behavior change. Hispanic youth do not require oversampling because they currently
represent a sufficient proportion of the population of adolescents to provide an adequate
sample to examine racial/ethnic differences. Self-reports of health status, health behaviors,
and health attitudes are collected by in-school and online surveys. Anthropometric data,
genetic information, and neighborhood characteristics are gathered on all participants as
well. The study also incorporates an Administrator Survey and other data sources to obtain
related information on school-level health programs and community-level contextual data. The
NEXT Generation Health Study data support NICHD, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
(NHLBI), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA/MCHB) in fulfillment of program requirements that address
supportive health environments for adolescents and young adults. In addition, a
representative subsample of overweight and normal weight adolescents has been identified:
additional data on behavioral risk factors and biological markers and risk factors are
gathered on these adolescents. Driving performance will also be evaluated in 150 young
adults.

- INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Both boys and girls will be recruited for participation in the study. African American
youth will be over-sampled to improve population estimates

Study Inclusion Criteria:

All participants previously recruited in the NEXT Generation Health Study are eligible for
inclusion in the future assessments.

Next Plus Inclusion Criteria:

Participants are included in the NEXT Plus if they met the criteria for and completed the
NEXT survey in Wave 1 and the Wave 1 in-school assessments of height and weight and they
and their parents completed the NEXT Plus consent and assent forms.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Survey Exclusion Criteria:

Participants are excluded from participating in the study for any of the following:

- No informed consent from parent(s),

- No informed assent/consent (depending on age) from the participant, or

- Developmental limitations that affect the participant s ability to understand or
provide age appropriate responses to the questions posed

Home Visit Exclusion Criteria:

Participants are excluded from participating in NEXT Plus for any of the following:

- No informed consent from parent(s),

- No informed assent/consent from the child,

- Developmental limitations that affect the child s ability to understand or provide age
appropriate responses to the questions posed, or

- A blood condition that increases the risk of bleeding.
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