Lifetime residential history collection and processing for environmental data linkages in the ABCD study

Shermaine Abad; Paola Badilla; Andrew T Marshall; Calen Smith; Brandon Tsui; Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez; Megan M Herting

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103238

Lifetime residential history collection and processing for environmental data linkages in the ABCD study

Health Place. 2024 Apr 26:87:103238. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103238. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Shermaine Abad¹, Paola Badilla², Andrew T Marshall³, Calen Smith⁴, Brandon Tsui¹, Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez⁵, Megan M Herting⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, USA.
² Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics (Division of Neurology), Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA.
⁵ Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA.
⁶ Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, USA. Electronic address: herting@usc.edu.

PMID: 38677137
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103238

Abstract

By using geospatial information such as participants' residential history along with external datasets of environmental exposures, ongoing studies can enrich their cohorts to investigate the role of the environment on brain-behavior health outcomes. However, challenges may arise if clear guidance and key quality control steps are not taken at the outset of data collection of residential information. Here, we detail the protocol development aimed at improving the collection of lifetime residential address information from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. This protocol generates a workflow for minimizing gaps in residential information, improving data collection processes, and reducing misclassification error in exposure estimates.

Keywords: ABCD study; Environment; Geospatial data; Lifetime addresses; Residential history.