Disseminate data on cognitive functioning to investigate long run effects of exposure to natural disasters

摘要/摘要 自然灾害在全球范围内的频率和强度都在增加。了解其后果 暴露于与灾害有关的创伤对健康和人类发展的影响受到以下因素的限制 关于这种暴露后的幸福感的数据。该项目通过在以下方面传播创新数据来弥补差距 具有人口代表性的儿童和成人样本的认知表现，其中一些是 直接受到2004年印度洋海啸的影响，而其他国家则没有。特定领域的认知技能 在一项试验性试验中，使用触摸屏平板电脑对有神经科学基础的患者进行了评估 这项研究是在海啸发生13年后进行的。确立了科学研究的有效性和价值 这些试点数据，我们的第一个目标是将认知功能的数据放在公共领域。为了方便 通过人口科学家的研究，我们将构建用于认知神经科学的测量方法 文献，还提供了基本的原始数据。我们的第二个目标是提供高质量 解释措施及其解释的文件。这包括对以下各项的详细描述 任务、如何发挥作用、我们提供的措施的结构和意义，以及它们是如何 在认知神经科学文献中进行了解释。以现成的格式提供文档齐全的数据 将最大限度地减少多学科研究人员进行科学研究的启动成本。 该项目提供的认知数据将包括匿名识别符，使家庭-和 与海啸后果和恢复研究(STAR)的具体个人联系，这是一个正在进行的 在印度尼西亚亚齐进行的纵向个人和家庭调查。明星基准，进行了10次 在2004年印度洋海啸前几个月，代表了居住在沿海地区的人口 亚齐，海啸受灾最严重的地区。斯塔尔是海啸幸存者的代表：我们有 完成了7次跟踪，保持了极高的随访率，并采访了所有基线的98%以上 海啸后至少有一次幸存者。认知飞行员覆盖了25%的随机恒星子样本 受访者：超过91%的目标受访者完成了评估(基线幸存者和 他们在海啸后出生的孩子)。调查人员与恒星数据的联系将提供过多的详细信息 关于社区和个人受到海啸影响的信息，以及答复者和家庭的信息 人口、健康、移民、工作、教育、婚姻、生育率和资源可获得性(包括收入)， 支出和财富。该项目在公共领域放置的试点数据和文档将 大大丰富现有的数据基础设施，用于成人认知能力的科学研究 在资源匮乏和大规模灾害背景下的儿童。

Summary/Abstract Natural disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity across the globe. Understanding the consequences of exposures to trauma associated with disasters for health and human development is limited by the dearth of data on well-being after such exposures. This project addresses the gap by disseminating innovative data on cognitive performance for a population-representative sample of children and adults, some of whom were directly exposed to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami whereas others were not. Domain-specific cognitive skills that have a foundation in neuroscience were assessed using touch-screen tablets in an experimental pilot study conducted 13 years after the tsunami. Having established the validity and value for scientific research of these pilot data, our first aim is to place data on cognitive function in the public domain. To facilitate research by population scientists, we will construct measures that are used in the cognitive neuroscience literature and also provide the underlying raw data. Our second aim is to provide high quality documentation explaining the measures and their interpretation. This includes thorough descriptions of the tasks, how they are played, the construction and meaning of the measures we provide, and how they are interpreted in the cognitive neuroscience literature. Providing well-documented data in a ready-to-use format will minimize start-up costs for scientific research by investigators across multiple disciplines. The cognitive data provided by this project will include anonymized identifiers that enable household- and individual-specific linkage to the Study of the Tsunami Aftermath and Recovery (STAR), an on-going longitudinal individual and household survey conducted in Aceh, Indonesia. The STAR baseline, conducted 10 months before the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, is representative of the population living in coastal districts of Aceh, the area that was hit hardest by the tsunami. STAR is representative of tsunami survivors: we have completed 7 follow-ups, maintained extremely high follow-up rates, and interviewed over 98% of all baseline survivors at least once post-tsunami. The cognitive pilot covered a 25% random subsample of STAR respondents: assessments were completed by over 91% of the target respondents (baseline survivors and their children born after the tsunami). Linkage to STAR data by investigators will provide a plethora of detailed information on community and individual exposure to the tsunami, as well as respondent and household demographics, health, migration, work, schooling, marriage, fertility, and resource availability including income, expenditure, and wealth. Pilot data and documentation placed in the public domain by this project will substantially enrich the existing data infrastructure for scientific research on cognitive performance of adults and children in low resource settings and in the context of large-scale disasters.