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

总结/摘要 自然灾害在地球仪上的频率和强度都在增加。了解后果 由于缺乏与灾害有关的健康和人类发展的创伤， 在这种接触之后的健康数据。该项目通过传播以下方面的创新数据来解决差距问题： 认知表现的人口代表性样本的儿童和成人，其中一些人是 2004年印度洋海啸，而其他人则没有。特定领域认知技能 有神经科学基础的人在一个实验性的试点中使用触摸屏平板电脑进行评估 海啸发生13年后进行的研究。确立了科学研究的有效性和价值， 这些试验性数据，我们的首要目标是将认知功能的数据放在公共领域。以促进 人口科学家的研究，我们将构建用于认知神经科学的措施， 文献，并提供基本的原始数据。我们的第二个目标是提供高质量的 解释措施及其解释的文件。这包括对以下内容的详细描述： 任务，它们是如何发挥作用的，我们提供的措施的结构和意义，以及它们如何 在认知神经科学文献中解释。以随时可用的格式提供记录良好的数据 将最大限度地减少跨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标识符， 与海啸后果和恢复研究（星星）的具体联系，这是一个正在进行的 在印度尼西亚亚齐进行的个人和家庭纵向调查。星星基线，进行了10 2004年印度洋海啸前几个月， 亚齐是海啸中受灾最严重的地区。星星是海啸幸存者的代表：我们有 完成了7次随访，保持了极高的随访率，并采访了超过98%的基线患者 海啸后至少有一次幸存者。认知飞行员覆盖了25%的星星随机子样本 调查对象：超过91%的目标调查对象（基线幸存者和 他们的孩子在海啸后出生）。研究人员与星星数据的联系将提供大量详细的 关于社区和个人遭受海啸影响的情况以及答复者和家庭的资料 人口统计、健康、移民、工作、教育、婚姻、生育率和资源可用性，包括收入， 支出和财富。本项目向公众提供的试验数据和文件将 大大丰富了现有的数据基础设施，用于成年人认知能力的科学研究 在资源匮乏和大规模灾害的背景下，

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.