About MoBa
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The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is a population-based birth cohort and one of the largest health studies in the world. Over 114,000 children, 95,000 mothers, and 75,000 fathers are participating.
MoBa follows its participants throughout their lives and across generations, currently including both the first generation (parents) and the second generation (adolescents and young adults).
Since recruitment began in 1999, MoBa has collected both biological samples and questionnaire data. Although the main recruitment phase concluded in 2009, data collection is ongoing. MoBa is consent-based and authorized under the Regulation on Population-Based Health Studies (lovdata.no).
MoBa’s objective
MoBa aims to generate new knowledge about the causes, risk factors, courses, and consequences of diseases and health outcomes, with the ultimate goal of improving prevention and treatment.
Organization and Governance
MoBa is led and administered by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH). The decision-making body is the MoBa Steering Group. It makes decisions regarding the scientific strategy, operation, and administration of MoBa.
The MoBa Steering Group consists of Alexandra Havdahl (Scientific Director of MoBa; Senior Scientist at the PsychGen Centre for mental health and neurodevelopment), Ingvild Eide Graff (Data controller; Specialist director), Maria Aamelfot (Director of the NIPH Biobank), Line Småstuen Haug (Senior Scientist at the Department of Food Safety) and Bjørn Heine Strand (Senior Scientist at the Department of physical health and ageing).
Articles about MoBa
- Magnus P, Birke C, Vejrup K, Haugan A, Alsaker E, Daltveit AK, Handal M, Haugen M, Hoiseth G, Knudsen GP, Paltiel L, Schreuder P; Tambs K, Vold L, Stoltenberg C. Cohort Profile Update: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Int J Epidemiol 2016; 45:382-8.
- Magnus P, Irgens LM, Haug K, Nystad W, Skjaerven R, Stoltenberg C and the MoBa Study Group. Cohort profile: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Int J Epidemiol 2006; 35:1146-50.
- Paltiel L, Haugan A, Skjerden T, Harbak K, Bækken S, Stensrud NK, Knudsen GP, Magnus P. The biobank of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study – present status Nor J Epidemiol 2014; 24 (1-2): 29-35.