Ruth coordinates the linked and longitudinal database development for HELP. She works closely with HELP Affiliates, and with government, hospitals and community organizations. She will be working to create longitudinal trajectories of health and development for defined populations of BC children, and will provide leadership in augmenting current databases and facilitating maximum data development and linkage.

Publications

• The use of population-level data to advance interdisciplinary methodology: A cell-through-society sampling framework for child development research

  • 2009 International Journal of Social Research Methodology
  • Kershaw P. , Forer B. , Lloyd J. , Hertzman C. , Boyce T. , Zumbo B. , Guhn M. , Milbrath C. , Irwin L. , Harvey J. , Hershler R.

Projects

• EDI
• EDI Parent and Community Resources
• EDI Researcher Resources
• DATA