Published on in Vol 10, No 4 (2021): April

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25407, first published .
Protocol for the Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PdP) Study: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Mental Health Among Pregnant Canadians During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Developmental Outcomes in Their Children

Protocol for the Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PdP) Study: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Mental Health Among Pregnant Canadians During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Developmental Outcomes in Their Children

Protocol for the Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic (PdP) Study: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Mental Health Among Pregnant Canadians During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Developmental Outcomes in Their Children

Gerald F Giesbrecht   1, 2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Mercedes Bagshawe   5 , BA ;   Melinda van Sloten   1 , BA ;   Anna L MacKinnon   2, 3 , PhD ;   Ashley Dhillon   3 , BSc ;   Marcel van de Wouw   1 , PhD ;   Elnaz Vaghef-Mehrabany   1 , PhD ;   Laura Rojas   1, 2 , BSc ;   Danielle Cattani   1 , BSc ;   Catherine Lebel   2, 5 * , PhD ;   Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen   1, 2, 3 * , PhD

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

2 Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, AB, Canada

3 Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

4 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

5 Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Gerald F Giesbrecht, PhD
  • Department of Pediatrics
  • University of Calgary
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  • Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4
  • Canada
  • Phone: 1 403 441 8469
  • Email: ggiesbre@ucalgary.ca