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National Collaborative Perinatal Project, 1959-1974

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Collaborative Perinatal Project Files, compiled 1959-1974
National Archives Identifier: 606622
Record Group 443: Records of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The National Collaborative Perinatal Project (NCPP), 1959-1974, consists of the Master File, a Variables File, and 30 special topic Work Files. The study was conducted by NIH's National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.

The NCPP data files and documentation are available for download from the National Archives Catalog. For more details on downloading files, please review the frequently asked questions (FAQs)

The NCPP data constitute an important resource for biomedical and behavioral research in many areas of obstetrics, perinatology, pediatrics, and developmental psychology. The data also provide a prospective base for examining neurological and neurosensory defects and the relationship of pregnancy and perinatal factors on the health of individual children. The major categories of data collected include obstetrical, pediatric, pathological, serological, socioeconomic and family, genetic history, psychological, speech, language, and hearing. The mother was examined during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. The children were given neonatal examinations and follow-up examinations at four, eight, and twelve months, and three, four, seven, and eight years. Supplemental information was gathered throughout the study, including family linkages between related women participating in the NCPP. There are 6,700 data items on the approximately 58,000 study pregnancies.

Further information about the history of the study and some of the preliminary results may be found in The Collaborative Perinatal Study of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke: The Women and Their Pregnancies (U.S Department of Health Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1972, DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 73-379).

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September 2021


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