B3336 - CoCo90s biobank views of donors - 04/07/2019

B number: 
B3336
Principal applicant name: 
Maria Fannin | University of Bristol (UK)
Co-applicants: 
Title of project: 
CoCo90s biobank: views of donors
Proposal summary: 

Research on cord blood and placenta can be used to develop treatments for conditions that affect pregnancy and can hopefully lead to improvements in children’s health. A large-scale research study in the UK collected over 4,000 umbilical cord samples and over 8,000 placentas from mothers and children in the 1990s. These children have now grown to adulthood and are donating cord blood and placentas from their own pregnancies (or those of their partners) to the research study. This project will investigate how this multi-generational collection of materials collected from birth is viewed by mothers and fathers in the study and by scientists involved in creating and maintaining the collection. This research will enable a better understanding of what donors and research scientists think about cord blood and placenta and the methods for studying and preserving it.

Impact of research: 
An enhanced understanding of the views of new parents regarding tissue donation and the social and cultural dimensions of biobanking human tissues collected from birth. While there are numerous studies of cord blood donation, there are far fewer on placenta donation and this research will make an important contribution to social research on this topic. There are also very few qualitative studies exploring the multi-generational dimension of birth cohort studies.
Date proposal received: 
Friday, 28 June, 2019
Date proposal approved: 
Monday, 1 July, 2019
Keywords: 
Social Science, Pregnancy - e.g. reproductive health, postnatal depression, birth outcomes, etc., Qualitative study, Biological samples -e.g. blood, cell lines, saliva, etc., Cohort studies - attrition, bias, participant engagement, ethics, Fathers, Mothers - maternal age, menopause, obstetrics, Parenting, Social science