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Data Use Acknowledgement🔗
When using HBCD Study data, processes, plans, and/or concepts in a publication, please insert the following language to properly acknowledge the source of the data. These instructions can also be found within the NBDC Responsible Data and Biospecimen Use Training that users are required to complete before obtaining access to the data:
HBCD Study Acknowledgements
[Data/Processes/Plans/Concepts, select as appropriate] used in the preparation of this article were obtained from the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, held in the NIH Brain Development Cohorts Data Sharing Platform. This is a multisite, longitudinal study designed to recruit approximately 7,000 families and follow them from pregnancy to early childhood.
The HBCD Study is supported by the NIH and additional federal partners under award numbers U01DA055352, U01DA055353, U01DA055366, U01DA055365, U01DA055362, U01DA055342, U01DA055360, U01DA055350, U01DA055338, U01DA055355, U01DA055363, U01DA055349, U01DA055361, U01DA055316, U01DA055344, U01DA055322, U01DA055369, U01DA055358, U01DA055371, U01DA055359, U01DA055354, U01DA055370, U01DA055347, U01DA055357, U01DA055367, U24DA055325, and U24DA055330. A full list of supporters is available at Federal Partners-HBCD Study.
A full list of participating sites is available at Study Sites-HBCD Study. HBCD Study Consortium investigators designed and implemented the study and/or provided data but did not necessarily participate in the analysis or writing of this report. This manuscript reflects the views of the authors and may not reflect the opinions or views of the NIH or the HBCD Study Consortium investigators.
Add the following sentence for a report that uses data from a versioned data release.
The HBCD dataset grows and changes over time. The HBCD data used in this report came from [NBDC Digital Object Identifier (DOI)]. DOIs can be found at [DOI URL].