title: Data resource profile: Pathways to Health and Social Equity for Children (PATHS Equity for Children).
abstract: The PATHS Data Resource is a unique database comprising data that follow individuals from the prenatal period to adulthood. The PATHS Resource was developed for conducting longitudinal epidemiological research into child health and health equity. It contains individual-level data on health, socioeconomic status, social services and education. Individuals' data are linkable across these domains, allowing researchers to follow children through childhood and across a variety of sectors. PATHS includes nearly all individuals that were born between 1984 and 2012 and registered with Manitoba's universal health insurance programme at some point during childhood. All PATHS data are anonymized. Key concepts, definitions and algorithms necessary to work with the PATHS Resource are freely accessible online and an interactive forum is available to new researchers working with these data. The PATHS Resource is one of the richest and most complete databases assembled for conducting longitudinal epidemiological research, incorporating many variables that address the social determinants of health and health equity. Interested researchers are encouraged to contact [mchp_access@cpe.umanitoba.ca] to obtain access to PATHS to use in their own programmes of research.
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Nathan_Nickel@cpe.umanitoba.ca.
authors.forename: Nathan C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nickel
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Dan G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Chateau
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Patricia J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Marni D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Brownell
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Elaine M J
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Burland
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walld
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Mingming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Carole R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Joykrishna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.affiliation: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences and Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Chun Yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Goh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008350:Manitoba; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors