D3.2a Living Common Data Set (CDS)

Task 3.2.: To collect available data about mental health exposures and merge datasets (M2-M13) In addition to the common database developed in task 3.1 about potential exposures identified in the literature, ISGLOBAL will identify and review available data sets about the local youth mental health determinants. In case the owner of the datasets agree, data sets on youth mental health will be evaluated for their usefulness to further identify and assess exposures related to youth mental health. In case of agreement with the respective owners and in line with the data protection framework developed by UBREMEN the data in the respective datasets related to exposures and youth mental health will be merged. To do so, they will first set up criteria for merging available data sets necessary for overcoming barriers to merging the datasets. The first step will be to identify how exposures have been operationalized and whether and how these exposures can be merged. This WP will accordingly apply an appropriate statistical measure to merge the data. The merged data set will be a European-wide secured common data set (CDS) that allows research on exposures affecting youth mental health. The CDS will be created as such, that new data sets can be integrated in a safe and easy manner, allowing future emerging data sets to be integrated as well. In case no data sets are available, or data owns do not agree to share the data Living common data set will be developed based on Task 3.1 and further refined by knowledge obtained in the WPs 4-8 of EARLY.→ Main outcome: Living Common Data Set (CDS) of youth mental health exposures (D3.2 – M13; M24; M36; M48)