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A- THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY
Citation:
MENDOLA, P. AND A. CORREA. A- THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S STUDY. Presented at Int' Conf on Child Cohort Studies, Oxford, UK, September 12 - 14, 2006.
Description:
The National Children's Study (NCS) will be the largest long-term study of children's health and development ever conducted in the United States. The NCS will examine a broad range of environmental influences on children's health and development. It will follow approximately 100,000 children, measuring exposures and health outcomes from before birth to age 21, to better understand the link between the environments in which children are raised and their physical and mental health and development.
Priority health outcomes for the NCS include pregnancy outcomes, asthma, injury, child development and mental health, obesity, diabetes and physical growth. Environment is defined broadly including physical, chemical, psychosocial, biological and genetic factors. The study is based on a national probability sample of U.S. births anticipated from 2007-2011. At full implementation study centers will recruit and enroll eligible participants in more than 100 locations across the U.S. The first set of six research centers (Vanguard Centers) and a Coordinating Center were announced on September 29, 2005.
The NCS is a collaborative effort lead by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a host of public and private partners committed to improving children¿s health as contributors. More information about the study is available on our website: www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov and you can join our Study Assembly to receive study updates by email by registering on our home page.