The National Children's Study: An Introduction and Historical Overview
Mark L Hudak, Christina H Park, Robert D Annett, Daniel E Hale, Patricia M McGovern, Thomas J McLaughlin, Nancy Dole, Jill L Kaar, Marion J Balsam, Mark L Hudak, Christina H Park, Robert D Annett, Daniel E Hale, Patricia M McGovern, Thomas J McLaughlin, Nancy Dole, Jill L Kaar, Marion J Balsam
Abstract
The National Children's Study (NCS) was an ambitious attempt to map children's health and development in a large representative group of children in the United States. In this introduction, we briefly review the background of the NCS and the history of the multiple strategies that were tested to recruit women and children. Subsequent articles then detail the protocols and outcomes of 4 of the recruitment strategies. It is hoped that lessons learned from these attempts to define a study protocol that could achieve the initial aims of the NCS will inform future efforts to conceptualize and execute strategies to provide generalizable insights on the longitudinal health of our nation's children.
Conflict of interest statement
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
Copyright © 2016 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Source: PubMed