The National Children's Study: Improving the Health of America's Children
Welcome to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Study Center. The National Children’s Study is the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children’s health ever conducted in the United States. By following 100,000 children from before birth to age 21, study researchers hope to better understand how children’s genes and their environments interact to affect their health and development.
Health, growth and the environment
Led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the National Insititutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the study will examine family genetics, neighborhoods and schools, chemical exposures, food and water, as well as children’s social and behavioral environments to pinpoint the root causes of many of today’s major childhood diseases and disorders.
In our community
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is one of the first sites selected nationally to lead this important study. Recruitment of participants in Montgomery County, PA, began on April 25, 2009.
Montgomery County women between the ages of 18 and 49 who are pregnant or may become pregnant may be eligible to participate. Researchers will follow children from birth to age 21, and findings from the study will be available within two to three years.
Future CHOP study sites include Philadelphia County, PA, New Castle County, DE, Schuylkill County, PA, and Burlington County, NJ.
Key dates
February 2009 - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Study Center opens Montgomery County Field Office in Norristown.
April 22, 2009 - The Study is officially launched in Montgomery County with a public event held at the Montgomery County Courthouse.
April 25, 2009 - Families living in eligible areas of Montgomery County are invited to join the Study.
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