The National Children’s Study has initiated a number of preliminary research efforts that will help the Study to understand where challenges lie and what obstacles might be encountered. Already producing useful data, these efforts ensure that the Study identifies the best and most cost-efficient methods and practices for meeting complex scientific goals.
These pilot studies, which will be conducted throughout the life of the Study as new issues and challenges arise, encompass the questions that must be addressed to enable a functional and cost-effective National Children’s Study. As results from the pilot studies become available, they will be incorporated into the research design.
The following reports are unedited work products that do not necessarily represent the views of the National Children’s Study and may not reflect current Study design or content plans.
Status Report, Begin to Develop Complete Operations Manuals for the Cohort: Prepare to Implement a Cohort Study of Children’s Environmental Health for the North Carolina Pilot Project (August 2004) (PDF 477 kb)
Interim Report, Develop a Community Involvement Strategy: Prepare to Implement a Cohort Study of Children’s Environmental Health for the North Carolina Pilot Project (August 2004) (PDF 73 kb)
Interim Report, Develop a Sampling Strategy: Prepare to Implement a Cohort Study of Children’s Environmental Health for the North Carolina Pilot Project (August 2004) (PDF 414 kb)
Final Interim Report, Candidate Sites, Machines in Use, Data Storage, and Transmission Methods: Testing Feasibility of 3D Ultrasound Data Acquisition and Reliability of Data Retrieval from Stored 3D Images (August 2004) (PDF 189 kb)
Overall Procedures Protocol and Patient Enrollment Protocol: Testing Feasibility of 3D Ultrasound Data Acquisition and Reliability of Data Retrieval from Stored 3D Images (August 2004) (PDF 619 kb)
Interim Assessment Current Understanding of the Feasibility of the 3D Ultrasound Volume Dataset Capture and Evaluation: Testing Feasibility of 3D Ultrasound Data Acquisition and Reliability of Data Retrieval from Stored 3D Images (August 2004) (PDF 103 kb)
Draft Timeline: Prepare to Implement a Cohort Study of Children’s Environmental Health (August 2004) (PDF 2.31 mb)
Pilot Study Protocol: Application of Measures of Spontaneous Motor Activity for Behavioral Assessment in Human Infants (July 2004) (PDF 268 kb)
Final Report: National Children’s Study Focus Groups – Follow-Up (February 2004) (PDF 624 kb)
Final Report: National Children’s Study Estimating Subject Burden for Potential Study Measurements (August 2003) (PDF 553 kb)
Final Report: National Children’s Study Focus Groups (April 2003) (PDF 1.21 mb)