February is Children's Dental Health Month

In support of National Children's Dental Health Month, Dr. Daniel Johnson, Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago and co-principal investigator of the National Children’s Study Greater Chicago Study Center, discusses the importance of oral health since early childhood.

Informed Consent in the National Children’s Study

Check out this post from Cumberland County Study Center: Informed Consent in the National Children’s Study

Informed consent is the process by which researchers ensure that potential participants have adequate information to make a decision about whether to participate in a research study. An informed consent document is the educational tool providing this information. All individuals invited to participate in the National Children’s Study...

Que es el Acido Folico?

CPD Blog - Cache Valley National Children’s Study expands data collection - CPD

From our friends at Cache County Study Center:

CPD Blog - Cache Valley National Children's Study expands data collection - CPD

VideoVoice Project

If you have been paying attention, you may have noticed a few changes to our blog. Here are the details: 


1.  The Title of our Blog is now "National Children's Study Greater Chicago Study Center" as we are expanding our focus beyond our VideoVoice Project.  
 
2.  There are new tabs on the top of the Blog to help you navigate. Please review the information in our "About" and "Privacy" pages.
 
3.  Our VideoVoice Project has its own tab! You can find all VideoVoice posts in reverse chronological by clicking on this tab above. 

4.  We added our labels cloud to the left sidebar. Click on the labels to see posts related to that topic.


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January is Birth Defects Prevention Month

A helpful video from the March of Dimes discussing the importance of folic acid.

10 Things You Need to Know About Birth Defects