Design priorities and disciplinary perspectives: the case of the US National Children's Study
Design priorities and disciplinary perspectives: the case of the US National Children's Study
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-985x.2007.00526.x
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
O'Muircheartaigh, Colm A.
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作者：
Michael, Robert T.;O'Muircheartaigh, Colm A.
2000年由美国几个联邦政府机构合作开展的全国儿童研究是有史以来规模最大、最大胆的儿童健康纵向研究之一。关键的设计问题之一是NCS样本的性质。本文介绍了选择的性质和决定NCS是基于国家概率样本的原因。这项研究旨在探讨环境对儿童健康和发展的影响，预计会识别、登记和跟进约10万名由出生至21岁的儿童。对相关感兴趣环境的广泛定义，以及政府、大学和医学科学家之间的全面合作，在研究设计中带来了相当大的挑战。
The National Children's Study (NCS), which was undertaken in 2000 by collaboration between several US federal government agencies, is one of the largest and boldest longitudinal studies of children's health ever undertaken. One of the key design issues has been the nature of the NCS sample. The paper describes the nature of the choices and the reasons for the decision that the NCS be based on a national probability sample. Designed as a study of the environmental influences on children's health and development, the NCS is expected to identify, enrol and follow about 100000 children from their birth to the age of 21 years. A broad definition of relevant environments of interest, and a full partnership between government, university and medical scientists, introduces considerable challenges in the design of the study.