Hawaii center chosen for national study on children

From Kids Count ebulletin

In October 2010, the National Children's Study announced that the University of Hawaii at Manoa Study Center at the John A. Burns School of Medicine will be one of 37 study centers around the country to conduct research on children's health and development.

The study is a multi-year research project that will examine the effects of environment — air, water, food — on children, as well as how adult disorders might be influenced by early life exposures and events.  The following are some features of the study as it relates to Hawaii:

• Twelve Oahu neighborhoods have been randomly selected to participate: Moanalua, Salt Lake, Pearl Harbor, Ewa Beach, Waipahu, Mililani, Schofield Barracks, Waianae, Haleiwa, Hauula, Kailua and the Honolulu International Airport area.
• Researchers will look into various childhood problems from asthma and autism to obesity and diabetes.
• On Oct. 18, recruitment began for women who were or might have become recently pregnant.

To find out more about Hawaii Study Center, see http://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov/studylocations/pages/honolulu.aspx.