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MANCS Mission
Statement
Adopted by the MANCS executive committee on 3-10-08
The
mission of MANCS is to successfully and ethically implement
the NCS in the five counties of Michigan that are included
in the NCS sampling frame. In its development and conduct of
the NCS, MANCS will adhere to the following principles:
1. We
will adhere to the highest scientific standards for the
conduct of longitudinal studies in mothers, children and
families.
2. We
will adhere to the highest ethical principles for the
conduct of research with humans to protect the well being of
study participants.
3. We
will implement stringent standards to protect the privacy
and confidentiality of study participants.
4. We
will communicate actively with the communities in which the
NCS is to take place, soliciting community feedback as the
study progresses.
5. We
will work to fill positions in the study with qualified
individuals selected from the local communities in which the
study takes place.
6. We
are committed to working with our Michigan counties after
the study is completed to develop ways of implementing
discoveries made in the NCS that will improve maternal and
child health.
Goals
The
National Children’s Study will answer many important
questions about child health. In order to learn how we can
best improve the health of children, families will be asked
to participate at home, in clinics and in hospitals, before,
during and after their baby is born. Because we want to
learn about the health of all children, one of our goals is
to include women of all ethnicities and social backgrounds
in the study. We will hire women from the community
to work closely with the study participants to help meet
their needs and allow them to continue to participate.
Project collaborators include MSU,
University of Michigan, Wayne State
University, Children’s Hospital of
Michigan, Henry Ford Health System,
Michigan Department of Community
Health, and Wayne County and city of
Detroit health departments.
Planning for this project began in
2002 when MSU and the other partners
formed the Michigan Alliance for the
National Children’s Study. The idea,
said Paneth, was that each
institution brings unique skills to
the table:
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U-M will be responsible for
enrolling and interviewing study
participants and assessing
postnatal child development
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WSU will oversee the assessment
and care of pregnant women.
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Children’s Hospital of Michigan
will serve as the repository for
biological samples.
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Henry Ford Health System will
serve as the repository for
environmental samples and will
perform medical examinations of
children.
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MSU will coordinate the overall
work of the study and house the
project at its East Lansing
campus. MSU Extension will help
develop community support for
the study.
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MDCH will provide information
related to live birth
characteristics and locations in
Wayne County.
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