NCS South Region Spring 2014 Newsletter Spring 2014 | Page 4

April 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 7 13 14 4 5 Spring Break Spring Break National D.A.R.E Day Health Check/Biometric Screening Place: 153 Dolly Street Gray, GA 31032 Time: 9:00-11:00am 8 10 11 12 Creekside Elementary Musical Time: 7:00pm 6 3 Come Visit the NCS at the Spring Break Baldwin County Field Office Open House 105 Fieldstone Drive, Suite 105 in Milledgeville Creekside Elementary Musical Time: 7:00pm 27th Annual Baldwin County Strawberry Festival Time 9:00-5:00 Math Mania Place: Eagle Ridge Elementary Time: 9:00am-12:00pm 15 9 16 17 18 19 27th Annual Baldwin County CRCT Testing CRCT Testing Strawberry Festival 19th Annual Chamber Gold Classic Time 9:00-5:00 Place: Milledgeville Country Club National Library Week Time: 1:00pm CRCT Testing CRCT Testing CRCT Testing Greenway Farmers Market Place: Oconee River Greenway Time: 9:00am-Noon 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Easter CRCT Testing CRCT Testing CRCT Testing CRCT Testing CRCT Testing Greenway Farmers Market Place: Oconee River Greenway Time: 9:00am-Noon Communities in Schools Concert Time: 7:00pm Good Friday Moonlight on the Capitol: “Moonlight & Magnolias” Place: The Old Capitol Time: 7:00-10:00pm Earth Day 27 28 29 30 More at facebook.com/BaldwinCountyNCS What the Community and Participants Want to Know Remind me of Study goals. What is the NCS all about and what do you hope to learn from my involvement? Participating in the NCS is a unique opportunity to be a part of a nationwide health effort. The National Children’s Study (NCS) is the largest long-term children’s health study ever conducted in the US with the goal of learning more about children’s health. The NCS follows children from birth or before birth to 21 years of age. The NCS will look at important health issues to see if there are links between children’s environments and their health. By studying children’s development from pregnancy through infancy, childhood, and into early adulthood, the Study hopes to further understanding of what makes children healthy, what makes them sick, and what keeps them safe. Your Child. Your Community. Your Country. Children Everywhere. Can I still opt-out of things I don’t want to do? Yes, you can decide not to do some parts of the Study and still continue to take part. At each visit, your data collector will explain what we are doing and ask your permission. We will give you a visit information sheet that describes everything that will happen during the visit. If there are questions you do not want to answer, you can skip them and still be in the Study. In addition to answering questions and filling out forms, your data collector may take your child’s body measurements like height, weight and blood pressure. We may also ask for your permission to look at your child’s health information and medical records. During some visits, we may ask for your permission to collect blood, hair or saliva, also called specimens, from your child. Before data collectors ask for any specimens, they will explain what is needed, how much, and how they will be collected. You can always opt-out of things you do not want to do. We value your continued participation in the Study, and we are only a phone call or email away to answer any additional questions you may have. [phone] Community Inbox: [email protected] Participant Inbox: [email protected] www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov 4