Most children born in the United States today are growing up healthy and living longer than ever before. But the rates of asthma, diabetes, obesity, autism, and other health problems in children are on the rise.
California parents face many of these same problems that concern parents all across the nation: more than a quarter of young Californians are overweight, nearly one in six suffer from asthma, and the number of children diagnosed with autism or other developmental disabilities has continued to steadily climb over the last 10 years.
We have many questions about how children's environments—the air they breathe, the water they drink, and the communities they live in—affect their health and well-being into adulthood.
With the help of communities across the country, including several communities right here in Southern and Central California, the National Children's Study hopes to find answers to these questions, and to use the answers to improve the health of children for years to come.
The Southern and Central California (SCCA) Study Center is led by the Research Team at the University of California, Irvine. Eligible women from the following four Southern and Central California counties will be invited to participate in the National Children’s Study through the SCCA Study Center:
If you have questions regarding either of these locations, please contact the SCCA Study Center.
For more information on other locations, visit the full National Children’s Study Locations List.