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Before diseases can be cured, treatments can be improved, and illnesses can be prevented, medical research needs to happen. An important part of medical research is finding volunteers to participate in studies. But recruiting volunteers is often a challenge for researchers – especially when their research is about kids.

We asked adults across the country about their awareness of medical research opportunities for children, whether their children have participated in medical research, and about whether they’d be willing to have their children participate. The results will be released in our latest NPCH Report next week.

Would you allow your children to participate in medical research? Tweet your thoughts to #NPCHchildresearch or leave us a comment with your input! To receive the NPCH Report as soon as it’s published, sign up for our email list.

Update:

This NPCH Report is now released - Children in medical research: On parents’ radars?