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4. 
STUDY OBJECTIVES & BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE .............................. 1 
4.1. SEARCH
 
COHORT
 
STUDY
 
OBJECTIVES ...............................................................  1 
4.1.1. 
Goals ......................................................................................................................... 1 
4.1.2. 
Research Strategy ..................................................................................................... 2 
4.2. BACKGROUND
 
AND
 
SIGNIFICANCE ....................................................................  4 
4.2.1. 
Goals ......................................................................................................................... 4 
4.2.1.1.  Health Status of Youth with Diabetes: Complications and Risk Factors .............. 5 
4.2.1.2. Risk Factors ........................................................................................................... 8 
4.2.1.3.  Effect of Barriers, Care Quality, and Transition to Adult Care on Outcomes .... 10 
4.2.1.4.  Summary of Significance of the SEARCH Cohort Study to the Field of 
Childhood Diabetes ........................................................................................................... 12 
R
EFERENCE 
L
IST
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Section 4B - Study Objectives/Background and Significance (Phase 3 - 12/2010) 
Section 4B - Page 1 
 Cohort 
Study