Take Part

The ELSA Study offers risk screening for type 1 diabetes, for children aged 3-13 years.

Find out how your child can take part in the ELSA Study below.

Parent’s Information

Information for parents and guardians about the ELSA Study

Parent’s Information Tool

Parent's information sheet
Children’s Information

Age specific information about the ELSA Study (click to download)

Children's information sheet 3-6 years

Children's information sheet 7-10 years

Children's information sheet 11-13 years
Consent

Have you read the information about the ELSA Study? Would you like to consent your child to take part in ELSA?

Parental Consent

Home testing

Home testing is available for families living in England and Wales. It is a simple finger-prick blood test. We will provide you with a video and instructions for how to complete the test at home. You can then post this back to us (in the prepaid envelope) for analysis. We are experiencing some unanticipated delays with analysing samples. However our team are working hard to return results to you as quickly as possible.

Home testing instructions

Thank you for agreeing to take part in the ELSA Study!

Now it’s time to see if you might get type 1 diabetes in the future.

The test is quick and easy and you will feel it only for a few seconds.

Make sure your hands are clean, dry and warm.

The grown-up doing the test with you will press the pricker on the side of your middle finger to get a few drops of blood.

On the card there are 5 circles.

We need a small drop of blood in each circle. Fill up each one as much as you can!

The grown-up will help you with this.

That’s it all done!

Now you need to press the cotton wool against your finger. Hold it there for a minute.

Then you can put a plaster on.

The grown-up will leave the card to dry…and then post it to us for testing.

We will let you and your family know the results in the next few weeks.

If you have any questions, the ELSA Study team would be happy to help.

Thank you!

Study participants

Children aged 3-13 years without type 1 diabetes can take part

Study period

July 2022 – August 2025

Where are we recruiting from?

Home testing is available to all families. Testing is also offered in some schools and general practices.

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Parent’s Information

Children’s Information

Consent

Home testing

Study participants

Study period

Where are we recruiting from?