Black Women's Health Study

The Black Women's Health Study (BWHS) is an investigation conducted at Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center to investigate the health problems of black women over a long time period, with the ultimate goal of improving the health. by gaining information about the causes of health problems that affect black women. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health began in 1995 and follows a cohort of the 59,000 women that enrolled.[1]

Black women are underrepresented in most studies of women's health, while some disorders are known to disproportionately affect black women, This study seeks to gather and compile information on the conditions that affect black women including particularly breast cancer, lupus, premature birth, hypertension, colon cancer, diabetes, and uterine fibroids.[2][3]

The study design is based on an annual questionnaire. Publications have been released continually since the start of the survey, mostly dealign with specific conditions[4] The earliest were a abstracts.[5] The first comprehensive reprort was in 1998 [6] Through May 2014, there have been a total of 205 papers.[7] A beinnial newsletter summarizing current work is also published.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg L, Adams-Campbell L, Palmer JR. The Black Women's Health Study: a follow-up study for causes and preventions of illness. J Am Med Womens Assoc 1995;50:56-8.
  2. ↑ Goldman, Marlene B.; Troisi, Rebecca; Rexrode, Kathryn M. (2012). Women and Health. Academic Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0123849793. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  3. ↑ Study history
  4. ↑ http://www.bu.edu/bwhs/research/publications/
  5. ↑ Rosenberg L, Rao RS, Adams-Campbell L, Palmer JR. Risk factors for myocardial infarction among African-American women (abstract). Am J Epidemiol 1997;145:S45
  6. ↑ Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Rao RS, Adams-Campbell LL. Correlates of postmenopausal female hormone use among black women in the United States. Obstet Gynecol 1998;91:454-8.
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