The Black Women’s Health Study: 27 years and counting!
Wed, Feb 09
|Online Event
Join us for an intimate discussion with Dr. Yvette Cozier about the design and key findings of The Black Women's Health Study, a propsective follow-up study of the health of 59,000 Black Women from 1995 to the present.
Time & Location
Feb 09, 2022, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Online Event
About the Event
Black women are more likely to develop certain health problems than white women. Until the 1990’s, most of the studies of women’s health included only small numbers of Black women or none at all. Improving the health of Black women required more knowledge of the causes of these health problems and also more knowledge about how women stay healthy. More knowledge meant more research. The BWHS was begun in 1995 to play a key role in carrying out this research.
The BWHS gathers information on many conditions that affect Black women — breast cancer, lupus, premature birth, hypertension, colon cancer, diabetes, uterine fibroids — the list is long. The BWHS is a “follow-up” study, following the 59,000 women who enrolled in 1995 over time. When the participants entered the study, they provided information on factors that might influence health and disease, such as contraceptive use, cigarette smoking, and diet. At…