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The epidemiology of gynaecologic health: contemporary opportunities and challenges.

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Hoffman, SR; Farland, LV; Doll, KM; Nicholson, WK; Wright, MA; Robinson, WR
Published in: J Epidemiol Community Health
October 27, 2020

The field of reproductive epidemiology has primarily focused on reproductive outcomes and gynaecologic cancers. The study of non-cancerous, gynaecologic conditions (eg, uterine fibroids, endometriosis) has not received serious treatment in existing epidemiology textbooks and reproductive epidemiology curricula. Further, these conditions do not neatly fit into the other common subdisciplines within epidemiology (eg, infectious disease, cardiovascular, injury and occupational epidemiology and so on). In this commentary, we identify and illustrate three critical challenges to advancing the epidemiologic research of non-cancerous, gynaecologic conditions. With greater investment and a patient-centred approach, epidemiology can advance knowledge about this critical area of human welfare.

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J Epidemiol Community Health

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1470-2738

Publication Date

October 27, 2020

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England

Related Subject Headings

  • Epidemiology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 1604 Human Geography
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Hoffman, S. R., Farland, L. V., Doll, K. M., Nicholson, W. K., Wright, M. A., & Robinson, W. R. (2020). The epidemiology of gynaecologic health: contemporary opportunities and challenges. J Epidemiol Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-213149
Hoffman, Sarah R., Leslie V. Farland, Kemi M. Doll, Wanda K. Nicholson, Maya A. Wright, and Whitney R. Robinson. “The epidemiology of gynaecologic health: contemporary opportunities and challenges.J Epidemiol Community Health, October 27, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-213149.
Hoffman SR, Farland LV, Doll KM, Nicholson WK, Wright MA, Robinson WR. The epidemiology of gynaecologic health: contemporary opportunities and challenges. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Oct 27;
Hoffman, Sarah R., et al. “The epidemiology of gynaecologic health: contemporary opportunities and challenges.J Epidemiol Community Health, Oct. 2020. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/jech-2019-213149.
Hoffman SR, Farland LV, Doll KM, Nicholson WK, Wright MA, Robinson WR. The epidemiology of gynaecologic health: contemporary opportunities and challenges. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Oct 27;

Published In

J Epidemiol Community Health

DOI

EISSN

1470-2738

Publication Date

October 27, 2020

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Epidemiology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 1604 Human Geography
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services