'More than reproductive organs': how women's health has changed since the '90s

'More than reproductive organs': how women's health has changed since the '90s

Professor Deborah Loxton, of the University of Newcastle, marks the 30-year anniversary of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health.

Australia’s longest-running women’s health study achieves 30-year milestone

When a visionary study of Australian women’s health was launched in the 1990s, high-quality data was scarce and crippling conditions such as endometriosis under-recognised. Thirty years on, and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) has grown into the largest study of its kind in Australia with plans to expand to ensure the nation’s culturally diverse landscape is represented. Founded on 22 April 1996, with an ambitious visi…