RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The epidemiology of gynaecologic health: contemporary opportunities and challenges
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP jech-2019-213149
DO 10.1136/jech-2019-213149
A1 Hoffman, Sarah R
A1 Farland, Leslie V
A1 Doll, Kemi M
A1 Nicholson, Wanda K
A1 Wright, Maya A
A1 Robinson, Whitney R
YR 2020
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2020/10/27/jech-2019-213149.abstract
AB 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.