Migrant women needed for Australia's largest women’s health study

Migrant women are being asked to take part in Australia's largest and longest-running study on women's health. The study started in 1996 and now includes women from four generations.

Regular activities for South Asian women in the Whittlesea area are now allowing them to connect. Source: SBS News

At least 1,000 migrant women are to be recruited to contribute to Australia's largest and longest-running study on women's health.  

They'll be added to the 57,000 Australian women in four age groups who are currently taking part in the study that began in 1996.

Funded by the Federal Department of Health, it's a longitudinal study - which means it examines the same women every three years.

These participants are drawn from four generations: those born between 1921 and '26, 1946 and 1951, 1973 and 1978, and 1989 and 1995.