Southampton
Women’s
Survey
Learn more about the dietary and lifestyle factors that influence
the health of women and their children
Earlier phases of the Southampton Womenâs Survey (SWS) have helped us to understand the things that influence the way children and young people grow and develop. We now want to find out about the lives of the SWS young people in late adolescence and early adulthood. We are interested in learning about diet, physical activity…
The paper “Premenstrual syndrome and alcohol consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis” received a great deal of media coverage including newspaper articles in The Southampton Daily Echo; The Daily Mail; The Scotsman; The Daily Telegraph; The Sun; The Kuwait Times; Science Daily and The Scottish Daily Mail. For further information see the University of Southampton’s…
1st PRIZE Tommy Whitehead 2nd PRIZE Abigail Tebb 3rd PRIZE Estelle Nelson 4th PRIZE Amy Sweetham Runner Up Lewis Mitchell Runner Up Peter Maddams
1st Prize Faith Pressey 2nd PRIZE Holly Dadson 3rd PRIZE Sam Mackenzie 4th PRIZE Hannah Wiffin Runner Up Aeryn Giles Runner Up Amy Keall Runner Up Antony Maynard Runner Up Isabel Palmgren Runner Up Loobie Lisa-Marie Bailey Runner Up Mason Coster Runner Up Nicole Jackson Runner Up Sofia Mahmood
In March 2012 we organised a colouring competition for the children in the SWS, in two age categories. The children were asked to produce a picture on the theme of “The Southampton Women’s Survey and ME!”. We received many very colourful pictures and were able to award prizes to some of the artists. Congratulations to…
Magda Segal, a professional portrait/reportage photographer, has taken photographs of about 50 women who have participated in the Southampton Women’s Survey. Magda spent a day with the women and documented their lives in a series of pictures. Photographs of twelve of these women were exhibited at the Southampton City Art Gallery and then at the…
In early September 2005, the SWS featured twice in major articles in the Southern Daily Echo. In their weekend magazine on September 3rd a three-page spread focused on the photographs of SWS women taken by Magda Segal. The photos captured aspects of the lives of some SWS women and 18 photographs were reproduced in the…
The SWS is based at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton, previously known as the MRC, ERC (Epidemiology Resource Centre). This was established in 2003 following reconfiguration of the MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit. Like the Environmental Epidemiology Unit which preceded it, the Resource Centre is closely associated with…
For further information about the Southampton Womenâs Survey contact Dr Hazel Inskip. Sue Nottingham, Press Officer, External Relations, University of Southampton 023 80594993 or email svn1@soton.ac.uk
A Southampton woman taking part in a unique medical research survey in the city has just given birth to the 1,000th baby born to women participating in the project. Kerrie Bennett is one of thousands of local women taking part in the Southampton Womenâs Survey, which aims to examine the influences on the health of…
In February 2002, the SWS took part in the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the Hope Wessex Medical Research Charity. 25 SWS women visited the Civic Centre for a reception with the Mayor. One of the women was born on the day that the charity was launched, and another had given birth to a…
Ten thousand Southampton women have now taken part in the largest study of women’s health and lifestyle ever carried out in the UK. The pioneering medical research project started in 1998 and aims to recruit all Southampton women aged 20 to 34 years to learn more about the dietary and lifestyle factors that influence the…