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- Title
The Impact of the Nurses' Health Study on Population Health: Prevention, Translation, and Control.
- Authors
Colditz, Graham A.; Philpott, Sydney E.; Hankinson, Susan E.
- Abstract
Objectives. To summarize the overall impact of the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) over the past 40 years on the health of populations through its contributions on prevention, translation, and control. Methods. We performed a narrative review of the findings of the NHS, NHS II, and NHS3 between 1976 and 2016. Results. The NHS has generated significant findings about the associations between (1) smoking and type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, colorectal and pancreatic cancer, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, and eye diseases; (2) physical activity and cardiovascular diseases, breast cancer, psoriasis, and neurodegeneration; (3) obesity and cardiovascular diseases, numerous cancer sites, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, kidney stones, and eye diseases; (4) oral contraceptives and cardiovascular disease, melanoma, and breast, colorectal, and ovarian cancer; (5) hormone therapy and cardiovascular diseases, breast and endometrial cancer, and neurodegeneration; (6) endogenous hormones and breast cancer; (7) dietary factors and type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, breast and pancreatic cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, neurodegeneration, multiple sclerosis, kidney stones, and eye diseases; and (8) sleep and shift work and chronic diseases. Conclusions. The NHS findings have influenced public health policy and practice both locally and globally to improve women s health.
- Subjects
NURSES' Health Study; POPULATION health; SMOKING; HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; COLON cancer risk factors; RISK factors of pancreatic cancer; DISEASE risk factors; PSORIASIS; BREAST cancer risk factors; HISTORY; MULTIPLE sclerosis risk factors; CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention; EYE disease prevention; EYE diseases; MULTIPLE sclerosis prevention; TYPE 2 diabetes prevention; TYPE 2 diabetes risk factors; TUMOR prevention; TUMOR risk factors; DIET; HORMONE therapy; NEURODEGENERATION; OBESITY; ORAL contraceptives; PHYSICAL activity; PREVENTION
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2016, Vol 106, Issue 9, p1540
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2016.303343