title: InterLACE: A New International Collaboration for a Life Course Approach to Women's Reproductive Health and Chronic Disease Events.
abstract: Evidence from population-based studies of women increasingly points to the inter-related nature of reproductive health, lifestyle, and chronic disease risk. This paper describes the recently established International Collaboration for a Life Course Approach to Reproductive Health and Chronic Disease. InterLACE aims to advance the evidence base for women's health policy beyond associations from disparate studies by means of systematic and culturally sensitive synthesis of longitudinal data. Currently InterLACE draws on individual level data for reproductive health and chronic disease among 200,000 women from over thirteen studies of women's health in seven countries. The rationale for this multi-study research programme is set out in terms of a life course perspective to reproductive health. The research programme will build a comprehensive picture of reproductive health through life in relation to chronic disease risk. Although combining multiple international studies poses methodological challenges, InterLACE represents an invaluable opportunity to strength evidence to guide the development of timely and tailored preventive health strategies.
authors: School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: g.mishra@uq.edu.au.
authors: Gita D
authors: GD
authors: Mishra
authors: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors: Debra
authors: D
authors: Anderson
authors: School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors: Danielle A J M
authors: DA
authors: Schoenaker
authors: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, USA.
authors: Hans-Olov
authors: HO
authors: Adami
authors: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
authors: Nancy E
authors: NE
authors: Avis
authors: Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii Hilo, HI, USA.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Brown
authors: Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Fiona
authors: F
authors: Bruinsma
authors: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Brunner
authors: Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors: Janet E
authors: JE
authors: Cade
authors: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors: Sybil L
authors: SL
authors: Crawford
authors: School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors: Annette J
authors: AJ
authors: Dobson
authors: Institute of Education, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University of London, London, UK.
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Elliott
authors: Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Graham G
authors: GG
authors: Giles
authors: Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
authors: Ellen B
authors: EB
authors: Gold
authors: School of Health Sciences, Gunma University, Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
authors: Kunihiko
authors: K
authors: Hayashi
authors: MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK.
authors: Diana
authors: D
authors: Kuh
authors: School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors: Kathryn A
authors: KA
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Health Promotion Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Jung Su
authors: JS
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
authors: Melissa K
authors: MK
authors: Melby
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan.
authors: Hideki
authors: H
authors: Mizunuma
authors: Department of Anthropology, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
authors: Lynette L
authors: LL
authors: Sievert
authors: Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway; Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway; Samfundet Folkhälsan, Helsinki, Finland.
authors: Elisabete
authors: E
authors: Weiderpass
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008019:Life Style; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: Chronic disease; Cross-cultural comparison; Life-course research; Menopause; Reproductive health; Women's health