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Earlier phases of the Southampton Women’s 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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

On Monday July 23rd 2001 the Mayor of Southampton, Councillor Christine Kelly visited the Southampton Women’s Survey. She had chosen the Hope Trust as her charity of her year as Mayor and so came to see the work that the Trust has been doing. Some of the funds for the SWS have come through the […]

In June 2001, the SWS was featured throughout the week on BBC’s City Hospital. This showed our research team at work on different parts of the SWS Children’s Follow-Up. Various pregnancy stages were filmed at Princess Anne Maternity Hospital, where Chantelle Carter was shown having a heel scan at her 11 week visit – she […]