This is something I have been involved in since the '70's, a HUGE study involving Nurses....all you have to do is annually, fill out a questionair that they keep on record, and use to plot the health of individuals enrolled in the study....Nurses are the subjects of this Health Study, as they graph our progression over the years.
They are starting a New study, this one is the only one that included MALE nurses.....I have included the information they sent me, to try to get as many participants for the study as possible. This is a valid research study with millions of nurses participating....if you are interested, they tell you below how to get involved in the study/research.
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Dear Colleague:
Thank you for your continuing participation in the Nurses' Health Study.
We are writing to ask you to act as our ambassador to encourage your colleagues to join Nurses' Health Study 3, our new cohort of young female and male nurses.
For the NHS3, we are enrolling 100,000+ male and female RNs, LPNs & nursing students born after January 1, 1965. To make it easy to participate, this study is entirely web-based.
To learn more and to join, nurses can visit
Home - Nurses' Health Study
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
To help us spread the word you can:
Encourage your younger colleagues to visit
Home - Nurses' Health Study and join the study
Forward this email message
Print out information HERE about how to join the study
Reach out in other ways to nurses who might be willing to join. For example:
Through nursing groups or organizations that you are involved with
In your online communities, like email lists or Facebook
Local or national media contacts you may have
If you are in a union, ask if they can help spread the word
Your encouragement will go a long way to help explain how a small commitment to a study like this is of extraordinary value for research into the causes of disease and the factors that promote healthy lives.
Much like the original Nurses' Health Studies which began in 1976 and 1989, this new study will follow a large group of nurses over many years. Unlike those existing studies, NHS3 also includes male nurses to allow us to broaden the scope of our research.
If you prefer not to share this information or do not know any colleagues who would like to participate, that of course will not affect your continued participation in the Nurses' Health Study in any way. We appreciate your longstanding commitment to the study and hope to maintain your steadfast support for many years to come.
Sincerely, 4420379
Walter Willett, MD Jorge Chavarro, MD Fran Grodstein,ScD
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator Principal Investigator
Nurses' Health Study II Nurses' Health Study III Nurses' Health Study