Your voice really does matter, and you can help other women and their families by making it heard.  

• You can give us your feedback - https://secure.membra.net/SWSLHDLandingPage/surveys2.htm

• You can become a consumer representative - https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/ccp/default.html

  OR

• You can participate in a study - https://inghaminstitute.org.au/whitu/

There are many groups and studies happening in our local health district. We study treatment methods and ways of providing care, including whether or not the treatment or care is acceptable to women.

How you can be involved

You can be involved by being a:

• participant in a study
• consumer partner, as part of a research team - SWSLHD-WHITU@health.nsw.gov.au
• consumer representative - https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/ccp/join.html

To be involved in a study:

• Talk to your Midwife, Nurse or Doctor and ask if there are any studies you can participate in.
• Contact a research midwife - find phone number on a study poster in the waiting room.
• Email WHITU to ask if there is a study available to you SWSLHD-WHITU@health.nsw.gov.au
• Have a look at the “Research Projects” drop down on the WHITU web page https://inghaminstitute.org.au/whitu/

You will always be asked for your consent before participating in any research.

To be involved as a consumer representative:

• Email WHITU to ask any questions or express your interest SWSLHD-WHITU@health.nsw.gov.au

• Read about being a health care consumer partner https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/ccp/default.html

  https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/partnering-consumers/partnering-consumers-guide-consumers

• Join us  https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/ccp/join.html

What is WHITU?

The Women’s Health Initiative Translational Unit (WHITU) is a group of clinicians, midwives, scientists, and allied health professionals who are working to improve women’s health through medical research.