Women deserve better
health education.

WHLES is helping build it.

The Women’s Health Literacy & Empowerment Study (WHLES) is a community-centered research initiative led by researcher Oluwatosin Adeniyi-Miller, MPH, and developed through a partnership between Criado and Emory University. 

For too long, women have been expected to navigate their health without the knowledge they deserve.

Many women grow up learning about their bodies through silence, misinformation, fragmented internet searches, or rushed healthcare experiences. WHLES was created to better understand:

  • What women currently know about hormones and reproductive health

  • Where they receive health information

  • How confident they feel navigating their health

  • What culturally competent education could look like moving forward

At Criado, we believe body literacy is a form of empowerment, prevention, and community care.

Research Focus

Hormone literacy, reproductive health education, health confidence, and trusted sources of health education.

Community-Centered Design

Built in partnership with women and communities whose voices are often excluded from traditional health research.

Long-Term Vision

To help shape more equitable health education tools, programs, and systems for women across the lifespan.

Meet the Team

  • Dr. Audrey Gaskins, PhD

    STAFF MENTOR

  • Tosi Miller, MPH

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

  • Iamme Pricee, MPH

    CO-INVESTIGATOR

Join us in reimagining women’s health education.

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