Omar Dewidar, Ali Al-Zubaidi, Mostafa Bondok, Leenah Abdelrazeq, Jimmy Huang, Alyssa Jearvis, Lucy C Barker, Nour Elmestekawy, Elizabeth Goghomu, Tamara Rader, Janice Tufte, Regina Greer-Smith, Hugh S Waddington, Stuart G Nicholls, Julian Little, Billie-Jo Hardy, Tanya Horsley, Taryn Young, Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Melissa K Sharp, Catherine Chamberlain, Beverley Shea, Peter Craig, Daeria O Lawson, Anita Rizvi, Charles S Wiysonge, Tamara Kredo, Damian Francis, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Alba Antequera, G J Melendez-Torres, Tomas Pantoja, Xiaoqin Wang, Janet Jull, Janet Hatcher Roberts, Sarah Funnell, Howard White, Alison Krentel, Michael Johnson Mahande, Jacqueline Ramke, George Wells, Jennifer Petkovic, Kevin Pottie, Loveline Niba, Cindy Feng, Miriam N Nguliefem, Peter Tugwell, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Vivian Welch
BACKGROUND: Observational studies can inform how we understand and address persisting health inequities through the collection, reporting and analysis of health equity factors. However, the extent to which the analysis and reporting of equity-relevant aspects in observational research are generally unknown. Thus, we aimed to systematically evaluate how equity-relevant observational studies reported equity considerations in the study design and analyses. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE for health equity-relevant observational studies from January 2020 to March 2022, resulting in 16 828 articles...
March 1, 2024: Journal of Global Health