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ArticleInternational health2022

Considerations of sex and gender dimensions by research ethics committees: a scoping review.

Abha Saxena, Emily Lasher, Claire Somerville, Shirin Heidari

Open access · goldAbstract readScoping Review
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Article in International health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Gender issues in nursing research.Korean journal of women health nursing · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abha SaxenaIndependent Bioethics Advisor, 35 Chemin de Valerie, Chambesy 1292, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9423-120X
Emily LasherIntern, GENDRO, Geneva 1202, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2366-7468
Claire SomervilleLecturer, International Affairs, Executive Director of the Gender Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Case postale 1672, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Shirin HeidariPresident, GENDRO, Geneva 1202, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6837-491X
Biogen (Switzerland) · CHGraduate Institute of International and Development Studies · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite a growing consensus on the importance of integrating sex and gender in health research, research across disciplines continues to be conducted and reported without a gender focus. Research ethics committees (RECs) can play a particularly powerful role in identifying the gender gaps at an early stage of the development of research protocols. Their role is missing in the dialogue related to improving gender awareness and analysis in health research. A scoping review was conducted to examine the extent to which RECs discuss and consider the inclusion and analysis of sex and gender in health research and to examine the literature regarding the gender balance of RECs. The limited literature around gender and research ethics reveals the power and potential of RECs to ensure that gender dimensions are thoughtfully included in health research, and sheds light on the gaps that exist. These include an under-representation of women on RECs, a lack of awareness of the importance of gender-related aspects in health research and a paucity of gender-related training to RECs. Guidelines such as the Sex and Gender Equity in Research guidelines are required for RECs to strengthen the ways in which health research is gendered from conception of a research protocol to its publication.

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Ethics Committees, ResearchEthics, ResearchConsensusFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleethics committees researchethics reviewgendergender and sexpregnant womenresearch ethics guidelines

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PMID35043198
PMCPMC9623496
OpenAlexW4206712613

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