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ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2022

Intersectionality, health equity, and EDI: What's the difference for health researchers?

Christine Kelly, Lisette Dansereau, Jennifer Sebring, Katie Aubrecht, Maggie FitzGerald, Yeonjung Lee, Allison Williams, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch

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Article in International journal for equity in health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
24.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Christine KellyDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Christine.kelly@umanitoba.ca.
Lisette DansereauDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Jennifer SebringDepartment of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Katie AubrechtDepartment of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Maggie FitzGeraldDepartment of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Yeonjung LeeFaculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Allison WilliamsSchool of Earth, Environment & Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Barbara Hamilton-HinchSchool of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
University of Manitoba · CADalhousie University · CAMcMaster University · CASt. Francis Xavier University · CAUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Saskatchewan · CA

Funding

CIHR PJT‑169001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many countries adopted comprehensive national initiatives to promote equity in higher education with the goal of transforming the culture of research. Major health research funders are supporting this work through calls for projects that focus on equity, resulting in a proliferation of theoretical frameworks including "intersectionality," "health equity," and variations of equity, diversity and inclusion, or EDI. This commentary is geared at individual principal investigators and health research teams who are developing research proposals and want to consider equity issues in their research, perhaps for the first time. We present histories and definitions of three commonly used frameworks: intersectionality, health equity, and EDI. In the context of health research, intersectionality is a methodology (a combination of epistemology and techniques) that can identify the relationships among individual identities and systems of oppression; however, it should also be used internally by research teams to reflect on the production of knowledge. Health equity is a societal goal that operationalizes the social determinants of health to document and address health disparities at the population level. EDI initiatives measure and track progress within organizations or teams and are best suited to inform the infrastructure and human resourcing "behind the scenes" of a project. We encourage researchers to consider these definitions and strive to tangibly move health research towards equity both in the topics we study and in the ways we do research.

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Health EquityHumansIntersectional FrameworkOrganizationsEquity, diversity and inclusionHealth equityIntersectionality

Identifiers

PMID36536361
PMCPMC9764702
OpenAlexW4311940490

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