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ArticleHealth equity2022

The 5Ws of Racial Equity in Research: A Framework for Applying a Racial Equity Lens Throughout the Research Process.

Keisha L Bentley-Edwards, Patrice Jordan Fleming, Irene A Doherty, Dane R Whicker, Sabrena Mervin-Blake, Nadine J Barrett

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Article in Health equity, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Keisha L Bentley-EdwardsDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-4850
Patrice Jordan FlemingCenter for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-2975
Irene A DohertyJulius L. Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Dane R WhickerCenter for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Sabrena Mervin-BlakeCenter for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Nadine J BarrettCenter for Equity in Research, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ensuring equity in research is a critical step in advancing health equity. In this perspective, the authors introduce a guiding framework for advancing racial equity in research processes, environments, and among the research workforce, the 5Ws of Racial Equity in Research. Centering their discussion on the 5Ws: Who, What, When, Where, and Why, they use historical and contemporary examples of research inequities to demonstrate how these five simple questions can encourage open discussion and proactive planning for equity in research. They close with an acknowledgment of the framework's broad utility and a researcher-directed call to action.

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equity in researchhealth equityracial inequitiesresearch methods

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PMID36636118
PMCPMC9811832

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