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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Consideration of sex/gender in publications of quantitative health-related research: Development and application of an assessment matrix.

Sophie Horstmann, Christina Hartig, Ute Kraus, Kerstin Palm, Katharina Jacke, Lisa Dandolo, Alexandra Schneider, Gabriele Bolte

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sophie HorstmannDepartment of Social Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Christina HartigDepartment of Social Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Ute KrausHelmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany.
Kerstin PalmGender and Science Research Unit, Institute of History, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Katharina JackeGender and Science Research Unit, Institute of History, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Lisa DandoloDepartment of Social Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Alexandra SchneiderHelmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany.
Gabriele BolteDepartment of Social Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
University of Bremen · DEHelmholtz Zentrum München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the last years the need to integrate sex and gender in health-related research for better and fairer science became increasingly apparent. Various guidelines and checklists were developed to encourage and support researchers in considering the entangled dimensions of sex/gender in their research. However, a tool for the assessment of sex/gender consideration and its visualization is still missing. We aim to fill this gap by introducing an assessment matrix that can be used as a flexible instrument for comprehensively evaluating the sex/gender consideration in quantitative health-related research. The matrix was developed through an iterative and open process based on the interdisciplinary expertise represented in our research team and currently published guidelines. The final matrix consists of 14 different items covering the whole research process and the publication of results. Additionally, we introduced a method to graphically display this evaluation. By developing the matrix, we aim to provide users with a tool to systematically compare sex/gender consideration qualitatively between different publications and even different fields of study. This way, the assessment matrix represents a tool to identify research gaps and a basis for future research. In the long term, the implementation of this tool to evaluate the consideration of sex/gender should contribute to more sex/gender equitable health-related research.

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