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SynthesisJournal of public health policy2024

Can evidence drive health equity in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond?

Katy Bell, Sam White, Abbey Diaz, Priya Bahria, Fiona Sima, Wael K Al-Delaimy, Susan dosReis, Omar Hassan, Dorothy Drabarek, Monjura Nisha and 8 more

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Synthesis in Journal of public health policy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Katy BellSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia. katy.bell@sydney.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0137-3218
Sam WhiteInternational Network for Epidemiology in Policy, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Abbey DiazSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Priya BahriaSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Fiona SimaSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Wael K Al-DelaimySydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Susan dosReisSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Omar HassanInternational Network for Epidemiology in Policy, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Dorothy DrabarekInternational Network for Epidemiology in Policy, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Monjura NishaInternational Network for Epidemiology in Policy, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kesha Baptiste-RobertsDepartment of Public Health Analysis, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Katy GwiazdonSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Camille Raynes-GreenowSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Robin Taylor WilsonSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
James A GaudinoSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Rafael da Silveira MoreiraSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Bruce JenningsSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Pauline GulliverSydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Edward Ford Building (A27), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council 1174523
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using scoping review methods, we systematically searched multiple online databases for publications in the first year of the pandemic that proposed pragmatic population or health system-level solutions to health inequities. We found 77 publications with proposed solutions to pandemic-related health inequities. Most were commentaries, letters, or editorials from the USA, offering untested solutions, and no robust evidence on effectiveness. Some of the proposed solutions could unintentionally exacerbate health inequities. We call on health policymakers to co-create, co-design, and co-produce equity-focussed, evidence-based interventions with communities, focussing on those most at risk to protect the population as a whole. Epidemiologists collaborating with people from other relevant disciplines may provide methodological expertise for these processes. As epidemiologists, we must interrogate our own methods to avoid propagating any unscientific biases we may hold. Epidemiology must be used to address, and never exacerbate, health inequities-in the pandemic and beyond.

Indexed as

COVID-19Health EquityHealth InequitiesHealth PolicyHumansSARS-CoV-2COVID-19EpidemiologyHealth equityHeath policySocial determinants of health

Identifiers

PMID38216689
PMCPMC10920204

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