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

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

SUBMITTER: Horstmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10110874 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature