Meeting a need: development and validation of PubMed search filters for immigrant populations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is a need for additional comprehensive and validated filters to find relevant references more efficiently in the growing body of research on immigrant populations. Our goal was to create reliable search filters that direct librarians and researchers to pertinent studies indexed in PubMed about health topics specific to immigrant populations.

Methods

We applied a systematic and multi-step process that combined information from expert input, authoritative sources, automation, and manual review of sources. We established a focused scope and eligibility criteria, which we used to create the development and validation sets. We formed a term ranking system that resulted in the creation of two filters: an immigrant-specific and an immigrant-sensitive search filter.<

SUBMITTER: Wafford QE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11189137 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature