Inequities in childhood cancer research: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT: An integral part of understanding and then designing programs to reduce childhood cancer inequities includes adequate representation of people with cancer in research, including children. A scoping review was carried out to understand how cancer research is oriented toward inequities and to identify who has participated in childhood qualitative cancer research. A systematic search identified 119 qualitative studies that met inclusion criteria, with most studies taking place in high-income countries (n=84). Overall, data were lacking on social determinants of health at multiple levels-structural, household, child, and guardian. Only 29 studies reported on race and/or ethnicity, with the majority of those including predominantly or all white children. Six articles included socioeconomic info

SUBMITTER: Hunleth J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210713 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature