Incorporating a gender perspective into the development of clinical guidelines: a training course for guideline developers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dutch guideline-developing organizations do not focus systematically on differences between men and women when developing guidelines, even though there is increasing evidence that being male or female may have an effect on health and health outcomes. In collaboration with two prominent Dutch guideline-developing organizations, we designed a training course to encourage systematic attention to sex differences in guideline development procedures.

Methods

The course is targeted towards guideline developers. Its aims are to improve awareness concerning the relevance of considering sex differences in the guideline development process, as well as the competence and skills necessary for putting this into practice. The design and teaching methods of the course are based o

SUBMITTER: Keuken DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2204033 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature