A 10-year longitudinal evaluation of science policy interventions to promote sex and gender in health research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past decade, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has implemented multicomponent interventions to increase the uptake of sex and gender in grant applications. Interventions included mandatory reporting on applicant forms, development of resources for applicants and evaluators, and grant review requirements. Here, we aim to inform science policy implementation by describing the 10-year outcomes and lessons learned from these interventions.

Methods

This is a prospective longitudinal study. The population is all applicants across 15 investigator-initiated CIHR competitions from 2011 to 2019 and grant evaluators from 2018 to 2019. Quantitative data were derived from applicants' and grant evaluators' mandatory reporting of sex and gender integrati

SUBMITTER: Haverfield J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8205200 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature