Guidance relevant to the reporting of health equity in observational research: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Health inequities are defined as unfair and avoidable differences in health between groups within a population. Most health research is conducted through observational studies, which are able to offer real-world insights about etiology, healthcare policy/programme effectiveness and the impacts of socioeconomic factors. However, most published reports of observational studies do not address how their findings relate to health equity. Our team seeks to develop equity-relevant reporting guidance as an extension of the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement. This scoping review will inform the development of candidate items for the STROBE-Equity extension. We will operationalise equity-seeking populations using the PROGRESS-

SUBMITTER: Rizvi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121499 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature