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A Rubric to Center Equity in Obstetrics and Gynecology Research
Samantha Batman1, Katherine Rivlin, Whitney Robinson
1University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and University of Washington Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Abstract:
The Steering Committee for the Obstetrics & Gynecology special edition titled "Racism in Reproductive Health: Lighting a Path to Health Equity" formed a working group to create an equity rubric. The goal was to provide a tool to help researchers systematically center health equity as they conceptualize, design, analyze, interpret, and evaluate research in obstetrics and gynecology. This commentary reviews the rationale, iterative process, and literature guiding the creation of the equity rubric.
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