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Health Equity in Systematic Reviews: A Tutorial-Part 2 Implementing Health Equity Throughout Your Methods
Jennifer Petkovic1,2, Jordi Pardo Pardo1, Vivian Welch2
1University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.
Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods
|October 17, 2025
Summary
This tutorial guides health equity considerations in systematic reviews of interventions. Learn to integrate and report health equity across all review sections for comprehensive analysis.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Evidence Synthesis
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Health equity is crucial for understanding intervention impacts across diverse populations.
- Systematic reviews are key tools for synthesizing health intervention evidence.
- Guidance is needed to systematically incorporate health equity into review processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide comprehensive guidance on integrating health equity into systematic reviews of interventions.
- To detail methods for considering and reporting health equity in all sections of a systematic review.
- To enhance the completeness and applicability of systematic reviews.
Main Methods:
- This tutorial outlines practical steps for health equity appraisal within systematic reviews.
- It covers inclusion criteria, data extraction, and analysis strategies.
- Guidance is provided on reporting health equity findings.
Main Results:
- Systematic reviews can effectively incorporate health equity considerations.
- Specific methods exist for identifying and analyzing equity-relevant data.
- Clear reporting enhances the transparency and utility of review findings.
Conclusions:
- Integrating health equity into systematic reviews is feasible and essential.
- This guidance empowers researchers to conduct more equitable evidence syntheses.
- Improved systematic reviews contribute to advancing health equity goals.
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