在加拿大卫生研究中定义黑人人口:一个范围审查协议
Marie-Claire Uwamahoro1, James Idowu1, Nashit Chowdhury1
1Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
BMJ open
|June 23, 2024
概括
本研究分析了加拿大卫生研究如何定义和标记黑人人口,揭示了影响研究可比性和对不同经验的理解的不一致性. 调查结果将为更具包容性的研究实践提供信息.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生研究方法论 卫生研究方法论
- 卫生社会学 卫生社会学
背景情况:
- 加拿大卫生研究对黑人人口使用了多种不同的术语,阻碍了研究的可比性.
- 像"黑人"这样的宽泛标签可能会掩盖民族文化多样性和特定的健康结果.
- 不一致的术语影响研究效率和对生活经验的微妙理解.
研究的目的:
- 检查卫生研究人员在加拿大研究中如何定义'黑人'.
- 识别和分析用于健康研究中黑人人口的各种标签.
- 评估术语对研究可比性和多样化经验的表现的影响.
主要方法:
- 英语和法语的同行评审和灰色文献的综合搜索策略.
- 两个阶段的选过程:标题/摘要,然后是全文审查.
- 引用跟踪和参考列表搜索以确保彻底性.
主要成果:
- 对黑人人口的研究特征和定义的分析.
- 在加拿大卫生研究中识别流行术语及其变化.
- 反思性的专题分析,以综合有关术语及其影响的发现.
结论:
- 加拿大卫生研究中不一致的术语使得可比性变得复杂,并掩盖了多样性.
- 为了更具包容性和准确的健康研究,需要对标签实践进行批判性审查.
- 结果将为在健康研究中代表黑人人口的术语提供更好的信息.
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