多样性,公平性和包容性:来自睡眠研究协会的发现
Dayna A Johnson1, Darlynn M Rojo-Wissar2, Selena T Nguyen-Rodriguez3
1Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Sleep health
|October 15, 2024
概括
睡眠研究中缺乏多样性和包容性. 从历史上看,少数群体和妇女在睡眠研究协会中感到不受欢迎和代表,这凸显了有针对性的举措的必要性.
科学领域:
- 睡眠科学和研究 睡眠科学和研究
- 科学的社会学科学社会学.
- 多样性和包容性研究研究.
背景情况:
- 睡眠研究协会 (SRS) 旨在促进睡眠和昼夜科学.
- 对科学社会来说,评估多样性和包容性至关重要,以确保公平的代表性和参与.
- 了解SRS成员的经验对于识别障碍和机会至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 描述睡眠研究协会成员的代表性和包容性.
- 检查社会人口统计因素与SRS成员体验之间的关联.
- 建立一个基准来评估未来的多样性和包容性倡议.
主要方法:
- 一个基于网络的问卷由SRS多样性和包容性工作组在2021年开发.
- 该调查评估了会员人口统计和SRS经验,包括参与,欢迎的感觉,包容性的感知和观点的多样性.
- 调整后的波桑回归模型被用来分析社会人口统计特征和SRS经验之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 该研究包括388名SRS成员,大多数参与者年龄在18-49岁之间 (61%),非西班牙裔白人 (65%) 和女性 (59%).
- 只有51%的受访者感到受到欢迎,52%的人认为缺乏包容性,65%的人认为缺乏不同的观点.
- 历史上少数群体,妇女和性和性别少数群体的个人报告说,欢迎,包容性和参与SRS活动的感觉较低.
结论:
- 历史上的少数群体在睡眠研究协会中代表性不足.
- 大多数SRS成员不觉得受到欢迎,这表明具有重大包容性挑战.
- 这些发现为评估多样性和包容性努力提供了基准,并指导了支持睡眠/循环社会中代表性不足的人的战略.
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