关于性包容性:关于性作为生物变量的观点
Shanen M Mulles1, Daniel Z Aziz1, C Chase Binion2
1Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Journal of women's health (2002)
|July 7, 2025
概括
国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 的性别作为生物变量 (SABV) 政策被研究小组成员看作不同,研究小组成员收到的资源较少,但更多的人认为它提高了研究严谨性. 关于SABV的重要性的意见仍然相似,在认知中存在显著的基于性别的差异.
科学领域:
- 生物医学研究生物医学研究
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
- 研究方法研究方法研究方法学
背景情况:
- 美国国家卫生研究院在2016年授权将性别视为生物变量 (SABV),以加强研究包容性.
- 关于SABV政策的实际影响和实用性的争论仍在继续.
- 了解研究部门成员对SABV的看法对于政策评估至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估研究部门成员对NIH的SABV政策的意见.
- 将当前的意见与2016-2017年的意见进行比较.
- 调查关于SABV的意见如何因自我报告的性别而有所不同.
主要方法:
- 一个18个问题的调查在2023年通过电子邮件发送给20803名研究部门成员.
- 调查结果与2016-2017年类似调查的数据进行了比较.
- 使用统计分析来比较基于性别和时间段的意见.
主要成果:
- 响应率为17.7% (3,699个人).
- 与2016-2017年相比,在2020-2023年接受SABV资源的受访者较少 (58.0%与73.0%相比).
- 在2020-2023年,更多的受访者认为SABV提高了研究严谨性 (71.1%对比56.3%).
- 考虑SABV的重要性仍然相似 (63.7%对66.0%).
- 男性受访者比女性受访者不太可能认为SABV提高了严格性或对实验设计很重要.
结论:
- 在NIH研究部门成员中,对SABV政策的不同观点仍然存在.
- 虽然感知到严谨度的改善有所增加,但资源的可用性有所减少.
- 将性别作为一种生物变量需要持续的努力和理解,以使所有人群受益.
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