Journal article
The representation of women on Australian clinical practice guideline panels, 2010–2020
A Shalit, L Vallely, R Nguyen, M Bohren, A Wilson, CSE Homer, J Vogel
Medical Journal of Australia | WILEY | Published : 2023
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51831
Abstract
Objectives: To assess the composition by gender of Australian clinical practice guideline development panels; to explore guideline development-related factors that influence the composition of panels. Design, setting, participants: Survey of clinical guidelines published in Australia during 2010–2020 that observed the 2016 NHMRC Standards for Guidelines, identified (June 2021) in the NHMRC Clinical Practice Guideline Portal or by searching the Guideline International Network guidelines library, the Trip medical database, and PubMed. The gender of contributors to guideline development was inferred from gendered titles (guideline documents) or pronouns (online biographies). Main outcome measur..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Meghan Bohren is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE200100264) and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship. Caroline Homer is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Fellowship. Joshua Vogel is supported by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (GNT1194248). The search strategy was developed with the greatly appreciated assistance of the information specialist, Steve McDonald (Senior Research Fellow, Monash University).