TY - JOUR
T1 - GRADE equity guidelines 1
T2 - considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: introduction and rationale
AU - Welch, Vivian A.
AU - Akl, Elie A.
AU - Guyatt, Gordon
AU - Pottie, Kevin
AU - Eslava-Schmalbach, Javier
AU - Ansari, Mohammed T.
AU - de Beer, Hans
AU - Briel, Matthias
AU - Dans, Tony
AU - Dans, Inday
AU - Hultcrantz, Monica
AU - Jull, Janet
AU - Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal
AU - Meerpohl, Joerg
AU - Morton, Rachael
AU - Mosdol, Annhild
AU - Petkovic, Jennifer
AU - Schünemann, Holger J.
AU - Sharaf, Ravi N.
AU - Singh, Jasvinder A.
AU - Stanev, Roger
AU - Tonia, Thomy
AU - Tristan, Mario
AU - Vitols, Sigurd
AU - Watine, Joseph
AU - Tugwell, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2017/10
Y1 - 2017/10
N2 - Objectives This article introduces the rationale and methods for explicitly considering health equity in the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology for development of clinical, public health, and health system guidelines. Study Design and Setting We searched for guideline methodology articles, conceptual articles about health equity, and examples of guidelines that considered health equity explicitly. We held three meetings with GRADE Working Group members and invited comments from the GRADE Working Group listserve. Results We developed three articles on incorporating equity considerations into the overall approach to guideline development, rating certainty, and assembling the evidence base and evidence to decision and/or recommendation. Conclusion Clinical and public health guidelines have a role to play in promoting health equity by explicitly considering equity in the process of guideline development.
AB - Objectives This article introduces the rationale and methods for explicitly considering health equity in the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology for development of clinical, public health, and health system guidelines. Study Design and Setting We searched for guideline methodology articles, conceptual articles about health equity, and examples of guidelines that considered health equity explicitly. We held three meetings with GRADE Working Group members and invited comments from the GRADE Working Group listserve. Results We developed three articles on incorporating equity considerations into the overall approach to guideline development, rating certainty, and assembling the evidence base and evidence to decision and/or recommendation. Conclusion Clinical and public health guidelines have a role to play in promoting health equity by explicitly considering equity in the process of guideline development.
KW - GRADE
KW - Guidelines
KW - Health equity
KW - Socially disadvantaged
KW - Specific populations
KW - Underserved
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85021634943
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.01.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.01.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 28412464
AN - SCOPUS:85021634943
SN - 0895-4356
VL - 90
SP - 59
EP - 67
JO - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
ER -