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  • 1
    UID:
    edochu_18452_27186
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (15 Seiten)
    Content: During the last years the need to integrate sex and gender in health-related research for better and fairer science became increasingly apparent. Various guidelines and checklists were developed to encourage and support researchers in considering the entangled dimensions of sex/gender in their research. However, a tool for the assessment of sex/gender consideration and its visualization is still missing. We aim to fill this gap by introducing an assessment matrix that can be used as a flexible instrument for comprehensively evaluating the sex/gender consideration in quantitative health-related research. The matrix was developed through an iterative and open process based on the interdisciplinary expertise represented in our research team and currently published guidelines. The final matrix consists of 14 different items covering the whole research process and the publication of results. Additionally, we introduced a method to graphically display this evaluation. By developing the matrix, we aim to provide users with a tool to systematically compare sex/gender consideration qualitatively between different publications and even different fields of study. This way, the assessment matrix represents a tool to identify research gaps and a basis for future research. In the long term, the implementation of this tool to evaluate the consideration of sex/gender should contribute to more sex/gender equitable health-related research.
    Content: Peer Reviewed
    In: Lausanne : Frontiers Media, 11
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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  • 2
    UID:
    edochu_18452_27216
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (15 Seiten)
    Content: Background In environmental health research, sex and gender are not yet adequately considered. There is a need to improve data collection in population-based environmental health studies by comprehensively surveying sex/gender-related aspects according to gender theoretical concepts. Thus, within the joint project INGER we developed a multidimensional sex/gender concept which we aimed to operationalize and to test the operationalization for feasibility. Methods In an iterative process, we created questionnaire modules which quantitatively captured the requirements of the INGER sex/gender concept. We deployed it in the KORA cohort (Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg, Germany) in 2019 and evaluated response and missing rates. Results The individual sex/gender self-concept was surveyed via a two-step approach that asked for sex assigned at birth and the current sex/gender identity. Additionally, we used existing tools to query internalized sex/gender roles and externalized sex/gender expressions. Adapted to the KORA population, we asked for discrimination experiences and care and household activities contributing to explain structural sex/gender relations. Further intersectionality-related social categories (e.g., socio-economic position), lifestyle and psychosocial factors were covered through data available in KORA. We could not identify appropriate tools to assess the true biological sex, sexual orientation and ethnic/cultural identity, which have yet to be developed or improved. The response-rate was 71%, the evaluation of 3,743 questionnaires showed a low missing rate. Prevalence of marginalized groups regarding sex/gender identity and definable by experiences of discrimination was very low. Conclusion We have shown how the multidimensional INGER sex/gender concept can be operationalized according to an European and North American understanding of sex/gender for use in quantitative research. The questionnaire modules proved feasible in an epidemiologic cohort study. Being a balancing act between theoretical concepts and its quantitative implementation our operationalization paves the way for an adequate consideration of sex/gender in environmental health research.
    Content: Peer Reviewed
    In: Lausanne : Frontiers Media, 11
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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    UID:
    edochu_18452_25764
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (21 Seiten)
    Content: Current trends in quantitative health research have highlighted the inadequacy of the usual operationalisation of sex and gender, resulting in a growing demand for more nuanced options. This scoping review provides an overview of recent instruments for the operationalisation of sex and gender in health-related research beyond a concept of mutually exclusive binary categories as male or masculine vs. female or feminine. Our search in three databases (Medline, Scopus and Web of Science) returned 9935 matches, of which 170 were included. From these, we identified 77 different instruments. The number and variety of instruments measuring sex and/or gender in quantitative health-related research increased over time. Most of these instruments were developed with a US-American student population. The majority of instruments focused on the assessment of gender based on a binary understanding, while sex or combinations of sex and gender were less frequently measured. Different populations may require the application of different instruments, and various research questions may ask for different dimensions of sex and gender to be studied. Despite the clear interest in the development of novel sex and/or gender instruments, future research needs to focus on new ways of operationalisation that account for their variability and multiple dimensions.
    Content: Peer Reviewed
    In: Basel : MDPI AG, 19,12
    Language: English
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    UID:
    edochu_18452_32101
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (8 Seiten)
    ISSN: 1436-9990 , 1436-9990
    Content: In der epidemiologischen Gesundheitsforschung besteht ein großer Bedarf an umfassenden Erhebungsinstrumenten, die der Multidimensionalität und Variabilität von Geschlecht gerecht werden. Das Forschungsprojekt DIVERGesTOOL griff diesen in den letzten Jahren immer deutlicher werdenden Bedarf auf. Es verfolgte das Ziel, eine anwendungsorientierte Toolbox zur Erfassung geschlechtlicher Vielfalt für die quantitative Gesundheitsforschung in Deutschland zu entwickeln. Der Entwicklungsprozess war partizipativ angelegt, Vertreter*innen großer epidemiologischer Studien in Deutschland wurden direkt einbezogen. Im Rahmen von vier gemeinsamen Workshops wurde eine Toolbox entwickelt, die sich aus mehreren Bestandteilen zusammensetzt: Die Basis-Items sind ein grundlegendes, allgemein nutzbares Set aus drei Fragen, die sich am Two-Step-Approach orientieren. Sie werden anstelle der bisher routinemäßig in den Gesundheitswissenschaften angewendeten binären Geschlechtsvariable empfohlen. Zudem enthält die Toolbox Zusatz-Items mit beispielhaften Fragebogen-Items für spezifische Fragestellungen oder Studienpopulationen. Ergänzt wurden die Items um ausführliche Anwendungshinweise und Hintergrundinformationen. Die Toolbox steht Interessierten online kostenlos über die Website des Projektes zur Verfügung ( https://www.uni-bremen.de/divergestool-projekt/divergestool-toolbox ). Langfristig soll die DIVERGesTOOL-Toolbox Forschende dabei unterstützen, geschlechtliche Vielfalt in die eigene Forschung zu integrieren, und somit zu mehr Geschlechtersensibilität in der Gesundheitsforschung und validen Forschungsergebnissen beitragen.
    Content: In health research, there is a need for comprehensive survey instruments capable of assessing the multidimensionality and variability of sex/gender. The research project DIVERGesTOOL was conducted in response to this need, which has become increasingly evident in recent years. The aim was to develop an application-oriented toolbox for the assessment of sex/gender diversity in quantitative health-related research in Germany. The development process followed a participatory design, as representatives of large epidemiological studies in Germany were directly involved. During four collaborative workshops, a toolbox was developed that contains several different elements. The basic items are a generally usable set of three different questionnaire items based on the two-step approach. They are recommended as a replacement for the binary sex or gender item that are currently routinely used in health-related research. In addition, the toolbox contains further exemplary questionnaire items for specific research questions or study populations. The developed items were supplemented with detailed instructions for their application and additional information. The toolbox is an open online resource accessible to any user ( https://www.uni-bremen.de/divergestool-projekt/divergestool-toolbox ). In the long term, the DIVERGesTOOL is intended to support researchers in integrating sex/gender diversity into their own research and thus to contribute to more sex/gender sensitivity in health-related research and valid findings.
    Content: Peer Reviewed
    In: : Springer Nature, 2024, 67,9, Seiten 1054-1061, 1436-9990
    Language: German
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