A toolkit for capturing a representative and equitable sample in health research

Ameeta Retzer, Bircan Ciytak, Foram Khatsuria, Juma El-awaisi, Isobel M. Harris, Laura Chapman, Tony Kelly, Jenny Richards, Emily Lam, Philip N. Newsome, Melanie Calvert, Juma El-awaisi, Juma El-awaisi, Andrew Filer, Shishir Shetty, Jo Parish, Steve Watson, Elizabeth Sapey, Caroline Gillet, Jo Palme · 2023

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Health studies often miss the very groups who carry the most illness, and Ameeta Retzer and co-authors built a toolkit to fix that gap, in work from twenty twenty-three. Groups left out can be rare in studies, heavy in care needs, or poorly reached by clinics. The toolkit came from a review of past methods plus a workshop of two dozen people.

Seven steps guide study teams, from naming the groups left out to setting fair share goals for the sample. Teams also plan how to handle outside blocks, how to check the final mix, and what legacy the study leaves. The authors argue fair samples build trust and make study results hold for the wider public, not just for easy-to-reach groups.

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CREATORAmeeta Retzer, Bircan Ciytak, Foram Khatsuria, Juma El-awaisi, Isobel M. Harris, Laura Chapman, Tony Kelly, Jenny Richards, Emily Lam, Philip N. Newsome, Melanie Calvert, Juma El-awaisi, Juma El-awaisi, Andrew Filer, Shishir Shetty, Jo Parish, Steve Watson, Elizabeth Sapey, Caroline Gillet, Jo Palme
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE52 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10719102

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