Objective:
The objective of this review is to describe the global evidence of gender inequity among individuals with appointments at academic institutions that conduct health research, and examine how gender intersects with other social identities to influence outcomes.
Introduction:
The gender demographics of universities have shifted, yet the characteristics of those who lead academic health research institutions have not reflected this change. Synthesized evidence will guide decision-making and policy development to support the progress of gender and other underrepresented social identities in academia.
Inclusion criteria:
This review will consider any quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods primary research that reports outcome data related to gender equity and other social identities among individuals affiliated with academic or research institutions that conduct health research, originating from any country.
Methods:
The JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis and the Cochrane Collaboration’s guidance on living reviews will inform the review methods. Information sources will include electronic databases, unpublished literature sources, reference scanning of relevant systematic reviews, and sources provided by experts on the research team. Searches will be rerun regularly to monitor the development of new literature and determine when the review will be updated. Study selection and data extraction will be conducted by two reviewers working independently, and all discrepancies will be resolved by discussion or a third reviewer. Data synthesis will summarize information using descriptive frequencies and simple thematic analysis. Results will be reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension to scoping reviews.
Registration:
Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/8wk7e/
Correspondence: Andrea C. Tricco, Andrea.Tricco@unityhealth.to
The authors declare no conflict of interest and would like to make the following declarations: ACT is a co-director and adjunct associate professor of the Queen’s Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A JBI Centre of Excellence and is also a member of the editorial advisory board for JBI Evidence Synthesis, but was not involved in the editorial processing of this manuscript. HFK is an employee of Elsevier and the Mendeley solution that will be used for this project and is an offering within Elsevier’s portfolio of Research Intelligence solutions. Mendeley operates on a freemium model, thus there will not be any commercial payment from the project to Elsevier for the use of Mendeley. HFK’s time is being contributed in-kind to the project, and HFK is receiving no remuneration from the project.
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