Systematic reviews are an important source of evidence for those making healthcare decisions and designing healthcare policy. Often, systematic reviews do not consider the effect of the intervention on health equity. This session discusses the global social and health inequities as a result of COVID-19 and COVID-19 policies and assess metrics for assessing health and social inequities, both between countries and within countries, across different social determinants of health.
This session also considers pragmatic methods for assessing effects on equity in Campbell and Cochrane Reviews. This will build on the Cochrane Handbook chapter on equity and specific populations and illustrates a framework for assessing unintended inequity consequences and possible mitigating interventions.
This session was recorded during the 'Virtually Cochrane' conference, hosted by Cochrane UK and Cochrane Ireland, 20-22nd April 2021.
Presenters
Vivian Welch
Editor-in-Chief, Campbell
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Zulfiqar Bhutta
Robert Harding Inaugural Chair in Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Co-Director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health
Distinguished University Professor and Founding Director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University
Moderator
