Cochrane Agenda and Priority Setting Methods Group, Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL6 8BU, UK.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2013 May;66(5):511-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.11.013. Epub 2013 Mar 9.
This study aimed to develop and pilot an equity lens that could help researchers in developing a more equity-oriented approach toward priority setting and agenda setting in systematic reviews.
We developed an equity lens to guide the development and evaluation of a prioritization process and evaluate its outcomes based on the information derived from a discussion workshop and a comparison with the existing literature on the topic. We piloted the process section of the equity lens across the 13 structured priority-setting approaches in the Cochrane Collaboration.
We devised an equity lens with two checklists: one to guide the process of priority setting (nine questions) and the other to evaluate the outcomes of priority setting (eight questions). Of the nine questions, seven questions were partially addressed by at least one of the prioritization projects. Two questions were not considered in any of them. The prioritization projects did not report sufficient outcome data, thus we could not explore the eight question on evaluating outcomes.
Currently, there are few strategies in the Cochrane Collaboration that explicitly address the research priorities of individuals from different sociodemographic groups. The equity lens for priority setting and agenda setting can help project teams to develop a more equity-oriented approach to set a research agenda and/or prioritize research topics. However, further studies are needed to evaluate its impact on the prioritization process.
本研究旨在开发并试点一个公平视角，以帮助研究人员在系统评价的优先排序和议程设定方面采用更注重公平的方法。
我们开发了一个公平视角来指导优先排序过程的制定和评估，并根据讨论研讨会得出的信息以及与该主题现有文献的比较来评估其结果。我们在 Cochrane 协作组的 13 种结构化优先排序方法中试点了公平视角的过程部分。
我们设计了一个带有两个清单的公平视角：一个用于指导优先排序过程（九个问题），另一个用于评估优先排序结果（八个问题）。在这九个问题中，至少有一个优先排序项目部分解决了七个问题。其中两个问题没有在任何一个项目中考虑到。优先排序项目没有报告足够的结果数据，因此我们无法探讨评估结果的八个问题。
目前，Cochrane 协作组中很少有策略明确解决来自不同社会人口群体的个人的研究重点。优先排序和议程设定的公平视角可以帮助项目团队制定更注重公平的方法来制定研究议程和/或优先考虑研究课题。但是，需要进一步的研究来评估其对优先排序过程的影响。
