Jadotte Yuri, Levy Carly, Tallon Lindsay A, Phillips Lynelle, Caron Rosemary
Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Division of Nursing Science, Rutgers School of Nursing, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Environ Health Insights. 2023 May 21;17:11786302231175802. doi: 10.1177/11786302231175802. eCollection 2023.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion, also known as DEI, is an essential topic being discussed across society. The field of environmental health (EH) should certainly not be excluded from the conversation.
The purpose of this mini-review was to map the literature and identify gaps on the topic of DEI in the EH workforce.
A rapid scoping review was conducted using standard synthesis science methods to search and map the published literature. All study titles, abstracts, and full texts were screened by 2 independent reviewers among the authorship team.
The search strategy yielded 179 English language papers. Of those, 37 met all inclusion criteria after full text screening. Overall, the majority of the articles had weak or moderate DEI engagement and only 3 articles had strong DEI engagement.
There is a significant need for additional research in this realm. Future studies should explicitly focus on workforce issues, and attempt to achieve the highest level of the evidence possible for this field.
Although DEI initiatives are a step in the right direction, the current evidence suggests that inclusivity and liberation may prove to be more impactful and meaningful constructs to fully advance equity in the EH workforce.
多元化、公平与包容，也称为DEI，是全社会正在讨论的一个重要话题。环境卫生（EH）领域当然不应被排除在这场讨论之外。
本小型综述的目的是梳理文献，并找出环境卫生领域劳动力中DEI主题方面的差距。
采用标准的综合科学方法进行快速范围综述，以搜索和梳理已发表的文献。所有研究标题、摘要和全文均由作者团队中的2名独立评审人员进行筛选。
搜索策略产生了179篇英文论文。其中，37篇在全文筛选后符合所有纳入标准。总体而言，大多数文章在DEI方面的参与度较弱或适中，只有3篇文章在DEI方面的参与度较高。
该领域非常需要更多的研究。未来的研究应明确关注劳动力问题，并尝试为此领域获取尽可能高的证据水平。
尽管DEI举措是朝着正确方向迈出的一步，但目前的证据表明，包容性和解放可能被证明是更具影响力和意义的概念，能够全面推动环境卫生领域劳动力的公平性。
