Department of Geriatrics, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Sección XVI, Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico.
National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Support Care Cancer. 2024 Mar 4;32(3):205. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08416-3.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are essential for healthcare organizations since they allow for the development of programs and initiatives that bring together diverse perspectives and knowledge. Global multidisciplinary organizations, such as the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC), need to understand the perspective of their members regarding EDI to identify opportunities to enhance diversity and inclusiveness and to better meet the needs of members from different backgrounds and resources. The MASCC Health Disparities Committee designed a survey to identify issues related to disparities faced by MASCC members when providing supportive care to patients with cancer and to examine the EDI landscape within the organization. Here, we report results related to EDI initiatives within the organization. Two-hundred and eighteen MASCC members responded to the survey (response rate 10.2%). The results indicated that respondents were generally satisfied with how MASCC manages leadership, membership, and organization-related EDI issues. Opportunities for improvement noted by respondents included developing strategies to foster a more diverse membership, improving communication regarding diversity in the organization, and increasing EDI content in educational sessions and publications. The results of this survey represent the first attempt at understanding how to improve EDI within MASCC and will be utilized to guide further initiatives and programs.
公平、多样性和包容性（EDI）对于医疗保健组织至关重要，因为它们可以制定汇集不同观点和知识的计划和举措。像多国支持癌症姑息治疗协会（MASCC）这样的全球多学科组织需要了解其成员对 EDI 的看法，以确定机会，提高多样性和包容性，并更好地满足来自不同背景和资源的成员的需求。MASCC 健康差异委员会设计了一项调查，以确定 MASCC 成员在为癌症患者提供支持性护理时面临的与差异相关的问题，并研究组织内的 EDI 格局。在这里，我们报告与组织内 EDI 举措相关的结果。218 名 MASCC 成员对调查做出了回应（回应率为 10.2%）。结果表明，受访者对 MASCC 管理领导层、成员和组织相关 EDI 问题的方式总体上感到满意。受访者指出的改进机会包括制定策略以培养更多元化的成员，改善组织多样性方面的沟通，以及增加教育会议和出版物中的 EDI 内容。这项调查的结果代表了首次尝试了解如何在 MASCC 内改善 EDI，并将用于指导进一步的举措和计划。
