Berdouses Ε D, Koletsi D, Taoufik K, Kavvadia K
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Building J1, Clinic K, Ajman, UAE.
Center of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE.
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent. 2025 Apr 21. doi: 10.1007/s40368-025-01029-2.
The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the representation of female scientists as invited speakers at two major paediatric dentistry congresses, the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (EAPD) and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), held between 2016 and 2023. A secondary aim was to explore association with lecture topic- or scientist-related characteristics.
The gender of all invited speakers was identified through electronically searching of scientific programmes and abstract books of the EAPD and the AAPD Congresses held between 2016 and 2023. Variables assessed were year of the congress, the continent of origin of the invited scientist, the type of meeting (congress or interim seminar) and lecture topic.
A total of 462 lectures were included in the assessment and the overall representation of female scientists was 44.2%. Since 2016, yearly representation of female invited speakers exceeded in number that of male only twice, in 2021 (59.4%) and in 2023 (53.7%). For the EAPD, invited female lecturers were 41.1%, while for the AAPD Congress was 46.3%. There was equal representation of female and male speakers in seminars (50% each), although this type of meeting is solely organised by the EAPD. Pain management (62.5%), insurance (54.8%), paediatrics (55.6%) and orthodontics (52.4%) were the only thematic regions where female speakers outnumbered their male counterparts. Univariable and multivariable analyses did not reveal any overall significant association between invited speaker gender and year, congress or continent of authorship (p-value > 0.05 in all cases).
Women' voice representation at major paediatric dentistry congresses was found to improve, however, efforts for further improvement should persist to establish balanced representation.
本横断面研究旨在评估2016年至2023年期间，在欧洲儿科牙科学会（EAPD）和美国儿科学会牙科学会（AAPD）这两个主要的儿科牙科学术会议上，女性科学家作为受邀演讲者的占比情况。次要目的是探究与演讲主题或科学家相关特征之间的关联。
通过电子检索2016年至2023年期间EAPD和AAPD会议的科学议程和摘要书籍，确定所有受邀演讲者的性别。评估的变量包括会议年份、受邀科学家的原籍大洲、会议类型（大会或中期研讨会）以及演讲主题。
共有462场讲座纳入评估，女性科学家的总体占比为44.2%。自2016年以来，女性受邀演讲者的年度占比仅在2021年（59.4%）和2023年（53.7%）两次超过男性。对于EAPD，受邀女性讲师占41.1%，而对于AAPD大会，这一比例为46.3%。在研讨会中，女性和男性演讲者的占比相同（均为50%），不过此类会议仅由EAPD组织。疼痛管理（62.5%）、保险（54.8%）、儿科学（55.6%）和正畸学（52.4%）是女性演讲者人数超过男性的仅有的主题领域。单变量和多变量分析均未显示受邀演讲者性别与年份、会议或作者原籍大洲之间存在任何总体显著关联（所有情况下p值均>0.05）。
研究发现，在主要的儿科牙科学术会议上，女性的声音代表性有所提高，然而，仍应持续努力进一步改善，以实现均衡的代表性。
