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Methodology Protocol

How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions

  1. Vivian Welch1,*,
  2. Peter Tugwell1,
  3. George A Wells2,
  4. Betsy Kristjansson3,
  5. Mark Petticrew4,
  6. Jessie L McGowan5,
  7. Joanne de Montigny6,
  8. Maria Benkhalti7,
  9. Erin Ueffing1

Editorial Group: Cochrane Methodology Review Group

Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000028

How to Cite

Welch V, Tugwell P, Wells GA, Kristjansson B, Petticrew M, McGowan JL, de Montigny J, Benkhalti M, Ueffing E. How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: MR000028. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000028.

Author Information

  1. 1

    University of Ottawa, Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Research Reference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  3. 3

    University of Ottawa, School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  4. 4

    London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London, UK

  5. 5

    University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health/Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  6. 6

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  7. 7

    University of Ottawa, Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada

*Vivian Welch, Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart Street, Room 206, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada. vivian.welch@uottawa.ca.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: New
  2. Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

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Abstract

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

 We aim to describe and assess the effects of using different methods to assess health inequalities in empiric research studies of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of interventions.