Sex and Gender Analysis - Publications

Publications and Selected References

Guidance for systematic review authors

Briefing notes that provide systematic review authors with information and guidance on sex and gender analysis:

Additionally, the sex- and gender-appraisal tool can help plan for including sex and gender considerations in your review: Antequera A, Stallings E, Henry RS, Lopez-Alcalde JL, Runnels V, Tudiver S, Tugwell P, Welch V. Sex and Gender Appraisal Tool-Systematic reviews-2 and participation-to-prevalence ratio assessed to whom the evidence applies in sepsis reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022;142:119-132

Journal articles and book chapters

Tudiver S, Boscoe M, Runnels V, Puil L, Jull J, Coen SE, Doull M, Welch V, Petkovic J, Pederson A, Shea BJ. Sex, gender, and systematic reviews in health: Building Critical Engagement. In Counting Matters: Policy, Practice, and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada. [Gabriel C & Rankin LP. Eds]. UBC Press. 2024: 119-148.

Riddle AY, Wenshan L, Bhutta ZA, Vlassof C, Taljaard M, Kristjansson E, Welch V, Wells GA. Associations between dimensions of empowerment and nutritional status among married adolescent girls in East Africa: a structural equation modelling study. BMC Public Health. 2023;23(1):225.

Antequera A, Stallings E, Henry RS, Lopez-Alcalde JL, Runnels V, Tudiver S, Tugwell P, Welch V. Sex and Gender Appraisal Tool-Systematic reviews-2 and participation-to-prevalence ratio assessed to whom the evidence applies in sepsis reviews. J Clin Epidemiol. 2022;142:119-132

Dewidar O, Podinic I, Barbeau V, Patel D, Antequera A, Birnie D, Welch V, Wells GA. Integrating sex and gender in studies of cardiac resynchronization therapy: A systematic review. ESC Heart Fail. 2022;9(1):420-427.

Le AL, Visintini S, Tugwell P, Petkovic J, Shea B, Kinihan J, Jiang K, et al. Women’s health inequities during covid-19:a rapid scoping review. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 2021;43(5):654.

Petkovic J, Trawin J, Dewidar O, Yoganathan M, Tugwell P, Welch V. Sex/gender reporting and analysis in Campbell and Cochrane systematic reviews: a cross-sectional methods study. Syst Rev. 2018 Aug 2;7(1):113.

Welch V, Doull M, Yoganathan M, Jull J, Boscoe M, Coen SE, Marshall Z, Pardo Pardo J, Pederson A, Petkovic J, Puil L, Quinlan L, Shea B, Rader T. Runnels V, Tudiver S. Reporting of sex and gender in randomized controlled trials in Canada: a cross-sectional methods study. Research Integrity and Peer Review. 2017;2:15.

Doull M, Welch V, Puil L, Runnels V, Coen SE, Shea B, O'Neill J, Borkhoff C, Tudiver S, Boscoe M. Development and evaluation of 'briefing notes' as a novel  knowledge translation tool to aid the implementation of sex/gender analysis in systematic reviews: a pilot study. PLOS One. 2014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110786

Runnels, V., Tudiver, S., Doull, M., Boscoe, M. (2014). The challenges of including sex/gender analysis in systematic reviews: a qualitative survey. Systematic Reviews. 3:33  doi:10.1186/2046-4053-3-33.

Tudiver, S., Boscoe, M., Runnels, V.E., Doull, M. (2012). Challenging "dis-ease": sex, gender and systematic reviews in health in What a difference sex and gender make: A Gender, Sex and Health Research Casebook. Ottawa: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Gender and Health. http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/44082.html

Doull, M., Runnels V., Tudiver, S., Boscoe, M. (2010). Appraising the evidence: applying sex and gender based analysis (SGBA) to Cochrane systematic reviews on cardiovascular diseases. Journal of Women's Health. 19(5):997-1003http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jwh.2009.1626

Boscoe, M., Doull M., & Runnels, V.E. (2009). Sex and gender in systematic reviews. In Clow, B., Pederson, A., Haworth-Brockman, M., Bernier, J. [Eds.] Rising to the challenge: Sex- and gender-based analysis for health planning, policy and research in Canada (pp. 44-48). Halifax, Nova Scotia: Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.

 

Related Resources

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). (2010). Gender, Sex and Health Research Guide: A Tool for CIHR Applicants. Available: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/32019.html

Heidari, S., Babor, T. Science editors: Evaluate gender equality in journals. Nature. 2013:495(7493); 47. Available: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v495/n7439/full/495047e.html

Johnson, J.L., & Beaudet, A. Sex and Gender Reporting in Health Research: Why Canada Should Be a Leader. Can J Public Health 2013;104(1):e80-e81. Available: http://journal.cpha.ca/index.php/cjph/article/view/3463

Johnson, J. L. &, Repta, R. (2012). Sex and gender: Beyond the binaries. In J.L. Oliffe & L. Greaves (Eds.) Designing and conducting gender, sex, and health research(pp. 17-37).Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. 

Kim, A.M., Tingen, C.M., Woodruff, T.K. Sex bias in trials and treatment must end. Nature. 2010; 465:688-89. Available: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7299/full/465688a.html

Krieger N., (2003). Genders, sexes, and health: What are the connections – and why does it matter? Int J Epidemiol 32,652-57. Available: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/4/652.long

Institute of Medicine. Sex-specific reporting of scientific research: A workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academic Press, 2012. Available: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK84192/ 

Putting gender on the agenda [Editorial]. Nature 2010; 465-665. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/465665a

Zucker I., Beery A.K. Males still dominate animal studies. Nature 2010: 465:690. Available: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7299/full/465690a.html