Protocol for the development of a CONSORT-equity guideline to improve reporting of health equity in randomized trials

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-

  Welch, Vivian ^a   Jull, J ^a   Petkovic, J ^a   Armstrong, R ^b   Boyer, Y ^c   Cuervo, L G ^d   Edwards, S J L ^e   Lydiatt, A ^g   Gough, D ^e   Grimshaw, J ^f   Kristjansson, E ^a   Mbuagbaw, L ^h,i,j   McGowan, J ^k   Moher, D ^f   Pantoja, T ^l   Petticrew, M ^m   Pottie, K ^a   Rader, T ⁿ   Shea, B ^a   Taljaard, M ^f   Waters, E ^b   Weijer, C ^o   Wells, G A ^a   White, H ^p   Whitehead, M ^q   Tugwell, P ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g Medicine University of Ottawa Ottawa Hospital Research Institute ^*  (Canada)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^l PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^m PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health   (Canada)

^o WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^p DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Cluster randomized control trials; Health equity; Health systems; Methods; Policy; Randomized controlled trials; Reporting guidelines

Indexed keywords

AGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

AGE FACTORS; CULTURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84945177420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0332-z     Document Type: Article

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