Plenary E: Tackling racial and ethnic bias when translating research into policy
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Banqueting Hall
| Wednesday, June 5, 2024 |
| 8:30 - 10:05 |
| Banqueting Hall |
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3 Speakers discussing implications for different groups:
1) a Researcher – research integrity requires: a diverse research workforce, funding & infrastructure, as advocated in the Cape Town Statement; active participation by minoritised populations at all steps of the research process; transparent methods and rationale; diverse representation and appropriately disaggregated data that avoids stigmatisation; careful examination of confounding and structural factors lying behind inequity, and avoidance of simplistic or inaccurate inferences
2) an Anthropologist/Educator – trustworthy research translation requires: increasing awareness of race and ethnicity as sociopolitical, rather than biologic, constructs; teaching/modelling reflexivity when critiquing and implementing research; exposing and avoiding/combating inequitable practices and policies based on flawed data and interpretation eg in diagnostic and management racial bias; use of race-based guidelines and decision making tools; policies that harm disadvantaged patients
3) an Editor – integrity in research reporting and dissemination requires: diversity of authors, reviewers and editors; preventing gatekeeping of knowledge from minoritised scholars by recognising and dismantling barriers that exclude them from participation, while increasing their opportunities to participate; implementing minimum standards for publishing to advance equity
Speaker
Dr. Thirusha Naidu
University Of Kwazulu-nata;
Dr. Jessica Cerdeña
University of Connecticut, Middlesex Health
Dr. Mabel Chew
Senior Editor
The Lancet
Chair
Sabine Kleinert
Deputy Editor
STMJ - The Lancet
Technical Support
John Smith
