Spotlight on... Equity

Spotlight on... Equity Methods Group
Spotlight on... Equity Methods Group

This is a collection of resources compiled for the 'A day with... Equity Methods Group' virtual event on 27 April 2022.

All the resources listed below are freely accessible at any time before, during and after the event. Additionally, we are offering special free access to the Cochrane Interactive Learning module 11: Health equity in systematic reviews from April 13th until May 11th 2022 (see section below).


Cochrane Handbook

The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official guide that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.


Cochrane Interactive Learning

Module 11: Health equity in systematic reviews 

Part of the Cochrane Interactive Learning course on conducting an intervention review, this module provides an introduction to health equity considerations when planning and conducting a systematic review. This module will teach you to understand health equity, identify population characteristics relevant for health equity, identify evidence for health equity, include equity in your systematic review and consider equity in knowledge translation. The module is freely available from April 13th until May 11th 2022.


The Campbell and Cochrane Equity Methods Group website

The website of the Equity Methods Group includes information about the group, projects and publications, and training and other resources. 


PRISMA-Equity Extension

This is a guidance for reporting equity-focused systematic reviews.


GRADE Equity series

This series of articles published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology provides guidance for considering health equity in GRADE guideline development.