Diversity of Research Participant Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Communication Sciences and Disorders: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Synthesis of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Publications in 2020.

Purpose: One manifestation of systemic inequities in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) is the chronic underreporting and underrepresentation of sex, gender, race, and ethnicity in research. The present study characterized recent demographic reporting practices and representation of particip...

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Publicado en:Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 836 - 853
Autores principales: Millager, Ryan A., Feldman, Jacob I., Williams, Zachary J., Shibata, Kiiya, Martinez-Torres, Keysha A., Bryan, Katherine M., Pruett, Dillon G., Mitchell, Jade T., Markfeld, Jennifer E., Merritt, Brandon, Daniels, Derek E., Jones, Robin M., Woynaroski, Tiffany
Formato: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Jun2024
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          Millager, Ryan A.
          Feldman, Jacob I.
          Williams, Zachary J.
          Shibata, Kiiya
          Martinez-Torres, Keysha A.
          Bryan, Katherine M.
          Pruett, Dillon G.
          Mitchell, Jade T.
          Markfeld, Jennifer E.
          Merritt, Brandon
          Daniels, Derek E.
          Jones, Robin M.
          Woynaroski, Tiffany
        affil: Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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          Communicative Disorders
          Research, Speech-Language-Hearing Therapy
          American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
          Research Subjects Psychosocial Factors
          Documentation Evaluation
          Cultural Diversity
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          Women
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          National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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          Health Care Delivery
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      ab: Purpose: One manifestation of systemic inequities in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) is the chronic underreporting and underrepresentation of sex, gender, race, and ethnicity in research. The present study characterized recent demographic reporting practices and representation of participants across CSD research. Method: We systematically reviewed and extracted key reporting and participant data from empirical studies conducted in the United States with human participants published in the year 2020 in journals by the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA; 407 articles comprising a total of 80,058 research participants, search completed in November 2021). Sex, gender, race, and ethnicity were operationalized per National Institutes of Health guidelines. Results: Sex or gender was reported in 85.5% of included studies; race in 33.7%; and ethnicity in 13.8%. Sex and gender were clearly differentiated in 3.4% of relevant studies. Where reported, median proportions for race and ethnicity were significantly different from the U.S. population, with underrepresentation noted for all non-White racial groups and Hispanic participants. Moreover, 64.7% of studies that reported sex or gender and 67.2% of studies that reported race or ethnicity did not consider these respective variables in analyses or discussions. Conclusions: At present, research published in ASHA journals frequently fails to report key demographic data summarizing the characteristics of participants. Moreover, apparent gaps in the representation of minoritized racial and ethnic groups threaten the external validity of CSD research and broader health care equity endeavors in the United States. Although our study is limited to a single year and publisher, our results point to several steps for readers that may bring greater accountability, consistency, and diversity to the discipline.
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