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improvement, and applying a health equity lens to your work.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content__carousel"> <div class="carousel__item"> <div class="item__content hide"> <div class="content__header"> <span class="header__index">1</span> </div> <h3 class="content__heading">Learn</h3> <p class="content__description">Browse the Resources, FAQs, and Key Terms to learn about health equity & diversity in medical device research.</p> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item"> <div class="item__content hide"> <div class="content__header"> <span class="header__index">2</span> </div> <h3 class="content__heading">Reflect</h3> <p class="content__description">Identify targets for improvement in your initiative's work to advance health equity.</p> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item"> <div class="item__content hide"> <div class="content__header"> <span class="header__index">3</span> </div> <h3 class="content__heading">Apply</h3> <p class="content__description">Use our Resources and Best Practices Checklist (coming soon) to create an action plan that improves diversity and equity your research.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="resources" tabindex="-1" class="LinksCarousel" data-jsmodule="LinksCarousel" data-bg-color="white"> <div class="LinksCarousel__content"> <div class="content__header"> <div class="row"> <h2 class="header__heading">Top 10 Resources</h2> <p class="header__description">This section will provide the basic foundation for diversifying study participation through guidance on the historical context, importance and benefits, outlining barriers and providing tangible steps for improvement.</p> </div> </div> <div class="content__carousel"> <div class="carousel__row hide"> <div class="row__item"> <div class="item__content" style="background-color:rgba(123,139,233,0.3);" data-id="67b9c1324e853"> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-course-z59r0g.svg" alt="icon-course-z59r0g"/> <span class="content__heading">Faster Together, Enhancing the Recruitment of Minorities in Clinical Trials</span> <span class="content__link"> <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/recruitment-minorities-clinical-trials" aria-label="Vanderbilt University - open link in new tab" target="_blank" ><i>Vanderbilt University</i></a> </span> <span class="content__number" style="color:rgba(123,139,233,0.5);">01</span> </div> </div> <style> @media( hover: hover ) { .item__content[data-id="67b9c1324e853"]:hover { background-color: rgba(123,139,233,0.6) !important; } } </style> <div class="row__item"> <div class="item__content" style="background-color:rgba(0,163,255,0.3);" data-id="67b9c1324f4a8"> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-protocols-2e95w6.svg" alt="icon-protocols-2e95w6"/> <span class="content__heading">A new way to talk about the social determinants of health</span> <span class="content__link"> <a href="https://dph.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idph/files/publications/a-new-way-to-talk-about-sdoh.pdf" aria-label="Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - open link in new tab" target="_blank" ><i>Robert Wood Johnson Foundation</i></a> </span> <span class="content__number" style="color:rgba(0,163,255,0.5);">02</span> </div> </div> <style> @media( hover: hover ) { .item__content[data-id="67b9c1324f4a8"]:hover { background-color: rgba(0,163,255,0.6) !important; } } </style> <div class="row__item"> <div class="item__content" style="background-color:rgba(0,163,255,0.3);" data-id="67b9c1324fe7f"> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-protocols-2e95w6.svg" alt="icon-protocols-2e95w6"/> <span class="content__heading">Health Equity Guiding Principles for Inclusive Communication</span> <span class="content__link"> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthcommunication/Health_Equity.html" aria-label="Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - open link in new tab" target="_blank" ><i>Centers for Disease Control & Prevention</i></a> </span> <span class="content__number" style="color:rgba(0,163,255,0.5);">03</span> </div> </div> <style> @media( hover: hover ) { .item__content[data-id="67b9c1324fe7f"]:hover { background-color: rgba(0,163,255,0.6) !important; } } </style> <div class="row__item"> <div class="item__content" style="background-color:rgba(0,163,255,0.3);" data-id="67b9c132503b2"> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-protocols-2e95w6.svg" alt="icon-protocols-2e95w6"/> <span class="content__heading">Strategies Addressing Barriers to Clinical Trial Enrollment of Underrepresented Populations</span> <span class="content__link"> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551714414001220" aria-label="C. Heller et al - open link in new tab" target="_blank" ><i>C. Heller et al</i></a> </span> <span class="content__number" style="color:rgba(0,163,255,0.5);">04</span> </div> </div> <style> @media( hover: hover ) { .item__content[data-id="67b9c132503b2"]:hover { background-color: rgba(0,163,255,0.6) !important; } } </style> <div class="row__item"> <div class="item__content" style="background-color:rgba(123,139,233,0.3);" data-id="67b9c13250925"> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-video-wzn6y3.svg" alt="icon-video-wzn6y3"/> <span class="content__heading">Unconscious Bias Training</span> <span class="content__link"> <a href="https://diversity.ucsf.edu/programs-resources/training/unconscious-bias-training" aria-label="University of California, San Francisco - open link in new tab" target="_blank" ><i>University of California, San Francisco</i></a> </span> <span class="content__number" style="color:rgba(123,139,233,0.5);">05</span> </div> </div> <style> @media( hover: hover ) { .item__content[data-id="67b9c13250925"]:hover { background-color: rgba(123,139,233,0.6) !important; } } </style> <div class="row__item"> <div class="item__content" style="background-color:rgba(0,163,255,0.3);" data-id="67b9c1325121a"> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-protocols-2e95w6.svg" alt="icon-protocols-2e95w6"/> <span class="content__heading">Points to Consider about Recruitment and Retention While Preparing a Clinical Research Trial</span> <span class="content__link"> <a href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/grant-writing-and-application-process/points-to-consider-about-recruitment-and-retention-while-preparing-a-clinical-research-study" aria-label="NIH - open link in new tab" target="_blank" ><i>NIH</i></a> </span> <span class="content__number" style="color:rgba(0,163,255,0.5);">06</span> </div> </div> <style> @media( hover: hover ) { .item__content[data-id="67b9c1325121a"]:hover { background-color: rgba(0,163,255,0.6) !important; } } </style> 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src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-protocols-2e95w6.svg" alt="icon-protocols-2e95w6"/> <span class="content__heading">A Resource Guide for Researchers and Community-Based Organizations</span> <span class="content__link"> <a href="https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/files/research-files/coe-files/guide-to-community-engaged-research.pdf" aria-label="NCI & Emory WCI - open link in new tab" target="_blank" ><i>NCI & Emory WCI</i></a> </span> <span class="content__number" style="color:rgba(0,163,255,0.5);">08</span> </div> </div> <style> @media( hover: hover ) { .item__content[data-id="67b9c13251c0b"]:hover { background-color: rgba(0,163,255,0.6) !important; } } </style> <div class="row__item"> <div class="item__content" style="background-color:rgba(0,163,255,0.3);" data-id="67b9c132520f3"> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/icon-protocols-2e95w6.svg" alt="icon-protocols-2e95w6"/> <span class="content__heading">Community-Engaged Research 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tabindex="-1" class="TerminologyCarousel" data-jsmodule="TerminologyCarousel" data-bg-color="gray"> <div class="TerminologyCarousel__content"> <div class="content__header"> <div class="row"> <h2 class="header__heading">Key Terms</h2> <p class="header__description">This section defines commonly encountered terms for those in the clinical research and medical device development space aiming to learn more about diversity, recruitment, and retention</p> <div class="header__search"> <div class="search__results"> <p class="results__empty">No search results</p> <ul class="results__list"> <li class="list__item" data-label="Ableism"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Ableism" data-id="2521" data-slug="ableism">Ableism</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Accessibility"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Accessibility" data-id="2522" data-slug="accessibility">Accessibility</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Ageism"> <button class="item__button" 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data-id="2532" data-slug="dei">DEI</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Diversity (in Research)"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Diversity (in Research)" data-id="2533" data-slug="diversity-in-research">Diversity (in Research)</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Disability"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Disability" data-id="2534" data-slug="disability">Disability</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Ethnicity"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Ethnicity" data-id="2535" data-slug="ethnicity">Ethnicity</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Equality"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Equality" data-id="2536" data-slug="equality">Equality</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Equity"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Equity" data-id="2537" data-slug="equity">Equity</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Healthcare Disparity"> <button class="item__button" 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data-slug="population-health">Population Health</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Race"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Race" data-id="2554" data-slug="race">Race</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Racialization"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Racialization" data-id="2556" data-slug="racialization">Racialization</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Racism"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Racism" data-id="2557" data-slug="racism">Racism</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Sexism"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Sexism" data-id="2558" data-slug="sexism">Sexism</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Skin Color"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Skin Color" data-id="2559" data-slug="skin-color">Skin Color</button> </li> <li class="list__item" data-label="Skin Pigment"> <button class="item__button" aria-label="Skin Pigment" data-id="2560" data-slug="skin-pigment">Skin 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May also be called 'vulnerable populations'. In general most institutional review boards list minors, pregnant women, fetuses, neonates or human in vitro fertilization, prisoners, and people with cognitive impairments.</p> <p class="description__text" data-index="4-2">This definition is not all encompassing and may not address all populations that could be considered 'at risk' when participating in research.</p> </div> </div> <button data-slug="at-risk-populations"data-id="2524" class="wrapper__button Button Button--white-1 "> Learn more </button> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item" > <div class="item__wrapper hide"> <div class="wrapper__content"> <h3 class="content__heading">Bias</h3> <div class="content__switch"> <button class="switch__row active" aria-label="What it is" data-index="5-1"> <span>What it is</span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/check-black.svg" alt="check-black"/> </button> <button class="switch__row" aria-label="Diving Deeper" data-index="5-2"> <span>Diving Deeper</span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/close-black.svg" alt="close-black"/> </button> </div> <div class="content__description"> <p class="description__text active" data-index="5-1">Bias occurs when a person allows a preconceived opinion or judgement to affect their view of information, people, situations, etc. Bias can be both positive or negative and conscious or unconscious.</p> <p class="description__text" data-index="5-2">Bias cannot be offset passively. Combating bias requires intentional and often systemic changes, and combating information bias in research often requires careful study design including randomization and blinding techniques.</p> </div> </div> <button data-slug="bias"data-id="2525" class="wrapper__button Button Button--white-1 "> Learn more </button> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item" > <div class="item__wrapper hide"> <div class="wrapper__content"> <h3 class="content__heading">Colorism</h3> <div class="content__switch"> <button class="switch__row active" aria-label="What it is" data-index="6-1"> <span>What it is</span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/check-black.svg" alt="check-black"/> </button> <button class="switch__row" aria-label="Diving Deeper" data-index="6-2"> <span>Diving Deeper</span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/close-black.svg" alt="close-black"/> </button> </div> <div class="content__description"> <p class="description__text active" data-index="6-1">Discrimination based on skin color or within-group and between-group prejudice in favor of lighter skin color. </p> <p class="description__text" data-index="6-2">Colorism is not specific to a certain racial or ethnic group.</p> </div> </div> <button data-slug="colorism"data-id="2526" class="wrapper__button Button Button--white-1 "> Learn more </button> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item" > <div class="item__wrapper hide"> <div class="wrapper__content"> <h3 class="content__heading">Community Advisory Board (CAB)</h3> <div class="content__switch"> <button class="switch__row active" aria-label="What it is " data-index="7-1"> <span>What it is </span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/check-black.svg" alt="check-black"/> </button> <button class="switch__row" aria-label="Diving Deeper" data-index="7-2"> <span>Diving Deeper</span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/close-black.svg" alt="close-black"/> </button> </div> <div class="content__description"> <p class="description__text active" data-index="7-1">A group typically composed of community clinicians, advocates, and organizations that help advise researchers on the community they are collaborating with. Often, they serve as liaisons between the community and the trial researchers. Creating a community advisory board is a key component of best practices for ensuring equitable and inclusive research practices.</p> <p class="description__text" data-index="7-2">CABs do not meet just at the beginning of a study. 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This research approach requires an open exchange of information and resources to and from community partner and researchers.</p> </div> </div> <button data-slug="community-based-participatory-research-cbpr"data-id="2528" class="wrapper__button Button Button--white-1 "> Learn more </button> </div> </div> <div class="carousel__item" > <div class="item__wrapper hide"> <div class="wrapper__content"> <h3 class="content__heading">Community Engagement</h3> <div class="content__switch"> <button class="switch__row active" aria-label="What it is " data-index="9-1"> <span>What it is </span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/check-black.svg" alt="check-black"/> </button> <button class="switch__row" aria-label="Diving Deeper" data-index="9-2"> <span>Diving Deeper</span> <img src="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/themes/oximetry/assets/svg/close-black.svg" alt="close-black"/> </button> </div> <div class="content__description"> <p class="description__text active" data-index="9-1">The process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of those people. Community engagement is important to promoting DEI in research because it promotes the flow of information between researchers and the communities they wish to recruit participants from. This in turn increases participation and trust from the community and helps researchers to conduct studies that are safer and more culturally informed. </p> <p class="description__text" data-index="9-2">Community engagement should not be a static process, but instead a dynamic, collaborative, and positive relationship between researchers, participants, and stakeholders within the community.</p> </div> </div> <button data-slug="community-engagement"data-id="2529" class="wrapper__button Button Button--white-1 "> Learn more </button> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="modal-67b9c132449c4" role="dialog" class="TerminologyCarousel__modal" tabindex="-1"> <div class="modal__wrapper"> <button class="wrapper__button" aria-label="Close popup"> <span><svg viewbox="0 0 10 10" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M5.548 4.885a.09.09 0 010-.127l3.335-3.335A.54.54 0 108.118.66L4.784 3.993a.09.09 0 01-.128 0L1.322.66a.54.54 0 00-.764.763l3.334 3.335a.09.09 0 010 .127L.558 8.22a.54.54 0 10.764.763L4.656 5.65a.09.09 0 01.128 0l3.334 3.334a.54.54 0 00.764-.763L5.548 4.885z" fill="#052049" stroke="#052049" stroke-width=".1"/></svg></span> </button> <div class="wrapper__entry"></div> <div class="wrapper__loader"><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="skin-color" tabindex="-1" class="ColumnArticle" data-bg-color="gray"> <div class="ColumnArticle__content"> <div class="row"> <div class="content__header"> <div class="header__heading"> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper--svg heading__icon"> <div class="asset"> <picture class="lazy-load-item" data-alt="skip-color-protocols-l2i92t" data-iesrc="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/skip-color-protocols-l2i92t.svg" > <source srcset="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/skip-color-protocols-l2i92t.svg" sizes="100vw"> </picture> </div> </div> <h2>Skin Color Quantification Protocols</h2> </div> <p class="header__description">Ensuring diversity of skin pigments in a medical device study has become recognized as increasingly important yet challenging.</p> </div> <div class="content__row"> <div class="row__left"> <h3>Lack of a standardized approach to skin color quantification is problematic.</h3> <p>According to FDA regulations, manufacturers of pulse oximeters should validate device performance on “a range of skin pigmentations, including at least 2 darkly pigmented subjects or 15% of the subject pool, whichever is larger.”</p> <p>While ‘darkly pigmented’ is not formally defined, it is routinely defined by testing labs as Fitzpatrick skin phototype groups V-VI. The Fitzpatrick scale is a widely used method for classifying skin pigment, from I (pale white) to VI (darkest brown). However, it was originally developed for skin photosensitivity typing, which is not the same as skin color, and should not be conflated with race or ethnicity</p> <p>Studies have shown inaccuracies in self-reported values, especially in darker skin types. There are other similar visual skin color classification systems, but as with the Fitzpatrick scale, they are all subjective.</p> </div> <div class="row__right"> <div class="right__wrapper"> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper--svg wrapper__image"> <div class="asset"> <picture class="lazy-load-item" data-alt="skin-color-protocols-image-14m287" data-iesrc="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/skin-color-protocols-image-14m287.svg" > <source srcset="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/skin-color-protocols-image-14m287.svg" sizes="100vw"> </picture> </div> </div> <h3 class="wrapper__heading">Full Protocol</h3> <div class="wrapper__description"><p>If you would like to know more about Skin Color Protocols click on the button below.</p> </div> </div> <a href="https://openoximetry.org/skin-color-quantification/" aria-label=" - open link in new tab" target="_blank" class="right__button Button Button--orange-3 Button--size__large"> Read more </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section id="diversity-checklist" tabindex="-1" class="ColumnArticle" data-bg-color="white"> <div class="ColumnArticle__content"> <div class="row"> <div class="content__header"> <div class="header__heading"> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper--svg heading__icon"> <div class="asset"> <picture class="lazy-load-item" data-alt="when-to-measure-skin-color-or-pigment-lxr6lr" data-iesrc="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/when-to-measure-skin-color-or-pigment-lxr6lr.svg" > <source srcset="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/when-to-measure-skin-color-or-pigment-lxr6lr.svg" sizes="100vw"> </picture> </div> </div> <h2>Research Diversity Best Practices</h2> </div> </div> <div class="content__row"> <div class="row__left"> <h3>We have compiled a checklist of best practices to improve diversity in research cohorts. </h3> <p><strong>Audience</strong>: Medical device researchers and developers engaging in clinical trials and validation studies</p> <p><strong>How to Use:</strong> These best practices can be consulted at any time during the development of a research study, but ideally during the early phases, and should be used to aid the planning, implementation and write-up of research by helping avoid inappropriate use of terminology, communication and engagement practices with diverse populations.</p> <p>The checklist includes best practices for collaboration, communications, recruitment, study design, funding, resource allocation, and organizational structure and hiring practices.</p> </div> <div class="row__right"> <div class="right__wrapper"> <div class="image-wrapper image-wrapper--svg wrapper__image"> <div class="asset"> <picture class="lazy-load-item" data-alt="skin-color-protocols-image-14m287" data-iesrc="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/skin-color-protocols-image-14m287.svg" > <source srcset="https://openoximetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/skin-color-protocols-image-14m287.svg" sizes="100vw"> </picture> </div> </div> <h3 class="wrapper__heading">Checklist</h3> <div class="wrapper__description"><p>If you would like to view the checklist, click on the button below.</p> </div> </div> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ESfHS5x__1oXbPyfElJMJm4AQ-3LLGw44rQKQ1C8I54/edit?gid=0#gid=0" aria-label=" - open link in new tab" target="_blank" class="right__button Button Button--orange-3 Button--size__large"> View Checklist </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="DiversityContent" data-bg-color="white"> <div class="DiversityContent__wrapper"> <div class="row"> <h2 class="wrapper__heading">Acknowledgements</h2> <div class="wrapper__content"><p>This page is a collaborative effort from many individuals across many institutions including: Olubunmi Okunlola, Fekir Negussie, Ashlee Osborne, Casey Norlin, Odinakachukwu Ehie, Jana Lyn Fernandez, Michael Lipnick, Maryn Kanter, Gregory Leeb, Lily Ortiz, Galen Joseph, Consuelo Wilkins and team at Vanderbilt, Brianna Carreno, Caroline Hughes, Leonid Shmuylovich, Jenna Lester, and Ellis Monk. 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