A Feminist Quality Appraisal Tool

Quality appraisal tools used in systematic reviews to evaluate health literature do not adequately address issues related to gender. This oversight is significant because disparities between genders have been identified as a major health equity concern, and systematic reviews are regarded as a powerful means for informing policy that could redress gender inequities. In this paper, we present our Feminist Quality Appraisal Tool that offers researchers a template to undertake a comprehensive gendered analysis of studies they review. Informed by a feminist perspective, the tool addresses issues of power, gender and inequity, thereby giving researchers the means to interrogate the scientific rigour of systematic reviews that focus on gender. Specifically, our tool outlines ways gender can be critically examined in terms of study design, data collection, analysis, discussion and recommendations. We argue that this tool has the potential to improve the provision of public health by providing solid understandings and critical reflections on the reasons why women continue to face barriers in their access to optimal health care

Alternative medicine · Critical appraisal · Equity (law · Gender equality · Gender mainstreaming · Health care · Health equity · MEDLINE · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Redress · Rigour · Sociology · Systematic review · Gender Studies · Health Policy Implementation Science · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Sex and Gender in Healthcare

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