Cargando…

Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond?

The COVID-19 pandemic has been testing countries’ capacities and scientific preparedness to actively respond and collaborate on a common global threat. It has also heightened awareness of the urgent need to empirically describe and analyze health inequalities to be able to act effectively. In turn,...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Benach, Joan, Cash-Gibson, Lucinda, Rojas-Gualdrón, Diego F., Padilla-Pozo, Álvaro, Fernández-Gracia, Juan, Eguíluz, Víctor M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9098009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35551268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266132
_version_ 1784706286095433728
author Benach, Joan
Cash-Gibson, Lucinda
Rojas-Gualdrón, Diego F.
Padilla-Pozo, Álvaro
Fernández-Gracia, Juan
Eguíluz, Víctor M.
author_facet Benach, Joan
Cash-Gibson, Lucinda
Rojas-Gualdrón, Diego F.
Padilla-Pozo, Álvaro
Fernández-Gracia, Juan
Eguíluz, Víctor M.
author_sort Benach, Joan
collection PubMed
description The COVID-19 pandemic has been testing countries’ capacities and scientific preparedness to actively respond and collaborate on a common global threat. It has also heightened awareness of the urgent need to empirically describe and analyze health inequalities to be able to act effectively. In turn, this raises several important questions that need answering: What is known about the rapidly emerging COVID-19 inequalities research field? Which countries and world regions have been able to rapidly produce research on this topic? What research patterns and trends have emerged, and how to these compared to the (pre-COVID-19) global health inequalities research field? Which countries have been scientifically collaborating on this important topic? Where are the scientific knowledge gaps, and indirectly where might research capacities need to be strengthened? In order to answer these queries, we analyzed the global scientific production (2020–2021) on COVID-19 associated inequalities by conducting bibliometric and network analyses using the Scopus database. Specifically, we analyzed the volume of scientific production per country (via author affiliations), its distribution by country income groups and world regions, as well as the inter-country collaborations within this production. Our results indicate that the COVID-19 inequalities research field has been highly collaborative; however, a number of significant inequitable research practices exist. When compared to the (pre-COVID-19) global health inequalities research field, similar inequalities were identified, however, several new dynamics and partnerships have also emerged that warrant further in-depth exploration. To ensure preparedness for future crises, and effective strategies to tackle growing social inequalities in health, investment in global health inequalities research capacities must be a priority for all.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9098009
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-90980092022-05-13 Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond? Benach, Joan Cash-Gibson, Lucinda Rojas-Gualdrón, Diego F. Padilla-Pozo, Álvaro Fernández-Gracia, Juan Eguíluz, Víctor M. PLoS One Research Article The COVID-19 pandemic has been testing countries’ capacities and scientific preparedness to actively respond and collaborate on a common global threat. It has also heightened awareness of the urgent need to empirically describe and analyze health inequalities to be able to act effectively. In turn, this raises several important questions that need answering: What is known about the rapidly emerging COVID-19 inequalities research field? Which countries and world regions have been able to rapidly produce research on this topic? What research patterns and trends have emerged, and how to these compared to the (pre-COVID-19) global health inequalities research field? Which countries have been scientifically collaborating on this important topic? Where are the scientific knowledge gaps, and indirectly where might research capacities need to be strengthened? In order to answer these queries, we analyzed the global scientific production (2020–2021) on COVID-19 associated inequalities by conducting bibliometric and network analyses using the Scopus database. Specifically, we analyzed the volume of scientific production per country (via author affiliations), its distribution by country income groups and world regions, as well as the inter-country collaborations within this production. Our results indicate that the COVID-19 inequalities research field has been highly collaborative; however, a number of significant inequitable research practices exist. When compared to the (pre-COVID-19) global health inequalities research field, similar inequalities were identified, however, several new dynamics and partnerships have also emerged that warrant further in-depth exploration. To ensure preparedness for future crises, and effective strategies to tackle growing social inequalities in health, investment in global health inequalities research capacities must be a priority for all. Public Library of Science 2022-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9098009/ /pubmed/35551268 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266132 Text en © 2022 Benach et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Benach, Joan
Cash-Gibson, Lucinda
Rojas-Gualdrón, Diego F.
Padilla-Pozo, Álvaro
Fernández-Gracia, Juan
Eguíluz, Víctor M.
Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond?
title Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond?
title_full Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond?
title_fullStr Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond?
title_full_unstemmed Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond?
title_short Inequalities in COVID-19 inequalities research: Who had the capacity to respond?
title_sort inequalities in covid-19 inequalities research: who had the capacity to respond?
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9098009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35551268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266132
work_keys_str_mv AT benachjoan inequalitiesincovid19inequalitiesresearchwhohadthecapacitytorespond
AT cashgibsonlucinda inequalitiesincovid19inequalitiesresearchwhohadthecapacitytorespond
AT rojasgualdrondiegof inequalitiesincovid19inequalitiesresearchwhohadthecapacitytorespond
AT padillapozoalvaro inequalitiesincovid19inequalitiesresearchwhohadthecapacitytorespond
AT fernandezgraciajuan inequalitiesincovid19inequalitiesresearchwhohadthecapacitytorespond
AT eguiluzvictorm inequalitiesincovid19inequalitiesresearchwhohadthecapacitytorespond
AT inequalitiesincovid19inequalitiesresearchwhohadthecapacitytorespond