When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework

J Jull; M Whitehead; M Petticrew; E Kristjansson; D Gough; J Petkovic; J Volmink; C Weijer; M Taljaard; S Edwards; L Mbuagbaw; R Cookson; J McGowan; A Lyddiatt; Y Boyer; L G Cuervo; R Armstrong; H White; M Yoganathan; T Pantoja; B Shea; K Pottie; O Norheim; S Baird; B Robberstad; H Sommerfelt; Y Asada; G Wells; P Tugwell; V Welch

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When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework

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J Jull Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Whitehead Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Petticrew Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
E Kristjansson Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
D Gough Department of Social Science, Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre, Social Science Research Unit, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Petkovic Bruyère Continuing Care, Bruyère Research Institute, Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Volmink The South African Cochrane Center, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Weijer Rotman Institute of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Taljaard Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Edwards Research Ethics and Governance, University College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L Mbuagbaw Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Cookson Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J McGowan Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A Lyddiatt Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Y Boyer Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L G Cuervo Office of Knowledge Management, Bioethics and Research, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
R Armstrong Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
H White Campbell Collaboration, New Delhi, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
M Yoganathan Bruyère Continuing Care, Bruyère Research Institute, Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
T Pantoja Department of Family Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile PubMed articles Google scholar articles
B Shea Bruyère Continuing Care, Bruyère Research Institute, Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
K Pottie PubMed articles Google scholar articles
O Norheim Centre for Intervention Science in Matnernal and Child Health (CISMAC), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Department of Global Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
S Baird Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
B Robberstad Centre for Intervention Science in Matnernal and Child Health (CISMAC), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
H Sommerfelt Centre for Intervention Science in Matnernal and Child Health (CISMAC), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Y Asada Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
G Wells Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa Heart Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P Tugwell Bruyère Continuing Care, Bruyère Research Institute, Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
V Welch Bruyère Continuing Care, Bruyère Research Institute, Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to J Jull; jjull013{at}uottawa.ca

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Jull J, Whitehead M, Petticrew M, et al

When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework

BMJ Open 2017;7:e015815. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015815

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Received January 3, 2017
Revised July 7, 2017
Accepted July 31, 2017
First published September 25, 2017.

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January 10, 2022

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