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Child health
Non-English speakers are not adequately represented in paediatric research
  1. Erin Paquette1,2,
  2. Mary Pilarz1,2
  1. 1 Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  2. 2 Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Ann and Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Erin Paquette, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; epaquette{at}luriechildrens.org

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103724

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    Commentary on: Chen A, Demaestri S, Schweiberger K, Sidani J, et al. Inclusion of non-English-speaking participants in pediatric health research: a review. JAMA Pediatr. 2023;177(1):81–88. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3828.

    Implications for practice and research

    • In a review of inclusion of non-English speaking (NES) participants, 9% of research articles included NES participants, which may impact study generalisability.

    • Research teams, research networks/databases, regulatory authorities and journals that disseminate study findings share responsibility for adequate inclusion of NES participants in research.

    Context

    Non-English speakers (NES) and limited English proficiency (LEP) populations are growing.1 Children from NES/LEP families are vulnerable to health disparities and experience poorer health.2 It is important to provide equitable care to NES/LEP populations. Generating applicable evidence requires inclusion of NES/LEP populations in research. However, inclusion of NES/LEP populations in research is understudied. Additionally, unlike requirements to justify exclusion of other …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.