Abstract

ObjectivesThis article introduces the rationale and methods for explicitly considering health equity in the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology for developing clinical, public health, and health system guidelines. This article is a German translation of the original version published in English. Study Design and SettingWe searched for guideline methodology articles, conceptual articles about health equity, and examples of guidelines that considered health equity explicitly. We held three meetings with GRADE Working Group members and invited comments from the GRADE Working Group listserve. ResultsWe developed three articles on incorporating equity considerations into the overall approach to guideline development, rating certainty, and assembling the evidence base and evidence to decision and/or recommendation. ConclusionClinical and public health guidelines have a role to play in promoting health equity by explicitly considering equity in the process of guideline development.

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