Table 1:

Eligibility criteria

CriterionInclusionExclusion
Population

  • Clinical practice guideline organizations

  • Public health organizations

  • Governmental organizations

  • Other relevant health care and public health nongovernmental organizations or associations

  • Animal-only studies

Concept

  • Best practices and processes for addressing health equity in guideline development using the PROGRESS- Plus framework

  • Benefits or drawbacks of these best practices to address health equity in guideline development

  • Best practices and processes for addressing health equity relevant to health organizations and primary care

  • Best practices and processes for addressing health equity in primary research

  • Best practices and processes for addressing health equity in systematic reviews

Context

  • Peer-reviewed studies published since 2010*

  • Primary research (e.g., randomized controlled trials, case–control, cohort, case studies), reviews (systematic, meta-analyses, scoping, evidence maps, rapid reviews, literature, evidence syntheses, reviews of reviews, narrative, critical) or guidelines (recommendations, procedural manuals)

  • Grey literature sources published since 2015*

  • Studies in English or French

  • No country-based restrictions

  • Commentaries, editorials, responses, opinion pieces, protocol registrations

Other

  • Unavailable full text

  • Out-of-date publications that have an updated version of the same publication available

  • Note: PROGRESS = Place of residence, Race/ethnicity/culture/language, Occupation, Gender/sex, Religion, Education, Socioeconomic status, Social capital.

  • ↵* Time cut-offs have been selected owing to timelines and budget restraints.