Ravioli, Svenja; Oberle, Jolanda; Haidinger, Michael; Lindner, Gregor (2023). Gender equality in national cardiology societies: a cross-sectional study. The American journal of medicine, 136(6), pp. 585-591. Elsevier 10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.012
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BACKGROUND
Higher productivity and team stability has been shown for gender diverse teams. However, there is a relevant and well-known gender gap in clinical and academic cardiovascular medicine. So far, no data concerning gender distribution in presidents and executive boards of national cardiology societies exist.
METHODS
In this cross-sectional analysis, gender equality in presidents and representatives of all national cardiology societies, which are members of or affiliated with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2022 was analyzed. In addition, representatives of the American Heart Association (AHA) were evaluated.
RESULTS
A total of 106 national societies were screened of which 104 were included in the final analysis. Overall, in these 104 societies, 90 out of 106 (85%) presidents were men while 14 (13%) were women. In the analysis of board members and executives, a total of 1128 individuals were included. Overall, 809 (72%) board members were men, 258 (23%) women and 61 (5%) of unknown gender. Except for society presidents in Australia, women were relevantly outnumbered by men in all world regions.
CONCLUSION
Women were globally underrepresented in leading positions of national cardiology societies in all world regions. As national societies are important regional stakeholders, improving gender equality in executive boards might create women role models, help foster careers and narrow the global cardiology gender gap.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > University Emergency Center |
UniBE Contributor: |
Lindner, Gregor |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1555-7162 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
13 Mar 2023 16:02 |
Last Modified: |
10 Mar 2024 00:25 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.02.012 |
PubMed ID: |
36906170 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
cardiology diversity equality esc gender |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/179927 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/179927 |
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