Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Jun:36:100903.
doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100903. Epub 2021 May 29.

Ethnic minority and migrant underrepresentation in Covid-19 research: Causes and solutions

Melanie Etti  1 , Hazel Fofie  1 , Mohammad Razai  2 , Alison F Crawshaw  3 , Sally Hargreaves  4 , Lucy P Goldsmith  4
Affiliations

Ethnic minority and migrant underrepresentation in Covid-19 research: Causes and solutions

Melanie Etti et al. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The Authors have nothing to disclose. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

References

    1. Gill P.S., Redwood S. Under-representation of minority ethnic groups in research-call for action. Br J Gen Pract. 2013;63(612):342–343. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Public Health England. Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-review-of-disparitie...
    1. Hayward S.E., Deal A., Cheng C., Crawshaw A.F., Orcutt M., Vandrevala T.F. Clinical outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 among migrant populations in high-income countries: a systematic review. medRxiv. 2020 doi: 10.1101/2020.12.21.20248475. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. NIHR research ethnicity data provides insight on participation in COVID-19 studies [Internet]. [cited 2021 Mar 16]. Available from: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/news/nihr-research-ethnicity-data-provides-insigh...
    1. Razai M.S., Osama T., McKechnie D.G.J., Majeed A. Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minority groups. BMJ. 2021;372:1–2. - PubMed