What can we learn from an intersectionality-informed description of study participants? Results from the German National Cohort
Our results showed that heterogeneity within social categories can be revealed by applying the concept of intersectionality when comparing study participants with an external population. This way, an intersectionality-informed approach contributes to describing social complexity among study participants more precisely. Furthermore, results can be used to reduce participation barriers in a more targeted way.
Authors
- Sibille Merz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-6462)
- Philipp Jaehn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1638-5158)
- Stefanie Jaskulski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-3661)
- Sabine Schipf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2700-5317)
- Sylvia Gastell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-2400)
- Barbara Bohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8363-943X)
- Carolina Judith Klett-Tammen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9685-5369)
- Kerstin Wirkner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1301-7125)
- Amand Führer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-5692)
- Ilais Moreno Velásquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-8983)
- S. Claire Slesinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7045-226X)
- Rudolf Kaaks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-3929)
- Michael F. Leitzmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-2789)
- Volker Harth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-223X)
- Lena Koch‐Gallenkamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-906X)
- Matthias Bernd Schulze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0830-5277)
- Gabriele Bolte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-5059)
- Andrea Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4777-7808)
- Bernd Holleczek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8759-4371)
- Carina Emmel
- Tobias Pischon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-767X)
- Stefan Rach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-0253)
- Henning Teismann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5807-5572)
- Klaus Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8966-3684)
- Nadia Obi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-9142)
- Tilman Brand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-7511)
- Thomas Keil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-3360)
- Hermann Brenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-1572)
- Christine Holmberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8852-4620)
- Tamara Schikowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7923-6259)
- Alexandra Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1084-2442)
- Nina Ebert
- Paula Sofia Herrera-Espejel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0030-8497)
- Verena Katzke
- Stefan N. Willich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1270-2597)
- Börge Schmidt
- Claudia Meinke-Franze
- Stefanie Castell
- Rafael Mikolajczyk
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- Max Delbrück Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- Krebsregister Saarland (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (DE)
- Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Brandenburg an der Havel (DE)
- German Institute of Human Nutrition (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02521-3
- Primary Topic
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Universität Bremen
- Helmholtz Association
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft