Table 1 Categories for Intersectional Analysis with some questions applied in our analysis process.
Category | Guiding questions |
|---|---|
Intersecting Categories: | Has the combination of different social factors, such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, class, and migration, been addressed in identifying the causes of the problem? |
Multilevel Analysis: | Have the various factors at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, and governance levels been addressed in the process of problem identification? Have the intersections of social factors across micro, meso, and macro level been considered? |
Power: | Have stakeholders such as affected populations participated in problem identification? Have the structures of power such as policies and laws been addressed to be responsible for the framing of the health problem? Has the intervention/program been framed within the current cultural, political, economic, and societal context? And has it reflected the needs of affected populations? |
Reflexivity: | Do the planning committee/research team look critically at their values, experiences, beliefs, and assumptions, about the health problem? Do the researchers/health planners have reflexive practice? |
Time and Space: | Has the process of problem framing over time (historically) or across different places (geographically) and changes of privileges and disadvantages, including intersecting identities and the processes that determine their value over time and place, been considered? Is the intervention/program flexible in terms of time and place conditions? |
Diverse Knowledge: | Has the perspective of people who are typically marginalized been used in the process of problem identification? Has the knowledge been generated from several resources including qualitative or quantitative research; empirical or interpretive data; and Indigenous knowledge? Has the target group’s knowledge been used in the process of health program design and implementation? |
Social justice and Equity: | Do current interventions/programs focus on the health promotion of vulnerable groups? Has intervention/program been designed and implemented to reduce inequalities? |