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Representation of women at American Psychiatric Association annual meetings over 10 years (between 2009 and 2019)

Authors :
Sabrina Sebbane
Sophie Bailly
Wayne-Corentin Lambert
Stéphane Sanchez
Coraline Hingray
Wissam El-Hage
Source :
PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1, p e0261058 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, 2022.

Abstract

ObjectiveSex disparity is a major societal issue. The aim of this paper was to describe changes in the representation of women among speakers of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting over 10 years, between 2009 and 2019 and to compare them to changes in the proportion of women among American psychiatrists.MethodsData were collected from the programs of the APA annual meetings of 2009 and 2019, and from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Descriptive and comparative statistical analyses were performed.ResultsThere were 1,138 distinct speakers at the 2009 conference and 1,784 at the 2019 conference. The number of distinct female speakers increased from 413 (36.3%) to 813 (45.6%). The proportion of female speakers at the meetings was almost equivalent to the proportion of women in the American psychiatrists' workforce. The number of female chairs increased from 158 (39.6%) to 322 (46.4%). There were 38 female speakers in child and adolescent psychiatry in 2009 (51.4% of 74 speakers) and 74 in 2019 (51.0% of 155 speakers).ConclusionsThe representation of women at the APA annual meetings increased between 2009 and 2019. At the same time, the growth in the percentage of women in the American psychiatrists' workforce was slower. The APA appears to promote female representation during its annual meetings.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19326203
Volume :
17
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PLoS ONE
Accession number :
edsair.pmid.dedup....e7a6d17a1bd85f7cae357e9da2947e78