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Introduction Gender is a well-established social determinant of health and health (in)equality. Gender-sensitive health indicators for health monitoring and health reporting can support gender mainstreaming in relevant policy areas and inform strategies to promote gender equality. They generally lack theoretical approaches to explain gender inequalities in health in the context of individual, social and structural circumstances. Gender-sensitive and intersectionality-informed health indicators provide a more accurate and nuanced picture of health outcomes and risks but are often lacking. The aim of this scoping review is to map the evidence on gender-sensitive and intersectionality-informed indicators for health reporting in order to support the development of an indicator set for German Federal Health Reporting.Methods and analysis This scoping review follows Arksey and O’Malley’s methodological framework and its extension by Levac et al and will be reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. We will conduct a database search complemented by a backward citation search using English search terms to find research articles and grey literature (eg, reports, policy/working papers, book chapters) reporting on gender-sensitive health indicators in the context of health reporting in the European Union-27 and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development published since 2014. Electronic databases include Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, Scopus, CINAHL and Cochrane Library. Other resources include targeted searches on websites relevant to national and international health reporting and a Google Search to include further eligible literature. After removing duplicates, two reviewers will independently screen all titles/abstracts and full texts for eligibility for inclusion and extract the data from included articles using a data extraction form. The results will be synthesised both narratively and descriptively and, where appropriate, presented in tables and graphs.Ethics and dissemination No ethical approval is required for this study. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publication, conference presentations and meetings with relevant stakeholders in health monitoring and reporting. more...

Introduction Health reporting is one of the foundations on which public health interventions and policies as well as prevention measures are developed. However, it faces the challenge of adequately reflecting social and sex/gender-related heterogeneity. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research-funded joint project, AdvanceGender, aims to develop guidelines for sex/gender-sensitive and intersectional approach to population-based studies and health reporting. In its subproject, AdvanceHealthReport, four focus groups will be conducted to provide essential information on possible ways of participation of civil society stakeholders and on communication of health information for the further development of the guidelines (research period: from January 2019 to March 2020).Methods and analysis The civil society stakeholders provide valuable information which health topics are relevant in regard to specific populations and how health information should be communicated in a non-stigmatising way. The groups will also discuss how civil society stakeholders should participate in health reporting. The starting point for intersections will be sex/gender. The intersection of sex/gender and migration and sex/gender and sexual orientation is particularly taken into account. The focus groups will be recorded, transcribed, anonymised and then analysed according to the qualitative content analysis.Results The results will show the pathways as well as benefits and possible limitations of civil society stakeholder involvement in national health reporting and will contribute in developing guidelines for sex/gender-sensitive and intersectional health reporting.Ethics and Dissemination The results of the focus groups will be published in scientific journals and presented at various national and international conferences. Furthermore, the findings will be incorporated into guidelines for research and health reporting. The study was approved by the Ethics Commission of Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane (AZ: E-01–20180529). more...