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dc.contributor.author Autor Høeg, Tracy Beth-
dc.contributor.author Autor González-Dambrauskas, Sebastián-
dc.contributor.author Autor Prasad, Vinay-
dc.contributor.filiacion Filiación Høeg Tracy Beth, University of Southern Denmark (Dinamarca)-
dc.contributor.filiacion Filiación González-Dambrauskas Sebastián, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Medicina-
dc.contributor.filiacion Filiación Prasad Vinay, University of California-San Francisco (E.E.U.U.)-
dc.date.accessioned Fecha ingreso 2025-12-03T17:09:02Z-
dc.date.available Fecha disponible 2025-12-03T17:09:02Z-
dc.date.issued Año de publicación 2023-
dc.description.abstract Resumen Clinical equipoise is characterized by genuine uncertainty within the medical community about the effectiveness of a medical intervention. Its existence is often deemed necessary for clinical trials and signals a need for higher quality evidence, most often with randomized controlled trials, before the intervention can be considered effective. A leading official of the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, when testifying before Congress in February of 2023, indicated there was no need for randomized controlled trials of masking because, owing to overwhelming evidence of benefit, there was no longer equipoise about masking children for COVID-19. We disagree with this statement and outline the reasons why in this piece. We review the concept of clinical equipoise specifically using the example of child masking. We list reasons equipoise still exists for masking children, including a lack of consensus among experts, contradictory medical evidence and recent and ongoing randomized efforts. Finally, we differentiate between clinical equipoise and ethical appropriateness. Despite ongoing equipoise about masking children, we outline why, owing to lack of evidence of net benefit, recommending this intervention does not currently appear to be medically ethical.es
dc.format.extent Extensión 3 p.es
dc.format.mimetype Formato application/pdfes
dc.identifier.citation Citación Høeg TB, González-Dambrauskas S y Prasad V. Does equipoise exist for masking children for COVID-19?. Public Health in Practice [en línea]. 2023;6. 3 p.es
dc.identifier.doi DOI 10.1016/j.puhip.2023.100428-
dc.identifier.issn ISSN 2666-5352-
dc.identifier.uri URI https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/52794-
dc.language.iso Idioma enes
dc.publisher Editorial Elsevieres
dc.relation.ispartof EN Public Health in Practice. 2023;6es
dc.rights Derechos Las obras depositadas en el Repositorio se rigen por la Ordenanza de los Derechos de la Propiedad Intelectual de la Universidad de la República.(Res. Nº 91 de C.D.C. de 8/III/1994 – D.O. 7/IV/1994) y por la Ordenanza del Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de la República (Res. Nº 16 de C.D.C. de 07/10/2014)es
dc.rights.licence Licencia Licencia Creative Commons Atribución (CC - By 4.0)es
dc.subject.other Descriptores ENSAYOS CLÍNICOS CONTROLADOS ALEATRIOS COMO ASUNTOes
dc.subject.other Descriptores COVID-19es
dc.subject.other Descriptores MÁSCARAS FACIALESes
dc.subject.other Descriptores CONSENSOes
dc.subject.other Descriptores NIÑOSes
dc.title Título Does equipoise exist for masking children for COVID-19?es
dc.type Tipo de documento Artículoes
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