% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{LeRhun:1027032, author = {Le Rhun, Emilie and Boele, Florien and Minniti, Giuseppe and Galldiks, Norbert and Taphoorn, Martin and Piil, Karin and Rudà, Roberta and Niclou, Simone P and Geurts, Marjolein and Preusser, Matthias and Weller, Michael and Short, Susan C and Dirven, Linda}, title = {{G}ender balance and suitable positive actions to promote gender equality among healthcare professionals in neuro-oncology: {T}he {EANO} positive action initiative}, journal = {Neuro-oncology practice}, volume = {11}, number = {1}, issn = {2054-2577}, address = {Oxford}, publisher = {Oxford Univ. Press}, reportid = {FZJ-2024-03598}, pages = {46 - 55}, year = {2024}, abstract = {Background The proportion of women among healthcare and biomedical research professionals in neuro oncology is growing . With changes in cultural expectations and work-life balance considerations, more men aspire to nonfull-time jobs, yet, leadership positions remain dominated by men.Methods. The European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) disparity committee carried out a digital survey to explore gender balance and actions suitable to promote gender equality . The survey was distributed among EANO members in 2021, with responses analyzed descriptively.Results: In total, 262 participants completed the survey (141 women, $53.8\%;$ median age 43). Respondents were neurosurgeons (68, $26.0\%);$ neurologists (67, $25.6\%),$ medical oncologists (43, $16.4\%),$ or other healthcare or re search professionals; 208 participants $(79.4\%)$ worked full-time . Positive action to enforce the role of women in neuro-oncology was deemed necessary by 180 participants (68 $.7\%),$ but only 28 participants (10 $.7\%)$ agreed that women only should be promoted until gender balance is reached. A majority of respondents (162, $61.8\%)$ feit that women with an equivalent CV should be prioritized over men to reach gender balance. lf in the future the balance favored women at higher positions, 112 respondents (4 $2.7\%)$ agreed to apply positive action formen. The top in dicators considered relevant to measure gender balance w ere: salary for similar positions (18 3/228, $80.3\%),$ paid overtime (176 /228, $77.2\%),$ number of permanent positions (164 / 228, $71.9\%),$ protected time for research (161 $/227,70.9\%),$ and training opportunities (157 /227, $69.2\%).Conclusions:$ Specific indicators may help to measure and promote gender balance and should be considered for implementation among healthcare professionals in neuro -oncology .}, cin = {INM-3}, ddc = {610}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406}, pnm = {5252 - Brain Dysfunction and Plasticity (POF4-525)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5252}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, pubmed = {38222048}, UT = {WOS:001086049800001}, doi = {10.1093/nop/npad064}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1027032}, }