Search hedges may be a new term that many outside of the library world are unfamiliar with. They may also be referred to as search filters, canned searches, clinical queries, or optimal search strategies.
Hedges are just standardized search strategies that can be used to look for relevant articles on a given topic. Many times they are combinations of searches that utilize Boolean operators to build more specific searches focused on specific topics.
The search hedges listed on this page are specific to PubMed and focused on Structural Racism. To use them, simply copy the hedge (Search Details section of the table) and paste into the PubMed search bar. You can also add these hedges to existing searches you have for other topics.
As always, if you need assistance or have questions, please reach out to your campus librarians for additional help.
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| 1 | "Race Factors"[MeSH Terms] OR "Prejudice"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Discrimination"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Segregation"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Race Relations"[MeSH Terms] | MeSH terms for Racism, Racial Disparities, African Americans |
| 2 | "African Americans"[MeSH Terms] | MeSH terms for Racism, Racial Disparities, African Americans |
| 3 | "African Continental Ancestry Group"[MeSH Terms] | MeSH terms for Racism, Racial Disparities, African Americans |
| 4 | "Minority Groups"[MeSH Terms] | MeSH terms for Racism, Racial Disparities, African Americans |
| 5 | "race"[Text Word] OR "racial"[Text Word] | race OR racial |
| 6 | "bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] | terms to do with bias, disparities, prejudice, inequity, etc |
| 7 | "divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word] | |
| 8 | "bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] OR "divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word] | Search 6 OR Search 7 combined |
| 9 | ("race"[Text Word] OR "racial"[Text Word]) AND ("bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] OR ("divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word])) | Search 5 AND Search 8 combined |
| 10 | "racism"[Text Word] OR "racist"[Text Word] | racism or racist |
| 11 | (("race"[Text Word] OR "racial"[Text Word]) AND ("bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] OR ("divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word]))) OR ("racism"[Text Word] OR "racist"[Text Word]) | Search 9 OR Search 10 |
| 12 | "Black American"[Text Word] OR "Black Americans"[Text Word] OR "African American"[Text Word] OR "African Americans"[Text Word] OR "Afro American"[Text Word] OR "Afro Americans"[Text Word] OR "Blacks"[Text Word] | |
| 13 | "people of color"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] | |
| 14 | "Black American"[Text Word] OR "Black Americans"[Text Word] OR "African American"[Text Word] OR "African Americans"[Text Word] OR "Afro American"[Text Word] OR "Afro Americans"[Text Word] OR "Black people"[Text Word] OR "Black men"[Text Word] OR "Black women"[Text Word] OR "Blacks"[Text Word] OR "people of color"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] | Search 11 AND Search 12 |
| 15 | "Race Factors"[MeSH Terms] OR "Prejudice"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Discrimination"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Segregation"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Race Relations"[MeSH Terms] OR "African Americans"[MeSH Terms] OR "African Continental Ancestry Group"[MeSH Terms] OR "Minority Groups"[MeSH Terms] OR ((("race"[Text Word] OR "racial"[Text Word]) AND ("bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] OR ("divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word]))) OR ("racism"[Text Word] OR "racist"[Text Word])) OR ("Black American"[Text Word] OR "Black Americans"[Text Word] OR "African American"[Text Word] OR "African Americans"[Text Word] OR "Afro American"[Text Word] OR "Afro Americans"[Text Word] OR "Black people"[Text Word] OR "Black men"[Text Word] OR "Black women"[Text Word] OR "Blacks"[Text Word] OR "people of color"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word]) | Search 1 OR Search 2 OR Search 3 OR Search 4 OR Search 11 OR Search 13 |
| 16 | "Race Factors"[MeSH Terms] OR "Prejudice"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Discrimination"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Segregation"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Race Relations"[MeSH Terms] OR "African Americans"[MeSH Terms] OR "African Continental Ancestry Group"[MeSH Terms] OR "Minority Groups"[MeSH Terms] OR ((("race"[Text Word] OR "racial"[Text Word]) AND ("bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] OR ("divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word]))) OR ("racism"[Text Word] OR "racist"[Text Word])) | Search 1 OR Search 2 OR Search 3 Or Search 4 or Search 11 |
| 17 | ("Race Factors"[MeSH Terms] OR "Prejudice"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Discrimination"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Segregation"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Race Relations"[MeSH Terms] OR "African Americans"[MeSH Terms] OR "African Continental Ancestry Group"[MeSH Terms] OR "Minority Groups"[MeSH Terms] OR ((("race"[Text Word] OR "racial"[Text Word]) AND ("bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] OR ("divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word]))) OR ("racism"[Text Word] OR "racist"[Text Word]))) AND ("Black American"[Text Word] OR "Black Americans"[Text Word] OR "African American"[Text Word] OR "African Americans"[Text Word] OR "Afro American"[Text Word] OR "Afro Americans"[Text Word] OR "Black people"[Text Word] OR "Black men"[Text Word] OR "Black women"[Text Word] OR "Blacks"[Text Word] OR "people of color"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word]) |
Search 16 AND Search 14 Similar to Search 15 but mainly about African Americans |
This search hedge was created by Chelsea Misquith, MI (she/her), Public Health and Research Support Librarian Brown University Library https://library.brown.edu Email: misquith@brown.edu<mailto:misquith@brown.edu>
We have linked directly to her Excel document below.
"Race Factors"[MeSH Terms] OR "Predjudice"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Discrimination"[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Social Segregation'[MeSH Terms:noexp] OR "Race Relations"[MeSH Terms]
"race"[Text Word] OR "racial"[Text Word]
"racism"[Text Word] OR "racist"[Text Word]
"bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word]
"divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word]
"bias"[Text Word] OR "biases"[Text Word] OR "discriminat*"[Text Word] OR "disparity"[Text Word] OR "disparities"[Text Word] OR "factor"[Text Word] OR "factors"[Text Word] OR "gap"[Text Word] OR "gaps"[Text Word] OR "inequity"[Text Word] OR "inequities"[Text Word] OR "inequality"[Text Word] OR "inequalities"[Text Word] OR "minority"[Text Word] OR "minorities"[Text Word] OR "prejudice*"[Text Word] OR "profiling"[Text Word] OR "relations"[Text Word] OR "divide"[Text Word] OR "division"[Text Word] OR "segregation"[Text Word]