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Advancing healthcare equity through dissemination and implementation science
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Advancing healthcare equity through dissemination and implementation science

Ana A Baumann, Rachel C Shelton, Shiriki Kumanyika and Debra Haire-Joshu
Health services research
23 May 2023
PMID: 37219339
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14175View
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Abstract

evidence-based intervention health equity racism social determinants of health healthcare equity dissemination and implementation science ESI Highly Cited Paper (Incites)
To provide guiding principles and recommendations for how approaches from the field of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science can advance healthcare equity. This article, part of a special issue sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is based on an outline drafted to support proceedings of the 2022 AHRQ Health Equity Summit and further revised to reflect input from Summit attendees. This is a narrative review of the current and potential applications of D&I approaches for understanding and advancing healthcare equity, followed by discussion and feedback with Summit attendees. We identified major themes in narrative and systematic reviews related to D&I science, healthcare equity, and their intersections. Based on our expertise, and supported by synthesis of published studies, we propose recommendations for how D&I science is relevant for advancing healthcare equity. We used iterative discussions internally and at the Summit to refine preliminary findings and recommendations. We identified four guiding principles and three D&I science domains with strong promise for accelerating progress toward healthcare equity. We present eight recommendations and more than 60 opportunities for action by practitioners, healthcare leaders, policy makers, and researchers. Promising areas for D&I science to impact healthcare equity include the following: attention to equity in the development and delivery of evidence-based interventions; the science of adaptation; de-implementation of low-value care; monitoring equity markers; organizational policies for healthcare equity; improving the economic evaluation of implementation; policy and dissemination research; and capacity building.

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Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
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