NDLI: Grounding implementation science in health equity for cancer prevention and control

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Author	Adsul, Prajakta Chambers, David Brandt, Heather M. Fernandez, Maria E. Ramanadhan, Shoba Torres, Essie Leeman, Jennifer Baquero, Barbara Fleischer, Linda Escoffery, Cam Emmons, Karen Soler, Montserrat Oh, April Korn, Ariella R. Wheeler, Stephanie Shelton, Rachel C.
Abstract	Background The past decade of research has seen theoretical and methodological advances in both implementation science and health equity research, opening a window of opportunity for facilitating and accelerating cross-disciplinary exchanges across these fields that have largely operated in siloes. In 2019 and 2020, the National Cancer Institute’s Consortium for Cancer Implementation Science convened an action group focused on ‘health equity and context’ to identify opportunities to advance implementation science. In this paper, we present a narrative review and synthesis of the relevant literature at the intersection of health equity and implementation science, highlight identified opportunities (i.e., public goods) by the action group for advancing implementation science in cancer prevention and control, and integrate the two by providing key recommendations for future directions. Discussion In the review and synthesis of the literature, we highlight recent advances in implementation science, relevant to promoting health equity (e.g., theories/models/frameworks, adaptations, implementation strategies, study designs, implementation determinants, and outcomes). We acknowledge the contributions from the broader field of health equity research and discuss opportunities for integration and synergy with implementation science, which include (1) articulating an explicit focus on health equity for conducting and reviewing implementation science; (2) promoting an explicit focus on health equity in the theories, models, and frameworks guiding implementation science; and (3) identifying methods for understanding and documenting influences on the context of implementation that incorporate a focus on equity. Summary To advance the science of implementation with a focus on health equity, we reflect on the essential groundwork needed to promote bi-directional learning between the fields of implementation science and health equity research and recommend (1) building capacity among researchers and research institutions for health equity-focused and community-engaged implementation science; (2) incorporating health equity considerations across all key implementation focus areas (e.g., adaptations, implementation strategies, study design, determinants, and outcomes); and (3) continuing a focus on transdisciplinary opportunities in health equity research and implementation science. We believe that these recommendations can help advance implementation science by incorporating an explicit focus on health equity in the context of cancer prevention and control and beyond.
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Page Count	13
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ISSN	26622211
DOI	10.1186/s43058-022-00311-4
Journal	Implementation Science Communications
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2022-06-03
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Health Services Research Public Health Health Policy Health Administration Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health equity Implementation science Health disparities Dissemination Cancer prevention and control
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health Policy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health Informatics

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