Grounding implementation science in health equity for cancer prevention and control*
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.
Contributors
Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, MPH, PhD
David A. Chambers, DPhil; Heather M. Brandt, PhD; Maria E. Fernández, PhD; Shoba Ramanadhan, ScD, MPH; Essie Torres, PhD, MPH; Jennifer Leeman, DrPH, MPH, MDiv; Barbara Baquero, PhD, MPH; Linda Fleischer, PhD, MPH; Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES; Karen M. Emmons, PhD; Montserrat Soler, PhD, MPH; April Oh, PhD, MPH; Ariella Korn, PhD, MPH; Stephanie Wheeler PhD, MPH; Rachel C. Shelton, ScD, MPH
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* This public good was developed with funding from a CCIS public goods cycle.