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Directing Research Toward Health Equity: a Health Equity Research Impact Assessment
Enrico G Castillo1,2, Christina Harris3
1Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, Center for Social Medicine and Humanities, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. egcastillo@mednet.ucla.edu.
Abstract:
Despite medical research advancements, inequities persist, as research has enhanced the health of some while leaving many communities untouched. Reforms are needed to direct research toward health equity, both during this pandemic and beyond. All research must currently pass scientific and ethical review processes, but neither may adequately examine a project's potential impact on inequities and local communities. Research stakeholders need practical tools to help review and examine any given study's impact on health equity. We articulate a health equity research impact assessment, which draws from existing research impact assessments and health disparities research measures and frameworks. We describe how this tool was developed and how it may be used by research reviewers, researchers, academic institutions, and funding agencies to elevate health equity in medical science.
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