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A paradigm shift for health equity in implementation science.
Dara Gordon1,2, Simone Shahid3, Shivani Chandra3
1Women's College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. dara.gordon@wchospital.ca.
BMC Health Services Research
|May 21, 2026
Summary
Implementation science (IS) must integrate critical social science theories to effectively address health equity. This approach moves beyond traditional methods to tackle systemic oppression and advance social justice in health.
Area of Science:
- Health Equity Research
- Implementation Science
- Critical Social Science
Background:
- Implementation science (IS) increasingly prioritizes health equity.
- IS needs to systematically engage with critical social science theories for health equity.
- This paper highlights the value of critical social science in IS for social justice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize recent contributions to health equity in IS.
- To highlight the value of critical social science theory for advancing health equity in IS research and practice.
Main Methods:
- Targeted literature review using citation tracking on Google Scholar.
- Purposeful selection of 10 articles.
- Inductive identification of three distinct approaches to health equity in IS.
Main Results:
- Category 1: Acknowledges health equity but uses positivist IS methods.
- Category 2: Broadens focus to structural factors and social determinants of health.
- Category 3: Centers critical social science concepts (e.g., intersectionality) to advance IS through social justice.
Conclusions:
- Proposes a learning pathway for IS researchers, practitioners, and educators to integrate critical social theory.
- Calls for a paradigm shift in IS to address power, oppression, and marginalization.
- Emphasizes mitigating systemic oppression for marginalized groups experiencing health inequities.
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