Embedding health equity into preventive science research and recommendations

Melissa Simon, MD, MPH
Northwestern University

ABSTRACT:
Achievement of health equity in preventive care and in prevention science requires critical examination of multiple domains across which structural racism and systems of oppression operate. Design thinking and implementation science are two key areas in which health equity can and should be centered to better design population level recommendation and guideline statements along with operationalizing and implementing such statements across populations. Dr. Simon will discuss these issues and give examples from the US Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendations and her own work.